![]() ![]() It’s hard to imagine anyone embracing life behind bars quite like Charles Bronson, who practically made a sport of it.-RBģ2. Starring Tom Hardy as Charles Bronson (not that Charles Bronson), Bronson is based on a true story of an infamous British prisoner of the same name who has been in and (briefly) out of prison his entire life, developing a reputation for administering beatings to inmates and guards alike, taking hostages and generally stirring up a world of trouble wherever he goes. He was no spy before his arrest, but the way he devises an intricate plot to get back at those who’ve wronged him, assuming the identity of the count when he inherits his fortune, would do James Bond proud.-JJ ![]() Dantès was arrested on the eve of his wedding by three jealous friends who falsely accuse him of being an English spy. And it became a best-selling novel throughout Europe when it was first published in 1946. Edmond Dantès ( The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas)įrench author Alexander Dumas’ revenge tale has been adapted for the screen more than 20 times (including three gender-switching versions of The Countess of Monte Cristo). Klink’s secretaries, he was masterminding operation after operation under the nose of Klink and Sargeant Schultz (“I see nothing!), who were more concerned about getting transferred to the Russian front than to stop Hogan and his heroes.ģ4. When the loose-with-the-rules Air Force colonel wasn’t flirting with Col. The leader of the Allied prisoners in the Nazi POW camp, Hogan didn’t let his capture get in the way of making a difference in the war. Robert Bresson’s film focuses like a laser beam on the French Resistance member’s patient and meticulously planned escape from a Nazi prison, contrasting the severity of the situation with the same steadiness and cool head with which Fontaine carries out his escape.-GMģ5. It’s not necessarily who he is but how he escapes that makes Fontaine so memorable. Fontaine (Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped) Sadly, the twisted trek through Dae-su’s captivity unravels a punishment worse than a lifetime away from civilization.-TKģ6. After a surprise release, Dae-su has to track down the reason for his imprisonment or his love interest Mi-do will be killed. But Oldboy showed us a different side of captivity with Oh Dae-su, a businessman who is confined to a hotel-like space for almost 15 years without explanation. When you say the word “prisoner,” you expect a few things: Bland, concrete quarters orange jumpers and a relationship with maybe a too-close-for-comfort cellmate. An escape is made, and the movie ends with Morris and company paddling away on a raft they fashioned out of raincoats.-RB Morris eventually realizes that some of the concrete in his cell can be chiseled away, so he and some of the other inmates he befriends start chipping away with sharpened spoons. His multiple breakouts (and following returns) see Jim Carrey’s pitch-perfect character as a con-man in every sense of the word, wooing (and losing) his new love Philip by refusing to let four walls hold him back.-TKĬlint Eastwood plays bank robber Frank Morris, who is sent to Alcatraz after already having escaped from several other prisons. Some people don’t learn from their mistakes, and that’s quadruply true for on-again/off-again prisoner Steven Russell in I Love You Philip Morris. Steven Russell ( I Love You Philip Morris) Otis Campbell has been an inspiration to bloated, ruddy-faced, Southern alcoholics for nigh on 50 years now.-GMģ9. Mayberry’s town is so laid-back that its most frequent criminal is free to check himself into the town jail whenever he wants. Ryan Bort, Burgess Brown, Sean Doyle, Patrick Filbin, Josh Jackson, Tyler Kane, Garrett Martin, Bonnie Stiernberg contributed to this story.Ĥ0. Let us know who we missed (or if you’re feeling particular encouraging-what we got right) in the comments section below. We’ve limited ourselves to one entry per book, movie, game, song, TV show, etc., so it wouldn’t just be the cast from Oz. But while we wait for their return (Netflix has yet to announce dates for Season 2), we turn our attention to some of the great pop-culture prisoners who’ve come before. Most of us at the Paste office have already binge-watched the first season of Orange Is the New Black and enjoyed getting to know Piper, Red, Taystee and (especially) Crazy Eyes.
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