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The Escapist (2002) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 12, 2002

Original Title:
The Escapist

Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Jolyon Symonds Productions Ltd.
Little Bird
Sky Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15 

Runtime: 88

He can escape from anything... except his past.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.

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Production

Art Direction:
Sarah Hauldren
Mark Lowry

Assistant Art Director:
Neil Stevens
Ed Walsh

Camera Operator:
Ciarán Barry

Casting:
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard

Costume Design:
Kate Carin

Dialogue Editor:
Max Hoskins

Director:
Gillies MacKinnon

Director of Photography:
Nigel Willoughby

Dolby Consultant:
James Seddon

Editor:
Pia Di Ciaula

First Assistant Editor:
Dan Roberts

Foley:
Paula Boram
Diane Greaves

Gaffer:
James Maguire
David Bourke
Mitch Spooner

Hair Department Head:
Martina McCarthy

Hair Designer:
Pamela Smyth

Helicopter Camera:
Adam Dale
Mike Parker

Makeup Designer:
Pamela Smyth

Music:
Rob Lane

Music Supervisor:
Abi Leland

Producer:
Jolyon Symonds

Production Design:
Andy Harris

Script Supervisor:
Pat Rambaut
Sabine Wührer

Second Unit Cinematographer:
Des Whelan

Set Decoration:
Susie Cullen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Adrian Rhodes
Sven Taits

Sound Recordist:
Billy Quinn

Special Effects Supervisor:
David Harris

Still Photographer:
Patrick Redmond

Supervising Art Director:
Anna Rackard

Supervising Sound Editor:
David Evans

Visual Effects Editor:
John Seymour

Visual Effects Producer:
Hal Couzens

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Frazer Churchill

Writer:
Nick Perry

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