Scared Straight!
It took going behind bars to keep them out.
- 1978
- 52m
- Documentary
Rating: 7.5 out of 10TMDB(14 votes)
Overview
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film (1979)
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Setting
Set in East Jersey State Prison
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Collection
Part of Scared Straight Collection
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Cinematography
Cinematography by William Moffitt
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Arnold ShapiroWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 2, 1978
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Scared Straight Collection
Production
Cast
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