The Escapist

The Escapist, starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes and Damian Lewis, is a feature film about a prisoner who plans an escape in order to make peace with his ailing daughter. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, the film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Rupert Wyatt is a writer and director who also co-founded the production company Picture Farm. Wyatt's film credits include Ticks, Subterrain and Get the Picture.

"The British film The Escapist, which made its North American debut at Sundance this year, not only works as a brilliant, twisting existential expansion of the traditional prison break film; it also works as a crackerjack example of the traditional prison break film."—CinematicalCinematical: Sundance Review: The Escapist (February 2, 2008)

• "Without straying too far from formula or stock characters, The Escapist shapes a standard prison-break drama into a metaphysical study of freedom and reparation."—NY TimesNY Times: Surviving Inside a Decaying Museum (April 3, 2009)