I guess I was supposed to be a moviemaker,” said Donald Trump today when asked why he decided to reopen the infamous prison ...

The president is apparently making decisions about America's penitentiary system based on a 46-year-old Clint Eastwood movie.

Turns out there might be a more prosaic answer: Clint Eastwood’s 1979 classic Escape ... to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent ...

A rerun of the classic movie Escape from Alcatraz coincidentally aired in southern Florida just before Trump revealed his ...

The movie, which stars Clint Eastwood, was re-aired the following ... The Independent has reached out to the White House for comment. open image in gallery Hours before the president demanded ...

Donald Trump reposted a clip of top aide Stephen Miller claiming the president wants to reopen Alcatraz prison, to house “villains ... starring Clint Eastwood. The president, who was staying ...

Mr. Trump, returning to the White House on Sunday night ... Cage and the 1979 film "Escape from Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood. In 1972, Congress created the Golden Gate National Recreation ...

It’s “just an idea I’ve had,” the President said on his return to the White House from Florida ... a-Lago – aired a rerun of the 1979 Clint Eastwood classic movie Escape From Alcatraz ...