Carlos the cost-cutter was seen as a turnaround success. ibid. dude
I was the victim of a plot, and I spent a lot to try to understand why. ibid. Ghosn
He really ended up getting caught in this conflict between France and Japan about the future of Nissan. ibid. dude
The night I left my home country more than 20 years ago military border guards were patrolling. Storyville: Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea, escapee, BBC 2024
This film is about people attempting to escape from one of the most dangerous countries on earth. ibid. caption
A nick of time escape in front of nail-biting crowds, a miraculous survival in a mile-high death-trap, and a jail break that defies impossible odds: what is it about the act of escaping captivity that fascinates us? The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e17: The Greatest Escapes, History 2021
The escape pod is not an option. It escaped last Thursday. Red Dwarf s6e3: Gunmen of the Apocalypse, Lister, BBC 1993
The most infamous prison on Earth. Surrounded by the freezing waters of the San Francisco Bay. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e1: Alcatraz, History 2022
1962: A gang of four small-time crooks … [Allen] West starts looking for collaborators: Frank Morris … John & Clarence Anglin … With the drop-cloths in place and the rest of the inmates keeping their mouths shut the escapees have time to work on removing the bolts from the ceiling vent … On the night of July 11th 1962 it’s time to go. ibid.
2015: Inside an impenetrable fortress two men’s impossible dreams. Meet two unlikely partners in crime. Together, they attempt the unthinkable. Escape Dannemora. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e2: North Country Breakout
Richard Hacksaw Matt had been trapped behind the walls of Dannemora for the last seven years and he desperately wants out … David Sweat … had been in and out of prison for most of his adult life. ibid.
Joyce Mitchell has cold feet. In fact she has checked herself into the hospital for a panic attack. ibid.
When Joyce Mitchell failed to pick them up on the night of June 6th 2015 their fate was sealed. ibid.
The most secure prison in Mexico. And a daring attempt to break in. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e3: El Chapo
Drug lords have their own private armies. So the walls of Puento Grande need to be able to withstand a full scale assault from outside. ibid.
This cell is home to one of the most notorious and bloodthirsty narco criminals of all time: Joaquin Guzman, known to the world as El Chapo. ibid.
‘He escaped on July 11th 2015 and then he is recaptured again on January 8th 2016.’ ibid. Gina Parlevecchio, US lead trial counsel
Western Penetentiary 1996: It was overcrowded and in disrepair … One man sees a puzzle to be solved: Nuno Pontes, the Mastermind. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e4: Conquering the Wall
Nun Pontes is trying to drill his way into an underground crawl space. From there he will be able to tunnel under the prison’s impenetrable wall. ibid.
Dawn finally comes. It’s time … The Pittsburgh six may have just executed the perfect prison escape. They have a two-hour head-start on the authorities. ibid.
The six travel undetected to Pasadena, Texas. There, they hide in a hotel while waiting for falsified documents so they can leave the country. ibid.
They have found the remaining escapees … The Pittsburgh six executed one of the most brazen, brilliant and cunning escapes in history. The mastermind, Nuno Pontes, got just twelve days of freedom, and then fourteen years in Solitary, spending twenty-three hours in a cell utterly alone. You have to ask yourself, Was it all worth it? ibid.
A Nazi POW camp in the heart of the Third Reich [Stalag 3] crawling with spies. One brave British officer organises an audacious escape. Can he and his men break Hitler’s iron grip and tunnel to freedom? Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e5: Escaping Hitler
Three bloody deep, bloody long tunnels will be dug: Tom, Dick and Harry. One will succeed. ibid.
‘76 men had dispersed out and were on their way to escape as far as they could.’ ibid. historian
‘He [Hitler] was eventually talked down to executing only 50.’ ibid.
The most secure prison in all of Europe. A tight-knit group of hardened inmates embroiled in a bloody conflict planing an escape of epic proportions. Hoping to pull of one of the largest and most elaborate prison escapes in all of history. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e6: Belfast Breakout
This is 1980s Northern Ireland: it’s a prison built next to a British military base. Its name: The Maze. ibid.
The full plan is now in place: take over the control room using guns to subdue the guards. Prevent any alarms from being sounded. Hijack the truck and its driver at H-Block 7’s loading dock. Put up to 40 prisoners in the back of the truck. Get through the main gate with the truck driver at gunpoint. Overwhelm security at the military gate and drive out of the prison grounds. Then meet up with their IRA contacts on the nearby roads. What can go wrong? ibid.
But many do make it all the way to freedom. But the long reach of the British government … It was a violent, traumatic escape. ibid.
Locked away in the deadly prison, a manipulative convict, and this his friend and cellmate, to tunnel out of their cell and break out of this hellhole … His name is Timothy Vale. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e7: Fleeing Hellmira
He’s broken out of his cell and explored the attic above him and identified an escape route. His next step is to figure out how to climb down from the roof of the three-storey building without being caught. ibid.
Halfway down the wall disaster strikes. ibid.
Petros Tennessee: A prison for the worst of the worst. A place where hope goes to die … They call it the End of the Line … One of the most infamous assassins in American history: James Earl Ray. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s1e8: Assassin’s Flight
He opens the manhole cover. Ray gets a faceful of steam. The pain is almost unbearable. He has mere seconds to decide what to do before the patrol guards see him in the yard. Does he go back to his cell and give up his escape, or does he risk being burned and climb down into that tunnel? After all, the tunnel leads to his freedom … He becomes more determined than ever to escape. ibid.
Six years after his previous attempt … he think he sees another way out. A small gap under the electric fence on top of the prison wall … He puts the ladder right on the electric wire … A total of six escapees are righting their way through the rugged mountains … ‘Under the pile of leaves is James Earl Ray.’ ibid.