With this screenplay David Mamet gives the traditional prison-break story his special blend of gripping suspense, slapdash buffoonery, and ingenious plotting. Bob, a vicious killer, cheats the electric chair by shooting his way out of the penitentiary, forcing two reluctant convicts to come along. Desperately dodging the cops, Ned and Jim reach a river that runs along the Canadian border. The bridge across it becomes their only hope of reaching safety, but a checkpoint guards the crossing. Mamet builds the tension to the breaking point with a series of sizzling surprises as time and again the escaped jailbirds fail by a hairsbreadth to slip past the guards. Disguised as priests, Ned and Jim are mistaken for two famous theologians attending the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows at a local monastery. The wickedly funny Mamet takes his two heroes down a dizzying course of serpentine adventures, demonstrating once again his peerless mas-tery of the art of cinematic suspense.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing
ISBN-10
0802132022
ISBN-13
9780802132024
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107091027
Product Key Features
Author
David Mamet
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Drama Texts, Plays & Screenplays
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Chicago
Author Biography
Mamet Is the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Director of Numerous Plays and Films.