# Two prisoners escape using tactis similar to Escape from Alcatraz. I predict a movie very soon.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-prisoners-escape-using-tactis-similar-to-escape-from-alcatraz-i-predict-a-movie-very-soon/721858>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 7, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-prisoners-escape-using-tactis-similar-to-escape-from-alcatraz-i-predict-a-movie-very-soon/721858 "2015-06-07T03:27:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-prisoners-escape-using-tactis-similar-to-escape-from-alcatraz-i-predict-a-movie-very-soon/721858/3 "2015-06-07T03:40:20Z")

</div>

A newer reference is _The Shawshank Redemption._ I should have mentioned that movie for the youngsters at the SDMB.

Same display of ingenuity and determination to beat the system. Stick it to the Man. Hard not to root for these guys.

DB Cooper may have died jumping from a plane that night, but theres never been any proof of it. He and the money vanished. He may be reading this post right now. He’ll be remembered for a long, long time…

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-prisoners-escape-using-tactis-similar-to-escape-from-alcatraz-i-predict-a-movie-very-soon/721858)._