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Originally Posted by SittinOnDubsWGW
What did you think about the film? I read in an issue of Outside about how they weren't big fans of it, and that the story is pretty much bullshit.
They did however talk about a different book that is a more realistic story of a group of men that actually did escape and had a far less travel to freedom. I'll look for the name for the book of that account.
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Aside from the questionable authenticity, the movie was entertaining. The director/cast was respectable: Peter Weir, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell.
It seems unlikely that this particular trek happened, but I'd still recommend seeing the movie.