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Escape
Escape or Escaping may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * ''Escape'' (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer, based on the novel by Ethel Vance * ''Escape'' (1948 film), starring Rex Harrison * ''Escape'' (1971 film), a television movie starring Christopher George and William Windom * ''Escape'' (1980 film), a television movie starring Timothy Bottoms and Colleen Dewhurst * ''Escape'' (1988 film), an Egyptian film directed by Atef El-Tayeb * ''Escape'' (2012 American film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell, John Rhys-Davies, Anora Lyn * ''Escape'' (2012 Norwegian film), a thriller originally titled ''Flukt'' * ''Escapes'' (film), a 2017 documentary film about ''Blade Runner'' screenwriter Hampton Fancher * ''Escape'' (2021 film), a Malayalam film starring Santhosh Keezhattoor * ''Escape'' (2023 film), a Malaysian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (Enrique Iglesias Album)
''Escape'' is the fifth studio album and second English-language album recorded by Spanish singer and songwriter Enrique Iglesias. It was released by Interscope Records on 30 October 2001. The album ''Escape'' proved to be even more successful than its predecessor, '' Enrique'' (1999), having sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The album spawned five singles: "Hero", " Escape", " Don't Turn Off the Lights", " Love to See You Cry", and " Maybe", all of which became chart hits. In November 2002 a second edition of the album was released with two new tracks: a new version of "Maybe" and "To Love a Woman". Background Iglesias co-wrote every track on the album and co-executive produced the album with Andres Restepo. The album returns Enrique to a straightforward pop style in comparison to the Latin-pop theme songs of his English debut. The album also has influences of 80s guitar rock much like his early Spanish releases. "I'm Latin and always will be but my music is not. Even whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (magazine)
''Escape'' magazine was a British comic strip magazine founded and edited by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury. Nineteen issues were published between 1983 and 1989. Eddie Campbell, Phil Elliott and Glenn Dakin were amongst the many cartoonists published within its pages. Escape Publishing also released a limited number of graphic novels in the period 1984–1989, some co-published with Titan Books. Origins ''Escape'' has its origins in the explosion of small press or minicomics that occurred in the UK in the early 1980s. Paul Gravett was running a stall at the Westminster Comic Mart in London called Fast Fiction where he would sell other people's self-published comics for a small cut. These would generally be short-run publications, usually photocopied and assembled by hand, by creators who couldn't find a professional outlet for their work with many coming from an art school background with unique approaches to comic art. At the same time awareness was growing of intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (Journey Album)
''Escape'' (stylized as ''E5C4P3'' on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Journey, released on July 20, 1981, by Columbia Records. It topped the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart and featured four hit ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles – " Don't Stop Believin" ( 9), " Who's Crying Now" (No. 4), "Still They Ride" (No. 19) and " Open Arms" (No. 2) – plus rock radio staple "Stone in Love". In July 2021, it was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) for at least ten million sales in the US, making it the band's most successful studio album and second most successful album overall behind '' Greatest Hits''. ''Escape'' was the fifth-highest selling album of 1981, just behind '' Bella Donna'' from Stevie Nicks. Background and writing ''Escape'' was the band's first album with keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who replaced founding member Gregg Rolie after he left the band at the end of 1980. The album was co-produced by former Lyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape! (film)
''Escape!'' is a 1930 British crime film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gerald du Maurier, Edna Best and Gordon Harker. It was based on the 1926 play of the same title by John Galsworthy, which was adapted again as a film in 1948. Plot Captain Matt Denant (Gerald du Maurier) is a former army officer who had been pursued by Germans during the war. He is riding at a hunt and, though he enjoys the sport, he empathises with the fox who stands little chance against the hounds. Later, after a dinner in London he decides to walk on his own through a busy Hyde Park. Denant begins talking with a girl in the park ( Mabel Poulton), who reveals herself to be a prostitute. Denant declines the woman's proposition and turns to continue on his walk. At that moment a plain clothes police officer ( George Curzon) accosts the woman and accuses her of harassing Denant. Denant protests her innocence, maintaining that she had committed no crime. Denant then distracts the policeman, in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (Jessop And Palmer Book)
''Escape'' is a book by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer (author), Laura Palmer. It discusses Jessop's upbringing in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) polygamous community. Her childhood was affected by the sect's suspicion of outsiders, the division that took place in that FLDS in the 1970s and '80s and by the increasing strictness of the sect her family belonged to. She experienced life with a mother who suffered from depression and was violent with her children. She observed conflict between her parents over celebrating Christmas and the effect of her surroundings and the strictness of the sect on her mother's mental condition and on her mother's relationship with her husband. She learned how to work around her mother's mood swings and observed how other children responded to spanking, so as to mitigate some of the violence. She also learned from her grandmother to take great pride in her church's tradition of plural marriage. Carolyn want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (2024 Spanish Film)
''Escape'' is a 2024 thriller film written, edited and directed by Rodrigo Cortés, based on the novel of the same name by and starring Mario Casas and Anna Castillo. Plot The plot follows N., a broken young man hellbent on living in prison. Cast Production ''Escape'' entails Cortés' return to Spanish-language filmmaking after his 2007 debut feature '' The Contestant''. Pitched by Cortés as "'' The Count of Monte Cristo'' backwards, '' Papillon'' backwards or '' Escape from Alcatraz'' backwards", the film is a Nostromo Pictures ( Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls) co-production with France's The Project, in association with Mogambo, Cosmopolitan TV, and with the participation of RTVE and Movistar Plus+. In May 2023, Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese, many accolades, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (play)
''Escape'' is a play in nine episodes by the British writer John Galsworthy. The world premiere was on August 12, 1926 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End, produced by Leon M. Lion. The play ran until March of the following year, when it went on tour of England with Gerald Ames in the lead role. Subsequently, the play transferred to Broadway where it was produced and staged by Winthrop Ames (no relation of Gerald Ames). The American production ran for 173 performances from 26 October 1927 to March 1928 at the Booth Theatre, New York City. It was included in Burns Mantle's ''The Best Plays of 1927–1928''. The play was made into a film in 1930. Plot Former World War I British Army Captain Matt Denant protects a poor prostitute from an over-persistent plainclothes police detective. In a scuffle Denant hits the officer who as a result falls, striking his head, and dies. Denant gets sentenced to Dartmoor Prison for manslaughter and escapes from a work deta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (1948 Film)
''Escape'' is a 1948 British-American thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It follows a Royal Air Force World War II veteran (Rex Harrison) who goes to prison and then escapes and meets a woman who persuades him to surrender. The screenplay by Philip Dunne was based on the 1926 play '' Escape'' by John Galsworthy, which had previously been filmed in 1930. Plot A former RAF squadron leader, Matt Denant, goes to Hendley, England to visit an airfield run by his friend Titch. Rodgers, an employee at the airfield, asks Matt to do him a favour by making a large wager on a horse. Matt does, but when the horse loses, Rodgers promises to repay him. While Matt is strolling through Hyde Park, a woman strikes up a conversation, but Penter, a detective, charges her with unlawful soliciting. Matt intervenes on her behalf, but when the two men fight, Penter knocks his head on a park bench and is mortally wounded. Matt is placed under arrest; he is then sentenced to three years in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
