Is the Alcatraz segment on the Mysterious Legends dvd edited? It doesn't seem like it would be the full length of an episode like the Alcatraz special. I'm recording it from Lifetime to compare.

I have the NBC broadcast of the Alcatraz special, and I can tell you that even the Lifetime rerun version is edited. The Alcatraz special ran 90 minutes originally. Without commercials, it would probably be more like 65-70 minutes.

Justin

someone on this board claimed the DVD version is 28:33 long, which would be even shorter than the Lifetime version I'd assume

then again, seeing a fat guy swim across the lake isnt really something to worry about missing

During the original episode on NBC that was 90 minutes they profiled two or three cases of prison escapees (one was of those French prisoners that escaped from the car). That might be why it was so much longer.

During the original episode on NBC that was 90 minutes they profiled two or three cases of prison escapees (one was of those French prisoners that escaped from the car). That might be why it was so much longer.

Lifetime showed those prison escapes in a separate episode...

During the original episode on NBC that was 90 minutes they profiled two or three cases of prison escapees (one was of those French prisoners that escaped from the car). That might be why it was so much longer.

The 90 minute version also included some more historic information about the prison as well as a profile of two men who attempted an escape in the thirties, if I remember correctly.

-J

its a shame alcatraz was shut down, it looked like it did a damn good job preventing successful escapes considering nobody conclusively survived any of them

all you gotta do is fix it up and treat the inmates a little less like the scum they are