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- Dr. Goodspeed.
- Pleasure to meet you.
- How do you do, sir?
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It's been a fairly interesting day
so far. The prisoner's here. Shall we?
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Now, my boys, they haven't been
able to find a file on this guy.
Who is he anyway, sir?
:29:12
His name is John Mason,
a British national...
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incarcerated on Alcatraz
in 1962, escaped in '63.
:29:20
I was under the impression that no one
ever escaped Alcatraz, sir.
:29:22
Paxton, don't argue!
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This man has no identity, not in
the United States or Great Britain.
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He does not exist. Understand?
:29:31
I want one thing:
how he escaped The Rock.
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Specifically the route he took
through the island's bowels.
:29:36
- The papers are in order, sir.
- We're prepared to offer him
a full pardon.
:29:40
And Paxton, no strong-arming Mason.
I know him too well.
:29:44
Well, if you know him,
then why don't you question him?
:29:47
No, he'll remember me. I don't want
his anger clouding the issue.
:29:51
All right, I'll take care of him.
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Mr. Mason, I'm Special Agent
in Charge, Ernest Paxton.
:30:05
In charge of what? Fucking me over
for another three decades?
:30:09
I don't know anything about your
previous matters. I'm here because...
:30:12
a special situation exists that we feel
you might be able to help us with.
:30:15
Well, what might that be?
:30:17
I've been in jail longer than
Nelson Mandela, so maybe you
want me to run for president.
:30:21
- Not exactly.
- Mmm, a pity.
:30:25
I feel rather like Alcamenes.
:30:27
- Who?
- Alcamenes. He was imprisoned
by his king in ancient Greece.
:30:31
-Like Sir Walter Raleigh. The same fate.
-James the First.
:30:35
Even someone as bright as you
must be aware that, uh,
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there's a certain pattern
emerging here.
:30:41
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
:30:43
Yeah, I heard of him. Didn't he play
hockey for the fuckin' Red Wings?
:30:46
- That's the chap.
- Get this straight, pops.
:30:49
I don't like you any more
than you like me.
:30:52
But I'm here to make you
a legitimate offer.
:30:54
You wanna hear what
I have to say or not?
:30:57
By all means, dear Paxton.
By all means.