:29:03
Now, my boys, they haven't been
able to find a file on this guy.
Who is he, anyway, sir?
:29:06
His name is John Mason,
a British national...
:29:10
incarcerated
on Alcatraz in 1962;
:29:13
escaped in '63.
:29:15
- I was under the impression
that no one escaped Alcatraz, sir.
- Paxton, don't argue!
:29:19
[Womack] This man
has no identity, not in the
United States or Great Britain.
:29:23
He does not exist.
Understand?
:29:26
I want one thing:
how he escaped the Rock...
:29:28
specifically, the route he took
through the island's bowels.
:29:31
[Man]
Papers are in order, sir.
:29:32
[Womack]
We're prepared to offer him
a full pardon.
:29:35
And Paxton, no strong-arming Mason.
I know him too well.
:29:39
Well, if you know him
then why don't you question him?
:29:41
No, he'll remember me. I don't want
his anger clouding the issue.
:29:46
All right,
I'll take care of him.
:29:50
[Latch Clinking]
:29:55
Mr Mason, I'm special agent
in charge Ernest Baxter.
:29:59
In charge of what? Fucking me over
for another three decades?
:30:04
I don't know anything about your
previous matters. I'm here because...
:30:07
a special situation exists that we feel
you might be able to help us with.
:30:10
Now, what might that be? I've been
in jail longer than Nelson Mandela,
:30:14
so maybe you want me
to run for president.
:30:16
- Not exactly.
- Ah, pity.
:30:19
I feel rather like
Alcamedes.
:30:21
- Who?
- Alcamedes. He was imprisoned
by his king in ancient Greece.
:30:25
Like Sir Walter Raleigh.
Same fate.
:30:28
- James the First.
- Even someone as bright as you...
:30:31
must be aware that, uh, there's
a certain pattern emerging here.
:30:35
Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
:30:37
Yeah, I heard of him. Didn't he
play hockey for the fuckin' Redwings?
:30:41
- That's the chap.
- Get this straight, Pops.
:30:44
I don't like you any more
than you like me.
:30:46
But I'm here to make you
a legitimate offer.
:30:49
You wanna hear
what I have to say or not?
:30:51
By all means,
dear Paxton, by all means.
:30:55
[Paxton]
We got a problem in a place
that I think you know.
:30:58
- There's a hostage situation
on Alcatraz.
- Hostage?