Tuesday 4 November 2008

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Prison Break

Prison Break is an American action/serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005. It is produced by 20th Century Fox Televison.
The series revolves around two brothers; one who, as of the pilot, has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other, a genius, who devises an elaborate plan to help him escape prison. An engineer (Wentworth Miller) installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to help his brother (Dominic Purcell), a death-row inmate who insists he did not commit the crime for which he has been sentenced to die and help him escape.


Prison Break is currently running on its 4th Season and it enjoyed by millions of viewers worlwide has it has very succesful televison ratings.

http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/






Film Text:


Felon

Felon is a American drama, crime genre film which was produced by Stage 6 films. It was released in cinemas on the 19 July 2008.


The family man Wade Porter is living the American Dream with his girlfriend Laura and their son Michael: they have a nice house, he has just raised a loan to make his company grow and they are going to get married. However their dream becomes a nightmare when Wade unintentionally kills a burglar that had broken into their house in the middle of the night on his lawn. He is sent to trial and accepts a deal proposed by the prosecutor, being sentenced to three years in prison. During the transportation, there is an incident in the bus and Wade is framed and sent to the maximum security wing under the command of the corrupt Lieutenant Jackson. His cell-mate John Smith that was sentenced to life revenging the death of his family befriends Wade and gives helpful advices and hope to Wade to return to his family.

The critical reception of the film was very positive from critics and is based on a true story.

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/felon/





The TV text & Film text are linked because it is an prison related genre. Both text represent the ideology of prison life and how life it portrayed as an inmate in a confided prison.

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