Jail Breakers

Jail Breakers

Jail Breakers poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gwangbokjeol teuksa
McCune–Reischauer Kwangbokchŏl t‘ŭksa
Directed by Kim Sang-jin
Produced by Kang Woo-suk
Written by Park Jung-woo
Music by Sohn Moo-hyun
Cinematography Jeong Kwang-seok
Edited by Ko Im-pyo
Production
company
Director's Home Pictures
Distributed by Cinema Service
Release dates
  • November 21, 2002 (2002-11-21)
Running time
120 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$17,797,711[1]

Jail Breakers (Hangul: 광복절 특사; RR: Gwangbokjeol teuksa) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film starring Sol Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yun-ah.[2][3] It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.[4]

Plot

Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.

Cast

Awards

2002 Blue Dragon Film Awards[5]

2003 Baeksang Arts Awards

2003 Grand Bell Awards

References

  1. "Gwangbokjeol teuksa (Jail Breakers)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. Paquet, Darcy. "Jail Breakers". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. Elley, Derek (2 December 2002). "Review: Jail Breakers". Variety. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. "The Best Selling Films of 2002". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. "Jail Breakers (No. 815) - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

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