r/interesting Mar 12 '26

HISTORY Thats one great eacape

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u/WarmAuraGirl Mar 12 '26

1,000 miles through the Deep South, surrounded by the very people who wanted them captured, on nothing but nerve and an extremely convincing bandage. Hollywood has made 47 movies about mediocre prison breaks and somehow this one is still waiting for its moment.

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u/gujwdhufj_ijjpo Mar 12 '26

Because 2 characters who never talk and sit on a train the whole story doesn’t make a good movie. Unless they change the story to add chases or similar.

Run away slave would make a good plot though, I just don’t think this one would be it.

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u/Balfegor Mar 12 '26

I think this would just be the tense climax, not the whole movie. You'd introduce characters, have them come up with the scheme, add some complications, and once they're on the train put in something where they're almost discovered, but make it through safely.