Stephen King Recommends ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA with Benicio del Toro & Paul Dano
Looking for something new to binge? Well, The Stand and The Shining author Stephen King recommends you check out Ben Stiller’s Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora with Benicio del Toro, Patricia Arquette, and Paul Dano.
King took to Twitter to sing the show’s praise, writing: “ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA is TV at its best. But the best of the best? The 9-minute+ opening of Episode 5 appears to be one continuous, eye-popping shot. Ben Stiller directs; Jessica Lee Gage is the DP who brings it off with seemingly effortless panache.“
Check out his post below.
Co-starring Bonnie Hunt, Eric Lange, and David Morse, The seven-episode series is based on the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape and was created and written by Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin and directed by Ben Stiller.
Ben Stiller executive produces and directs all episodes of the series which takes place in the small sleepy town of Dannemora – home to the Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison. Two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat become entangled in the life of a married female prison employee in the summer of 2015. Tilly Mitchell, an employee at Clinton Correctional Facility becomes romantically entangled with both convicts and aids in their escape from the facility.
The first season sports a 90% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: [Its] slow pace demands patience, but those willing to wait will be rewarded with a chilling mystery that provides the perfect showcase for its talented cast — especially so for the incredible Patricia Arquette.
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