| GREAT ESCAPES WITH MORGAN FREEMAN (HISTORY)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
11/9/21
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12/28/21
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2021-2022 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (8 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
| VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled |
DESCRIPTION:
(from History's web site, November 2021) Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman is an eight-part series from The HISTORY® Channel hosted and executive produced by Morgan Freeman. The five-time Academy Award nominee and one-time Academy Award-winning actor has appeared in hundreds of films and television roles. One of his most famous and beloved performances was in Shawshank Redemption, a film focusing on the exploits of a group of inmates inside the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary. In the series, Morgan will explore real-life prison breaks that have captured the attention of the public. It’s an up close and personal view of what the prisoners are faced with in executing their break outs. Famous escapes from Alcatraz, Dannemora, Pittsburgh State Penitentiary and other locations are recreated with actors playing KEY roles and interviews from some of the prisoners themselves, their families, their cell mates and from the guards and prison employees that tried to prevent the escapes. Along with the interviews and recreations, the series will utilizeS new software technology called Unreal Engine to recreate—with great verisimilitude—the prisons themselves. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Morgan Freeman as Host
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Geoffrey Sharp as EP
· James Younger as EP
· Jennifer Wagman as EP (History)
· Kelly Mendelsohn as EP
· Lori McCreary as EP
· Max Micallef as EP (History)
· Morgan Freeman as EP
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GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Revelations Entertainment
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