--- title: 'The Escapist (2008)' type: 'film' director: 'Rupert Wyatt' released: '2008-01-01' runtime_minutes: 99 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-escapist-2008' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961728/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Escapist (2008) 2008 · 99 min · Drama, Crime · United Kingdom ## Synopsis The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller film starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis. It was directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt and premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to considerable acclaim. An Irish-UK co-production, the film was produced by Alan Moloney of Parallel Films and Adrian Sturges of Picture Farm. ## Credits - **Director:** [Rupert Wyatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-wyatt) - **Screenplay:** [Rupert Wyatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-wyatt), [Daniel Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-hardy) - **Original Music Composer:** [Benjamin Wallfisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-wallfisch) - **Producer:** [Adrian Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-sturges) - **Editor:** [Joe Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-walker) ## Cast - [Dominic Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-cooper) - [Liam Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-cunningham) - [Brian Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-cox) - [Sheamus](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheamus) - [Joseph Fiennes](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-fiennes) - [Steven Mackintosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-mackintosh) - [Damian Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/damian-lewis) - [Seu Jorge](https://cinepixo.com/people/seu-jorge) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.escapistthemovie.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-escapist-2008 Film facts: Wikidata (Q955057); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.