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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: So loosely that it has little in common with the actual course of events. Check Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki or see ArtisticLicenseHistory above for more information.
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Young ripped a person's throat out with a spoon.
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An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable; however, his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: So loosely that it has little in common with the actual course of events. Check TheOtherWiki Wiki/TheOtherWiki or see ArtisticLicenseHistory above for more information.
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco and staring Creator/ChristianSlater and KevinBacon. An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable; however, his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco Rocco, starring Creator/ChristianSlater, Creator/KevinBacon, and staring Creator/ChristianSlater and KevinBacon. Creator/GaryOldman.
An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable; however, his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable; however, his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
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-->''"Prior to Henri Young, there had been five escape attempts. No one had made it. The reputation of Alcatraz as being inescapable was secure. Six inmates had died trying to escape. The ones who didn't die sometimes wished they had."''
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco and staring Creator/ChristianSlater and KevinBacon. An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable, however his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
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* DrivenToSuicide: It's {{implied}} that Young killed himself to escape solitary, with a note found reading he was free.
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* DrivenToSuicide: It's {{implied}} that Young killed himself to escape solitary, with a note found reading saying that he was now free.
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* DrivenToSuicide: It's {{implied}} that Young killed himself to escape solitary, with a note found reading he was free.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Young views going back to solitary as this, not without reason.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Young views going back to solitary as this, not without reason.
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* DeathSeeker: Young asks Stamphill to change his plea to guilty and get him the death penalty several times.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Young asks Stamphill to change his plea to guilty and get him the death penalty several times.
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* DrivenToSuicide: GoMadFromTheIsolation: Young asks Stamphill spends three years in solitary confinement after attempting to change his plea to guilty escape from Alcatraz. He does have some human contact during those years; unfortunately, the humans are very sadistic guards. When he's finally released from solitary, he snaps and get kills the inmate who snitched on him and foiled the death penalty several times.escape attempt.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Young gets thrown back in the hole and dies (possibly by suicide), however he dies knowing that his sister's safe and had a relatively happy life, he was vindicated after only being charged with manslaughter and the {{jerkass}} warden's getting his comeuppance.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Young gets thrown back in the hole and dies (possibly by suicide), however he dies knowing that his sister's safe and had a relatively happy life, he was vindicated after only being charged with convicted of manslaughter and the {{jerkass}} warden's getting his comeuppance.]]
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* TheJailer: The Warden who puts Young in the hole is an unusual example, since he serves this purpose within a jail. [[spoiler: He ends up being arrested and banned from working in the penal system.]]
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* TheJailer: The Warden assistant warden who puts Young in the hole is an unusual example, since he serves this purpose within a jail. [[spoiler: He ends up being arrested and banned from working in the penal system.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The real Young was in fact convicted of bank robbery, and had several other convictions under his belt before this as well. The assistant warden did not maim him with a razor. He also killed [=McCain=] months after he was released from solitary, not an hour after, and it remains unclear what the motive was. Young didn't die in Alcatraz, he was sent to another federal prison and served out his sentence, then did time in state prison for a murder which took place during one of his robberies. He broke parole in 1972 and disappeared-no one knows what his eventual fate was.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The real Young was in fact convicted of bank robbery, and had several other convictions under his belt before this as well. The assistant warden did not maim him with a razor. He also killed [=McCain=] months after he was released from solitary, not an hour after, and some have claimed it remains unclear what was actually the motive was.result of a lover's quarrel. Young didn't die in Alcatraz, he was sent to another federal prison and served out his sentence, then did time in state prison for a murder which took place during one of his robberies. He broke parole in 1972 and disappeared-no one knows what his eventual fate was.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: So loosely that it has little in common with the actual course of events. Check TheOtherWiki for more information.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: So loosely that it has little in common with the actual course of events. Check TheOtherWiki or see ArtisticLicenseHistory above for more information.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The real Young was in fact convicted of bank robbery, and had several other convictions under his belt before this as well. The assistant warden did not maim him with a razor. He also killed [=McCain=] months after he was released from solitary, not an hour after, and it remains unclear what the motive was. Young didn't die in Alcatraz, he was sent to another federal prison and served out his sentence, then did time in state prison for a murder which took place during one of his robberies. He broke parole in 1972 and disappeared-no one knows what his eventual fate was.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Some of the cast was forced to spend time in jail cells. Bacon also lost twenty pounds for his role.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Young gouges out [=McCain=]'s throat with a spoon.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The real Young was actually a hardened criminal with convictions for bank robbery and murder.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Young gouges out [=McCain=]'s throat with a spoon.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Young gouges out [=McCain=]'s throat with a spoon.
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-->''"Prior to Henri Young, there had been five escape attempts. No one had made it. The reputation of Alcatraz as being inescapable was secure. Six inmates had died trying to escape. The ones who didn't die sometimes wished they had."''
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Young gets thrown back in the hole and dies (possibly by suicide), however he's dies knowing that his sister's safe and had a relatively happy life, he was vindicated after only being charged with manslaughter and the {{jerkass}} warden's getting his comeuppance.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Young gets thrown back in the hole and dies (possibly by suicide), however he's he dies knowing that his sister's safe and had a relatively happy life, he was vindicated after only being charged with manslaughter and the {{jerkass}} warden's getting his comeuppance.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: For stealing $5 from a till to feed his sister, Young ends up being charged with a federal crime (since the store in question housed a Post Office) and ends up sent to Alcatraz to make some politician look good.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: For stealing $5 from a till to feed his sister, Young ends up being charged with a federal crime (since the store in question housed a the small town doubled as the Post Office) and ends up sent to Alcatraz to make some politician look good.
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* UnintentionallyNotoriousCrime: How Young ended up in prison for what would have been a petty theft. See Disproportionate Retribution above.
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco and staring ChristianSlater and KevinBacon. An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable, however his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco and staring ChristianSlater Creator/ChristianSlater and KevinBacon. An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable, however his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco and staring KevinBacon. An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable, however his lawyer James Stamphill has other ideas.
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''Murder in the First'' is a 1995 prison and legal drama directed by Marc Rocco and staring ChristianSlater and KevinBacon. An Alcatraz prisoner named Henri Young (Bacon) is tried for murder after going berserk and ripping out the throat of a fellow inmate with a spoon. His execution seems inevitable, however his lawyer James Stamphill (Slater) has other ideas.
