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I Escaped from Devil's Island

April 24, 2024

I Escaped from Devil's Island is a 1973 exploitation film about an escape attempt from Devil's Island.[1] Roger Corman and Gene Corman produced this grim adventure saga which was made to cash in on the release of Papillon.[2]

I Escaped from Devil's Island
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Witney
Written byRichard DeLong Adams
Produced byRoger and Gene Corman
StarringJim Brown
Christopher George
Richard Ely
CinematographyRosalío Solano
Edited byBarbara Pokras
Tom Walls
Music byLes Baxter
Production
company
The Corman Company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • September 1973 (1973-09) (U.S.)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot summary edit

Prison life on Devil's Island is no picnic so fellow prisoners Le Bras (Jim Brown) and Davert (Christopher George) escape. Along their escape route, they encounter submissive native women and a colony of lepers.[3]

Cast edit

Production edit

Jim Brown was signed to make the film in December 1972.[4]

Martin Scorsese says that Roger Corman offered him the chance to direct the film following Boxcar Bertha.[5] "The idea was if you shoot it fast enough, you could release the film before Papillon," he said. "I was still very keen on genre films." However Scorsese decided to make Mean Streets instead.[6] He says he had been talked out of doing exploitation films by his friend and colleague John Cassavetes who urged Scorsese to make something more personal. (Corman also offered Scorsese The Arena and the director turned that down as well.[7])

William Witney directed instead. Filming started in April 1973 in Acapulco.[8] During filming, Witney's wife died of throat cancer.[9]

The producers of the similar film Papillon (1973) sued for copyright infringement but were unsuccessful.[1]

Reception edit

Quentin Tarantino was an admirer of the film with a script that is "both entertaining and rather complex" and lead characters that "are refreshingly complicated and three dimensional" and a fresh "exploration of the societal dynamics of the community that the island prisoners exist in" in particular The Fancy Boys who "aren’t presented the way the queer population is usually depicted in novels about Alcatraz or other prison-set seventies adventures... [they] hold their own respected status inside of the island convict community without degradation. They’re respected both as individuals and as the group they represent. And are coveted objects of desire among the convict population."[10]

Video Release edit

Shout Factory released I Escaped from Devil's Island on DVD and Blu-ray on July 15, 2014.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 58
  2. ^ "I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) - William Witney | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  3. ^ "I Escaped from Devil's Island".
  4. ^ Marginalia: Peak For Exhibitions New York Times 12 Dec 1972: 62
  5. ^ Rosen, Marjorie (1975). "MARTIN SCORSESE INTERVIEW". Film Comment. 11 (2). New York: 42–46. ProQuest 1647261079.
  6. ^ Scorsese on Scorsese Ed Ian Christie, David Thomson, 2003 p 39
  7. ^ Scorsese, Martin; Brunette, Peter (1999). Martin Scorsese : interviews. University Press of Mississippi. p. 22.
  8. ^ MOVIE CALL SHEET: Robert Ryan Set in 'Outfit' Murphy, Mary. Los Angeles Times 31 Mar 1973: b9
  9. ^ Close up : the contract director. Scarecrow Press. 1976. p. 218. ISBN 9780810809611.
  10. ^ Tarantino, Quentin (6 April 2020). . The New Beverly Cinema. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

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