Shadowraven
08-07-2004, 10:47 PM
Has anybody seen the film "Escape from Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood? I'm watching it today during an Eastwood marathon on AMC, I've seen it before, but I'm still struck by the similarities to Stephen King's short story (or if you've seen the film) "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." The film was made in '79. The book that the King novella is in has a copyright of '82. Could this really be a case of King simply copied too much subtleties from a film?