document_title: Deliverance

question_text: where was the movie deliverance supposed to have taken place

text: Deliverance

text: Plot[edit]

text: Four Atlanta men—Lewis Medlock, Ed Gentry, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger—decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and witness the area's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam. Lewis and Ed are experienced outdoorsmen, while Bobby and Drew are novices. While traveling to their launch site, the men (Bobby in particular) are condescending towards the locals, who are unimpressed by the "city boys".

text: Traveling in pairs, the group's two canoes are briefly separated, with Ed and Bobby getting stranded on the riverbank. They encounter a pair of local men with a shotgun, who force them into the woods at gunpoint. Ed is tied to a tree, while Bobby is forced to strip and is raped by one of the men while being forced to "squeal like a pig." As the men prepare to sexually assault Ed, Lewis sneaks up and kills the rapist with an arrow from his recurve bow while the other escapes. After a brief but heated debate between Lewis and Drew about whether to inform the authorities, the men vote to side with Lewis' recommendation to bury the dead man's body and continue on as if nothing had happened.

text: The four continue downriver but encounter a dangerous stretch of rapids, during which Drew suddenly falls into the water and disappears. The other three crash their canoes into rocks, which results in Lewis breaking his leg. Encouraged by Lewis, who believes Drew was shot by the rapist's partner and they are now being stalked, Ed climbs a nearby rock face with the bow while Bobby stays behind to look after Lewis. Ed hides out until the next morning when the stalker appears on the top of the cliff with a rifle; Ed clumsily shoots and kills the man, while accidentally stabbing himself with one of the spare arrows. Ed and Bobby weigh down the body in the river to ensure it will never be found, and repeat the same with Drew's body which they encounter downriver.

text: Upon finally reaching the small town of Aintry, they take Lewis to the hospital. The men carefully concoct a cover story for the authorities about Drew's death and disappearance being an accident, lying about their ordeal to Sheriff Bullard in order to escape a possible double murder charge. The sheriff clearly does not believe them, but has no evidence to arrest them and simply tells the men never to come back, to which they agree. The trio vow to keep their story of death and survival a secret for the rest of their lives. Later on, Ed awakens, startled by a nightmare in which a bloated human hand rises from the lake.

text: Cast[edit]

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Jon Voight as Ed Gentry
Burt Reynolds as Lewis Medlock
Ned Beatty as Bobby Trippe
Ronny Cox as Drew Ballinger
Ed Ramey as the Old Man
Billy Redden as Lonnie, AKA the Banjo Boy
Bill McKinney as Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward as Toothless Man
James Dickey as Sheriff Bullard
Macon McCalman as Deputy Sheriff Arthur Queen
Belinda Beatty as Martha Gentry
Charley Boorman as Charlie Gentry

text: Production[edit]

text: Deliverance was shot primarily in Rabun County in northeastern Georgia. The canoe scenes were filmed in the Tallulah Gorge southeast of Clayton and on the Chattooga River. This river divides the northeastern corner of Georgia from the northwestern corner of South Carolina. Additional scenes were shot in Salem, South Carolina.

text: A scene was also shot at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church cemetery. This site has since been flooded and lies 130 feet under the surface of Lake Jocassee, on the border between Oconee and Pickens counties in South Carolina.[2][3] The dam shown under construction is Jocassee Dam.

text: During the filming of the canoe scene, author James Dickey showed up inebriated and got into a bitter argument with producer-director John Boorman, who had rewritten Dickey's script. They allegedly had a brief fistfight in which Boorman's nose was broken and four of his teeth shattered.[4] Dickey was thrown off the set, but no charges were filed against him. The two reconciled and became good friends, and Boorman gave Dickey a cameo role as the sheriff at the end of the film.

text: The inspiration for the Cahulawassee River was the Coosawattee River, which was dammed in the 1970s and contained several dangerous whitewater rapids before being flooded by Carters Lake.[5]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Dickey initially wanted Sam Peckinpah to direct the film.[4]  Dickey also wanted Gene Hackman to portray Ed Gentry whereas Boorman wanted Lee Marvin to play the role.[4]  Boorman also wanted Marlon Brando to play Lewis Medlock.[4] Jack Nicholson was considered for the role of Ed.[4]  Both Donald Sutherland and Charlton Heston turned down the role of Lewis.[4]  Other actors who were attached to the project included Robert Redford, Henry Fonda, George C. Scott and Warren Beatty.[4]

text: Stunts[edit]

text: The film is infamous for cutting costs by not insuring the production and having the actors do their own stunts (most notably, Jon Voight climbed the cliff himself). In one scene, the stunt coordinator decided that a scene showing a canoe with a dummy of Burt Reynolds in it looked phony; he said it looked "like a canoe with a dummy in it".  Reynolds requested to have the scene re-shot with himself in the canoe rather than the dummy.  After shooting the scene, Reynolds, coughing up river water and nursing a broken coccyx, asked how the scene looked.  The director responded, "like a canoe with a dummy in it."[citation needed]

text: Regarding the courage of the four main actors in the movie doing their own stunts without insurance protection, Dickey was quoted as saying all of them "had more guts than a burglar". In a nod to their stunt-performing audacity, early in the movie Lewis says, "Insurance? I've never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk."[citation needed]

text: Notorious line[edit]

text: Several people have been credited with the now-famous line including the phrase "squeal like a pig". Ned Beatty said he thought of it while he and actor McKinney were improvising the scene.[6]

text: James Dickey's son, Christopher Dickey, in his memoir about the film production, Summer of Deliverance, said that one of the crewmen suggested that Beatty's character, Bobby, "squeal like a pig," to add some backwoods horror to the scene and make it more shocking.[page needed] According to Boorman's running commentary on the home media releases, the studio wanted the scene shot two ways, one of which would be acceptable for TV. Boorman did not want to do this. He decided that the phrase "squeal like a pig," suggested by Rabun County liaison Frank Rickman, was a good replacement for the dialogue in the script.[7]

text: Soundtrack and copyright dispute[edit]

text: The film's soundtrack brought new attention to the musical work "Dueling Banjos", which had been recorded numerous times since 1955. Only Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel were originally credited for the piece. The songwriter and producer Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who wrote the original piece, "Feudin' Banjos" (1955), and recorded it with five-string banjo player Don Reno, filed a lawsuit for songwriting credit and a percentage of royalties. He was awarded both in a landmark copyright infringement case.[8] Smith asked Warner Bros. to include his name on the official soundtrack listing, but reportedly asked to be omitted from the movie credits because he found the film offensive.[9]

text: No credit was given for the film score. The film has a number of sparse, brooding passages of music scattered throughout, including several played on a synthesizer. Some prints of the movie omit much of this extra music.

text: Boorman was given a gold record for the "Dueling Banjos" hit single; this was later stolen from his house by the Dublin gangster Martin Cahill. Boorman recreated this scene in The General (1998), his biographical film about Cahill.[10]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Deliverance was a box office success in the United States, becoming the fifth-highest grossing film of 1972 after grossing a domestic total of over $46 million.[1] The film's financial success continued the following year, when it went on to earn $18 million in North American "distributor rentals" (receipts).[11]

text: Critical reception[edit]

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text: Deliverance was well received by critics and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1972.[12][13][14][15] The film is in the top tier of films on the critical review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with a 93% "fresh" rating,  [16]   despite scoring only 50% based on the six "top critic" reviews.

text: Not all reviews were positive. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said:

text: Dickey, who wrote the original novel and the screenplay, lards this plot with a lot of significance – universal, local, whatever happens to be on the market. He is clearly under the impression that he is telling us something about the nature of man, and particularly civilized man's ability to survive primitive challenges[…] But I don't think it works that way.[…] What the movie totally fails at, however, is its attempt to make some kind of significant statement about its action.[…] [W]hat James Dickey has given us here is a fantasy about violence, not a realistic consideration of it.[…] It's possible to consider civilized men in a confrontation with the wilderness without throwing in rapes, cowboy-and-Indian stunts and pure exploitative sensationalism.[17]

text: The instrumental piece, "Dueling Banjos," won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The film was selected by The New York Times as one of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, while the viewers of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom voted it #45 in a list of The 100 Greatest Films.

text: Reynolds later called it "the best film I've ever been in."[18]  However, he admitted that the rape scene went "too far."[19]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

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Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Director — John Boorman
Academy Award for Best Film Editing — Tom Priestley
New York Film Critics Circle for Best Film and Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture — John Boorman
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama — Jon Voight
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song — Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Eric Weissberg, and Steve Mandel
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay — James Dickey

text: American Film Institute lists[edit]

text: AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills—#15

text: Influence of the film[edit]

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Governor Jimmy Carter established a state film commission to encourage production companies to film in Georgia.  The state has "become one of the top five production destinations in the U.S."[20]
The canoes used in the film were displayed at the former Burt Reynolds Museum, located at 100 North U.S. Highway 1, in Jupiter, Florida. One of the canoes used (and signed by Ronny Cox) is on display in the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum, Dillard, Georgia.
Following the film, tourism increased to Rabun County by the tens of thousands. By 2012, tourism was the largest source of revenue in the county.[20] Jon Voight's stunt double for this film, Claude Terry, later purchased equipment used in the movie from Warner Brothers. He founded what is now the oldest whitewater rafting adventure company on the Chattooga River, Southeastern Expeditions.[21] By 2012 rafting had developed as a $20 million industry in the region.[20]
People have built vacation and second homes around the area's lakes.[20]
In June 2012, Rabun County held a Chattooga River Festival to encourage preservation of the river and its environment. It noted the 40th anniversary of the filming of Deliverance in the area, which aroused controversy.[20]
In 2012, producer Cory Welles and director Kevin Walker decided to make the documentary, The Deliverance of Rabun County, to explore the effects of the landmark film on people in the county. They heard a wide range of opinions, particularly resentment at how the country people were portrayed. Others are pragmatic and look at the benefits of increased tourism and related businesses.[20]


document_title: Bat Out of Hell

question_text: who played guitar on bat out of hell

question_tokens: who played guitar on bat out of hell

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text: Bat Out of Hell

text: Pre-production[edit]

text: The album developed from a musical, Neverland, a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan, which Steinman wrote for a workshop in 1974, and performed at the Kennedy Center Music Theatre Lab in 1977.[5][6] Steinman and Meat Loaf, who were touring with the National Lampoon show, felt that three songs were "exceptional" and Steinman began to develop them as part of a seven-song set they wanted to record as an album.[7] The three songs were "Bat Out of Hell", "Heaven Can Wait" and "The Formation of the Pack", which was later retitled "All Revved Up with No Place to Go".

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text: Bat Out of Hell is often compared to the music of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the album Born to Run. Steinman says that he finds that "puzzling, musically", although they share influences; "Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence."[6] A BBC article added, "that Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison."[8]

text: Steinman and Meat Loaf had immense difficulty finding a record company willing to sign them. According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, the band spent most of 1975 writing and recording material, and two and a half years auditioning the record and being rejected.[9] Manager David Sonenberg jokes that they were creating record companies just so they could be rejected.[10] They performed the album live in 1976, with Steinman on piano, Meat Loaf singing, and sometimes Ellen Foley joining them for "Paradise". Steinman says that it was a "medley of the most brutal rejections you could imagine."[11] Meat Loaf "almost cracked" when CBS executive Clive Davis rejected the project.[7] The singer recounts the incident in his autobiography. Not only did Davis, according to Meat Loaf, say that "actors don't make records", the executive challenged Steinman's writing abilities and knowledge of rock music:

text: Do you know how to write a song? Do you know anything about writing? If you're going to write for records, it goes like this: A, B, C, B, C, C. I don't know what you're doing. You're doing A, D, F, G, B, D, C. You don't know how to write a song... Have you ever listened to pop music? Have you ever heard any rock-and-roll music... You should go downstairs when you leave here... and buy some rock-and-roll records.[12]

text: Meat Loaf asserts "Jim, at the time, knew every record ever made. [He] is a walking rock encyclopedia." Although Steinman laughed off the insults, the singer screamed "Fuck you, Clive!" from the street up to his building.[13]

text: However, Todd Rundgren found the album hilarious, thinking that it was a parody of Springsteen.[14] The singer quotes him as saying: "I've got to do this album. It's just so out there." They told the producer that they had previously been signed to RCA.[9] In one 1989 interview with Classic Rock magazine, Steinman labeled him "the only genuine genius I've ever worked with."[7] In a 1989 interview with Redbeard for the In the Studio with Redbeard episode on the making of the album, Meat Loaf revealed that Jimmy Iovine and Andy Johns were potential candidates for producing Bat Out of Hell before being rejected by Meat and Steinman in favor of Rundgren, who Meat initially found cocky but grew to like.

text: Production[edit]

text: Recording started in late 1975 in Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York. Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg, the pianist and drummer from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album, in addition to members of Rundgren's group Utopia: Kasim Sulton, Roger Powell and John "Willie" Wilcox. Edgar Winter played the saxophone on "All Revved Up".[9] Rundgren himself played guitar, including the "motorcycle solo" on "Bat Out of Hell".[15] Both Steinman and Rundgren were influenced by Phil Spector and his "wall of sound".[9] According to Meat Loaf, Rundgren put all the arrangements together because although "Jim could hear all the instruments" in his head, Steinman hummed rather than orchestrating.[15]

text: When Rundgren discovered that the deal with RCA did not actually exist, Albert Grossman, who had been Bob Dylan's manager, offered to put it on his Bearsville label but needed more money.[16] Rundgren had essentially paid for the album himself.[11] Mo Ostin at Warner Bros. was impressed, but other senior people rejected them after they performed live. Steinman had offended them a few years earlier by auditioning with a song named "Who Needs the Young", which contains the lyric "Is there anyone left who can fuck? Screw 'em!"[17]

text: Another E Street Band member, Steve Van Zandt, and Sonenberg arranged to contact Cleveland International Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records. After listening to the spoken word intro to "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" ("Hot Summer Night"), founder Steve Popovich accepted the album for Cleveland.[17][18]

text: Rundgren mixed the record in one night. However, the mixes were not suitable to the extent that Meat Loaf did not want "Paradise" on the album. Jimmy Iovine, who had mixed Springsteen's Born to Run, remixed some of the tracks. After several attempts by several people, John Jansen mixed the version of "Paradise" that is on the album. According to Meat Loaf, he, Jansen and Steinman mixed the title track.[16]

text: Phil Rizzuto's baseball play-by-play call for "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" was recorded in 1976 at The Hit Factory in New York City by Rundgren, Meat Loaf and Steinman. As an Italian Catholic, Rizzuto publicly maintained he was unaware that his contribution would be equated with sex in the finished song. However, Meat Loaf asserts that Rizzuto only claimed ignorance to stifle some criticism from a priest and was fully aware of the context of what he was recording.[19]

text: Composition[edit]

text:
"Bat Out of Hell"

This sample features the beginning of the chorus.

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text: Todd Rundgren acknowledges that Steinman was highly influenced by the "rural suburban teenage angst" of Bruce Springsteen.[20] According to manager David Sonenberg, "Jim would always come up with these great titles and then he would write a song that would try to justify the greatness of the title."[10]

text: The album tells the story of a young man who dies in a motorcycle crash while speeding and relives select moments from his life before his soul is taken to Hell. It opens with the title track "Bat Out of Hell", taken from Steinman's Neverland musical. It is the result of Steinman's desire to write the "most extreme crash song of all time."[11] It features a boy who is riding so fast and ecstatically that he is unable to see an obstruction until it is "way too late". As the unnamed young man slowly dies, he thinks back to the first time he met his girlfriend ("You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"), opens with spoken word section, that was also taken from the Neverland musical, as were the next two tracks.[21]

text: As he dies, he reflects on wanting to see his love one more time ("Heaven Can Wait") and remember their love before he goes to heaven. the young man thinks more deeply into the beginning of his relationship with his unnamed lover and the first time he had sex with her ("All Revved Up and Nowhere to Go"):

text:
You and me 'round about midnight
Someone's got to draw first blood [...]
Oooh I got to draw first blood.

text: Side Two opens with the young man's dying thoughts turning to his recent breakup with the unnamed lover ("Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"); the song was written quite late in the album's production, shortly before the album was released.[10] The song documents the breakup of a relationship where despite the fact that the man wants and needs the woman, he will never love her; he tries to be positive and supportive, however, in emphasizing that wanting her and needing her are very positive things—i.e., "ain't bad"—which gives the song an ironic twist. A further twist is that the reason the man will never love the woman is because he already loves another woman, who broke up with him because she already loved another man. Rundgren identifies how the song was influenced by the Eagles, who were successful at the time. The producer also highlights the "underlying humor in the lyrics", citing the line "There ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box." He says you could only "get away" with that lyric "in a Meat Loaf song".[20]

text: The young man then begins to remember his first sexual encounter with his unnamed lover as a teenager, when he pressured her into having sex with him in his car ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light"); the song features a duet between Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley in which The Boy (the dying man's younger self) and his unnamed girlfriend in which The Boy tries to convince his girlfriend to submit to him, while the girl feebly attempts to reject his advances. They "make out" heavily in the middle instrumental section, described in metaphor in a baseball commentary by New York Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto. Right before The Man is about to take her virginity, the girl makes him swear that he will love her, which he passionately agrees to; however, over time The Man grows sick of the relationship and ultimately commits suicide by crashing his car ("if I got to spend another minute with you I don't think that I can really survive.")

text: As the young man begins to accept his inevitable death ("For Crying Out Loud"), an angel appears to him and forces him to accept the fact that his girlfriend's seemingly "interfering behavior" was really her trying to save him; however, due to his selfish ways he was unable to appreciate the support she tried to give him and instead viewed his relationship with her as merely sexual ("And can't you see my faded Levi's bursting apart.") As he finally dies, he is taken before God, who condemns him for his selfish behavior and sends him to Hell.

text: Comparing the album to Steinman's late-1960s musical The Dream Engine, Classic Rock magazine says that Steinman's imagery is "revved up and testosterone-fueled. Songs like "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and "For Crying Out Loud" echoed the textbook teenage view of sex and life: irrepressible physical urges and unrealistic romantic longing."[7]

text: Steinman's songs for Bat Out of Hell are personal but not autobiographical:

text: I never thought of them as personal songs in terms of my own life but they were personality songs. They were all about my obsessions and images. None of them takes place in a normal world. They all take place in an extreme world. Very operatic ... they were all heightened. They don't take place in normal reality.[11]

text: For example, citing the narrative of "Paradise", Rundgren jokes that he can't imagine Steinman being at a lakeside with the most beautiful girl in school, but he can imagine Steinman imagining it.[20]

text: Cover[edit]

text: Steinman is credited with the album cover concept, which was illustrated by Richard Corben. The cover depicts a motorcycle, ridden by a long-haired man, bursting out of the ground in a graveyard. In the background, a large bat perches atop a mausoleum that towers above the rest of the tombstones. In 2001, Q magazine listed the cover as number 71 in its list of "The Hundred Best Record Covers of All Time."[22]

text: Steinman had wanted equal billing with Meat Loaf on the album's title. He wanted it to be called "Jim Steinman presents..." or "Jim and Meat," or vice versa. For marketing reasons, the record company wished to make 'Meat Loaf' the recognizable name. As a compromise, the words "Songs by Jim Steinman" appear relatively prominently on the cover. The singer believes that this was probably the beginning of their "ambivalent relationship."[23]

text: Title[edit]

text: The phrase "Bat Out of Hell" can be traced back to the Greek playwright Aristophanes' 414 B.C. work titled The Birds.[24] In it is what is believed to be the first reference to a bat out of Hell:

text: Near by the land of the Sciapodes there is a marsh, from the borders whereof the unwashed Socrates evokes the souls of men. Pisander came one day to see his soul, which he had left there when still alive. He offered a little victim, a camel, slit his throat and, following the example of Odysseus, stepped one pace backwards. Then that bat of a Chaerephon came up from hell to drink the camel's blood.

text: Steinman registered "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark in 1995, and sought to prevent Meat Loaf from using the title.[25] In 2006, however, the singer sought to cancel Steinman's trademark and use the title for Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose.[26]

text: Reception[edit]

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Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating

AllMusic
[27]

Rolling Stone
mixed[28]

Robert Christgau
C−[29]

text: Bat Out of Hell was released by Cleveland International in September 1977. Cleveland International's parent label was Epic Records, where almost everyone hated it.[18] Steve Popovich, the head of Cleveland International Records, was relentless in his efforts to get Epic and all of CBS Records and radio on board. In 1993, Steinman reflected that the album is "timeless in that it didn't fit into any trend. It's never been a part of what's going on. You could release that record at any time and it would be out of place."[30]

text: Response to the album was slow. Steinman asserts that it was "underpromoted", having a reputation of being "damaged goods because it had been walked around to so many places." Due to the enthusiastic response to the music videos from the record, Australia and England were the first to develop interest.[11] The BBC television programme The Old Grey Whistle Test aired a clip of the live band performing the nine-minute title track. According to Classic Rock, response was so overwhelming, that they screened it again the following week. They later invited the band to perform "Paradise" live. "As a result, in the UK Bat became an unfashionable, uncool, non-radio record that became a 'must-have' for everyone who heard it, whether they 'got' Steinman's unique perspective or not."[18]

text: Meanwhile, in North America according to Billboard Magazine, Steve Popovich and his partners began promoting the album aggressively, first getting radio play in Omaha, Neb., Cleveland and New York. By year's end, the album had sold a respectable 140,000 copies by Popovich's account, but the promotion people at Epic were still unmoved. Popovich, in a letter to his former boss Alexenburg, complained, "Some of your guys have given up." But not in Canada. Graham Powers, CBS Canada’s Director of Marketing introduced himself to CHUM-FM’s new Program Director Warren Cosford. Cosford’s background was as the Production Manager of Radio Documentaries on The Beatles, Elvis Presley and the 64 hour Evolution of Rock which were in syndication throughout North America. Powers had heard that Warren was a fan of ‘Wall of Sound’ Production and suggested that he listen to Bat Out of Hell over the Christmas and New Years holiday. Cosford loved it. The first day after New Years he called a Music Meeting. Everyone agreed they should not only ‘add’ Bat Out of Hell….but put it in ‘Heavy Rotation’ for a week to gauge audience response. The Telephones lit up. As their Parent Company in New York had earlier turned the record down and were merely distributing it, CBS Canada were surprised, but jumped on board. Later, as Graham Powers said, “Tackling the Meatloaf campaign was different from handling most other CBS international acts in that there was no prior stateside success to refer to. The album was doing virtually nothing in the U.S. and subsequently had to be approached as a totally new project in Canada with a Marketing Campaign developed from scratch”. Publicity Manager Liz Braun added….. After Meatloaf had played at the El Mocambo where he caused a riot, all the press in town wanted to talk to him and did. Suddenly he had a hardcore following in Toronto and he was asked to perform at the CBS Convention in New Orleans. Meat Loaf ‘Live’ at The El Mocambo was immediately pressed to disc and distributed to stations throughout North America. On the Canadian charts, the album reached number 5 (for 2 weeks after 27 weeks on the chart) having been number 6 for 7 weeks.

text: Still, the album was not an immediate hit in the U.S.; it was more of a growing one. Bat Out of Hell still sells about 200,000 copies per year and has sold an estimated 43 million copies worldwide,[31][32] including 14 million in the United States[33] and over 1.7 million albums in Australia, where it is the second best-selling album in the country behind John Farnham's Whispering Jack (1.73 million copies),[34][35] and even re-entered the ARIA Charts in June 2007, at #34. It stayed on the United Kingdom charts for 485 weeks,[36] a feat surpassed only by the 522 weeks of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.[37] In 1989, Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 38 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".[38] In 2003, the album was ranked number 343 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[39] In 2005, Bat Out of Hell was ranked number 301 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[40] In 2006 it was voted number nine in a poll conducted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to discover Australia's most popular album.[41] In November 2007, Meat Loaf was awarded the Classic Album award in Classic Rock's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour.[42] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[43]

text: Reviews were initially mixed, but have since become much more positive. At first Rolling Stone called the songs "swell, but... entirely mannered and derivative" and noted that the arrangements "aren't bad", although the musicians were commended. The review ended with the assertion that the "principals have some growing to do."[44] Modern reviews are more positive, however. Allmusic declares "this is Grand Guignol pop—epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this." They acknowledge that Steinman is "a composer without peer, simply because nobody else wanted to make mini-epics like this." Rundgren's production is applauded, as is the wit in the music and lyrics. "It may elevate adolescent passion to operatic dimensions, and that's certainly silly, but it's hard not to marvel at the skill behind this grandly silly, irresistible album."[45]

text: Also, Meat Loaf revealed on In the Studio with Redbeard that he was not well received early on in the tour when he was opening for Cheap Trick. In the same interview, Meat Loaf revealed that when he played at a CBS Records convention in 1978, record executives and superstar Billy Joel (who was in the audience) gave Meat Loaf a standing ovation for his performance after a haunting rendition of the closing track "For Crying Out Loud", and credits this as the turning point in the album's success in the United States.

text: Dispute between Cleveland International and Sony Records[edit]

text: In 1995, Cleveland International sued Sony for unpaid royalties from sales of the album. Under the terms of the 1998 settlement agreement ending the suit, Sony agreed to include the Cleveland International logo on all future releases of the album. In 2002, Steve Popovich, founder of Cleveland International and the owner of the rights to its name, sued Sony, alleging that Sony had failed to include the Cleveland International logo on some copies of the album and on some compilations Sony released that included songs from the album. On May 31, 2005, the federal district court in Cleveland, Ohio, entered judgment against Sony pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of Popovich and awarded Popovich more than US$5,000,000 in damages for Sony's breach of the 1998 settlement agreement. On November 21, 2007, the federal appellate court in Cincinnati, Ohio, affirmed the judgment of the trial court.[46]

text: Track listing[edit]

text: All tracks written by Jim Steinman.

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Side one

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Bat Out of Hell"
9:48

2.
"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)"
5:04

3.
"Heaven Can Wait"
4:38

4.
"All Revved Up with No Place to Go"
4:19

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Side two

No.
Title
Length

5.
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
5:23

6.
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (duet with Ellen Foley) (I. Paradise / II. Let Me Sleep On It / III. Praying for the End of Time)
8:28

7.
"For Crying Out Loud"
8:45

text: Versions[edit]

text: The album also exists in numerous other formats and re-releases, including a Super Audio CD version, a 25th anniversary edition (2001 – Epic/Legacy #62171) with two bonus tracks ("Great Boléros of Fire (live intro)" [3:54] and "Bat Out of Hell (live)" [11:10], and a Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped release (1991) featuring the bonus song "Dead Ringer for Love".

text: A new hybrid SACD version was released in late 2016 by Analog Spark, an audiophile imprint of the Razor & Tie label, mastered from the original tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. (Early copies erroneously name Kevin Gray as the mastering engineer; Analog Spark issued a statement that this intended arrangement did not happen because of a "miscommunication.")

text: Personnel[edit]

text: Arrangements[edit]

text:
Kenneth Ascher – string arrangements (3, 5)
Steve Margoshes – orchestra arrangement (7)

tag: ul

text: Band[edit]

text:
Meat Loaf – lead vocals, backing vocals (6), percussion (2)
Todd Rundgren – guitar (1, 2, 4–6), percussion (1, 2), keyboards (1), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 6)
Kasim Sulton – bass guitar (1, 2, 4–7), backing vocals (1)
Roy Bittan – piano, keyboards (1-2, 6)
Steve Margoshes – piano (7)
Cheryl Hardwick – piano (7)
Jim Steinman – keyboards (1, 2, 6), percussion (1, 2), "lascivious effects" (6)
Roger Powell – synthesizer (1, 2, 5, 6)
Edgar Winter – saxophone (2, 4, 6)
Max Weinberg – drums (1, 2, 6)
John "Willie" Wilcox – drums (4, 5, 7)
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto – play-by-play (6)
Ellen Foley – featured vocal (6), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)
Rory Dodd – backing vocals (all except 4)
Gene Orloff – concert master (7)
Members of New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra – orchestra (7)

text: Charts[edit]

text:
Chart (1977–78)
Peak
position

Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[47]
1

Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[48]
5[49]

Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[50]
1

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[51]
11

New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[52]
1

Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[53]
13

UK Albums (OCC)[54]
9

US Billboard 200[55]
14

text: Certifications[edit]

text:
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales

Australia (ARIA)[56]
25× Platinum
1,750,000^

Canada (Music Canada)[57]
2× Diamond
2,000,000^

Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[58]
2× Platinum
40,000^

Germany (BVMI)[59]
Platinum
500,000^

New Zealand (RMNZ)[60]
17× Platinum
255,000^

United Kingdom (BPI)[61]
10× Platinum
3,282,300[62]

United States (RIAA)[63]
14× Platinum
14,000,000^

Summaries

Worldwide

43,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


document_title: Prison Break (season 1)

question_text: when did they break out of prison in prison break

text: Prison Break (season 1)

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main characters[edit]

text:
Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows
Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield
Robin Tunney as Veronica Donovan
Peter Stormare as John Abruzzi
Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre
Marshall Allman as L.J. Burrows
Wade Williams as Captain Brad Bellick
Paul Adelstein as Secret Service Agent Paul Kellerman
Robert Knepper as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
Rockmond Dunbar as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin
Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi

text: Recurring characters[edit]

text:
Stacy Keach as Warden Henry Pope
Phillip Edward Van Lear as C.O. Louis Patterson
Frank Grillo as Nick Savrinn
Muse Watson as Charles Westmoreland
Christian Stolte as C.O. Keith Stolte
Mac Brandt as C.O. Mack Andrews
Patricia Wettig as Vice President Caroline Reynolds
Danny McCarthy as Secret Service Agent Daniel Hale
DuShon Monique Brown as Nurse Katie Welsh
Lane Garrison as David "Tweener" Apolskis
Matt DeCaro as C.O. Roy Geary
Michelle Forbes as Samantha Brinker
Joseph Nunez as Manche Sanchez
Anthony Fleming as Trumpets
Silas Weir Mitchell as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik
Camille Guaty as Maricruz Delgado
John Heard as Governor Frank Tancredi
Peter J. Reineman as Gus Fiorello
Jessalyn Gilsig as Lisa Rix
Al Sapienza as Philly Falzone
John Billingsley as Terrence Steadman
Michael Gaston as Quinn
Blaine Hogan as Seth "Cherry" Hoffner
Philip Rayburn Smith as Adrian Rix
Holly Valance as Nika Volek
Robert Michael Vieau as Christopher Trokey
Anthony Denison as Aldo Burrows
Mike Jones as Darius Morgan
K. K. Dodds as Susan Hollander

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Pilot"
Brett Ratner
Paul Scheuring
August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)
1AKJ79
10.51[1]

Michael Scofield gets imprisoned in Fox River State Penitentiary as part of an elaborate plan to break out his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who is facing execution for the murder of the Vice President's brother, a charge Burrows denies. At first Scofield gets the displeasure of C.O. head Brad Bellick and then meets his cellmate Fernando Sucre. Scofield forces John Abruzzi to recruit him in the Prison Industries (PI) by proving to know the location of Fibonacci, the only witness against Abruzzi. Scofield also meets Charles Westmoreland, who is believed to be D. B. Cooper, and Dr. Sara Tancredi, who injects him insulin because of his apparent diabetes, and Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin, who accepts to get anti-insulin drugs for Scofield. Scofield accepts warden Pope's offer to finish making a model of the Taj Mahal. Scofield reunites with Burrows, and reveals that his mysterious body tattoo is the blueprint of the prison. Meanwhile, L.J. Burrows, Lincoln's son, is arrested for drug dealing. Secret Service is revealed to be part the conspiracy against Lincoln. Veronica Donovan, a lawyer and Lincoln's former girlfriend, begins to believe his innocence.

2
2
"Allen"
Michael W. Watkins
Paul Scheuring
August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)
1AKJ01
10.51[1]

Sucre goes to solitary confinement for keeping illegal materials. For his plan, Scofield needs an Allen bolt, which exists in Bagwell's bench. Bagwell refuses to give him the bolt after Scofield denies his sexual offer. Tancredi doubts Scofield's diabetes and schedules a test. A race fight starts between the black and white prisoners. Scofield obtains the bolt and uses it to unscrew his cell's toilet. Bagwell thinks that Scofield killed the former's male love. Franklin gives Scofield the drug, resulting in the latter's positive test and his regular access to the infirmary. Falzone, Abruzzi's accomplice, pushes him to find Fibonacci. Bellick searches Scofield's cell, but he doesn't find anything. Burrows tells Donovan that he didn't pull the trigger, as shown in the tape, and the man was already dead. Donavan finds a witness named Leticia Barris. Secret Service agent Paul Kellerman reports Donovan's activities to a woman in Montana. Since Sucre can't call his fiance, Delgado, from the solitary, she gets upset and goes out with a man named Hector. Scofield is abducted by Abruzzi's men and tortured for Fibonacci.

3
3
"Cell Test"
Brad Turner
Michael Pavone
September 5, 2005 (2005-09-05)
1AKJ02
8.49[2]

Lincoln vows to make Abruzzi pay, but Scofield reminds him that Abruzzi is needed. Sucre is released from solitary and Scofield tests the former's loyalty before revealing his plan. Sucre passes the test, but he decides to change his cell and stay out of trouble as he will be released soon. Abruzzi realizes that he must befriend Scofield in order to find Fibonacci. Bagwell plans to lynch Scofield. Abruzzi tries to reconcile with Scofield by having his men beat up Bagwell and thus the latter going to the solitary. Scofield tells Abruzzi about his plan and he agrees to cooperate. L.J.'s probation officer forces him to visit Lincoln and the father and son become closer after a long time. Before Barris can sign her testimony for Lincoln written by Donovan, Kellerman and his fellow agent, Hale, abduct and kill the former. Donovan decides to leave her fiance, Sebastian Balfour. Bellick brings Patoshik, a psychotic inmate, to Scofield's cell. Patoshik becomes a problem for Scofield's plan.

4
4
"Cute Poison"
Matt Earl Beesley
Matt Olmstead
September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12)
1AKJ03
9.15[3]

Patoshik is obsessed with Scofield's tattoo; knowing it to be a path. Abruzzi pushes Scofield to take care of Patoshik. When Sucre discovers that Hector is making a move on the former's fiancee, he decides to join Scofield's plan; but the latter tells him that he needs to get rid of Patoshik first. Scofield forms a hole to the infirmary using chemicals provided by Abruzzi and Patoshik's toothpaste. After a scenario made by Scofield, the guards take Patoshik away and Sucre is returned. Sucre starts a commotion in the block to cover for Scofield's noise. Scofield manages to open a hole behind his cell's toilet, opening a way to the corridors behind. In the meantime, with Lincoln's hint, Donovan asks Project Justice for help, which is denied; but Nick Savrinn from the Project decides to join her investigation. Kellerman and Hale learn that Scofield and Lincoln are brothers and arrange to transfer Scofield to a different prison the following day.

5
5
"English, Fitz or Percy"
Randall Zisk
Zack Estrin
September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)
1AKJ04
7.96[4]

Pope denies Kellerman and Hale's request to have Michael transferred out of Fox River. They threaten Pope to reveal the latter's illegitimate son's history to his wife. Pope informs Scofield of the transfer. Westmoreland advises Scofield to write a petition to the court; which will delay the transfer for weeks no matter the petition's result. The agents tell Pope to throw the petition away. In the meantime, Scofield enlists the team's help to discover part of the escape route, whether to take one of the streets English, Fitz or Percy, outside the prison. He has the guards believe that he attempts to escape, where he discovers police cars flooding English and Percy, but not Fitz. In order to prevent any more troubles, Pope decides to have him transferred; but changes his mind at the last moment and proceeds to tell his wife the truth. Meanwhile, Donovan and Savrinn realize that the tape against Lincoln is faked, but it gets stolen, and she suspects he is working against her.

6
6
"Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 1)"
Robert Mandel
Nick Santora
September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)
1AKJ05
8.55[5]

Bagwell is released from solitary and meets his new cellmate and future rape victim. Falling behind schedule, Scofield maneuvers the prisoners and guards into initiating a lockdown of the prison to give himself more time to dig a hole, but this backfires when Bagwell starts a full-scale riot that leads the prisoners outside the block. Worse, Bagwell and a captured C.O. discover the escape plan, and Bagwell threatens to reveal the plan if he's not in. He also suggests to kill the C.O. to neutralize the risk. Tancredi's life is threatened after the sickbay prisoners start a riot of their own. Scofield sees this via the cameras and risks his escape plan to rescue her before she is raped. Meanwhile, Kellerman and Hale use a retired contact to recruit Turk, a Fox River inmate, to kill Lincoln. Turk lures Lincoln into an empty underground. Outside the prison, Donovan keeps her distance from Savrinn; but he proves that he can be trusted when he finds out that the anonymous call to have Lincoln arrested came from Washington, D.C., whereas the alleged murder was in Chicago.

7
7
"Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 2)"
Vern Gillum
Karyn Usher
October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)
1AKJ06
9.48[6]

Governor Tancredi, Sara's father, arrives in the prison personally with plans on having the prison raided, which is agreed by Bellick but not by Pope. Scofield manages to rescue Sara from the violent prisoners in sickbay. After a difficult fight and flight, the duo are able to evade the prisoners, and Sara escapes outside to safety, while Scofield returns to his cell. She realizes that Scofield couldn't have accessed the infirmary easily. Sucre and Abruzzi continue digging with the risk of blowing a gas pipe; but they eventually break through the wall. After a fierce fight, Lincoln manages to kill Turk, the former failing to find out who wanted him dead. At the end of the riot, Bagwell kills the C.O., even after being told not to, before taking the latter's daughter's picture. Donovan and Savrinn arrive in Washington, D.C. and find out that the call was from a phone booth outside an empty building. They receive a phone call with a mysterious voice threatening their lives.

8
8
"The Old Head"
Jace Alexander
Monica Macer
October 24, 2005 (2005-10-24)
1AKJ07
10.12[7]

Scofield states that they need to dig the guards' room for the plan; but access to the room is restricted and Westmoreland is the only inmate allowed; but the latter doesn't want to have anything to do with Scofield's plan. Meanwhile, the C.O.s are actively looking for the inmate who killed one during the riot. Bellick asks Westmoreland about the murderer, but he chooses silence; and Bellick kills his cat for revenge. Bagwell asks Trokey, his friend, to take the blame; but the latter denies it. However, the former sets up the latter and the case is closed. In response to Bellick's deed, Westmoreland grants Scofield's request and burns the guards' room while he also puts the blame on Bellick. Scofield's team are called to repair the room, giving them a chance to dig. They finally accept Bagwell in the team. Meanwhile, a murder attempt on Donovan and Savrinn results in her neighbor's death. The duo escape while they're believed to be dead. Kellerman and Hale kill L.J.'s mother and stepfather and set up L.J. for it. The Vice President is revealed to be the woman to whom Kellerman is reporting.

9
9
"Tweener"
Matt Earl Beesley
Paul Scheuring
October 31, 2005 (2005-10-31)
1AKJ08
9.01[8]

Bagwell's cellmate begs for Scofield's help, but the latter can't help him because Bagwell knows his plan. The boy kills himself. David "Tweener" Apolskis is a new inmate annoyed by Bagwell. Scofield forces Bagwell to stay away from the boy. The team's activities make Franklin suspicious. Bellick informs Abruzzi that Falzone hasn't paid the former this month and Abruzzi realizes that Falzone is trying to cast him out and give his position to Fiorello because of Abruzzi's failure to find Fibonacci. Abruzzi takes his revenge from Fiorello by gouging out his eye. Bellick gives the room's repair to Fiorello's team, which threatens the plan. Meanwhile, Tancredi talks to Scofield's psychiatrist and realizes that he suffers from low latent inhibition, making him both sympathetic and genius. Donovan and Savrinn take refuge in his father's house in the woods. They learn from the wife of Steadman, the Vice President's brother, that his commercial partners could be the ones behind his death. L.J. keeps running from Kellerman and Hale. He joins Donovan and Savrinn on Lincoln's advice.

10
10
"Sleight of Hand"
Dwight H. Little
Nick Santora
November 7, 2005 (2005-11-07)
1AKJ09
8.06[9]

Franklin convinces Fiorello to let him work in the room and finds the hole. Abruzzi persuades Scofield and Falzone to meet. Scofield tells Falzone how he found Fibonacci even though he was in witness protection. He demands money in addition to Abruzzi's return to power. Abruzzi forces Scofield to talk by revealing to know about Donovan. With the location revealed and Abruzzi's capabilities proved, Falzone reappoints him as P.I.'s head and the former casts Fiorello out. Falzone goes with his men to kill Fibonacci; but it's revealed that it was a false address and Scofield and Abruzzi were working together all the time. Falzone and his men are arrested by the police, who are informed by an unknown woman working with Scofield. The teams restores its work in the room and is forced to include Franklin as he knows the plan. Meanwhile, Scofield and Tancredi get closer. Vice President Reynolds informs Kellerman that the "Company" has sent its own operative, Quinn, to take over their work. Quinn kills Balfour and uses his IP to find the exact location of Donovan.

11
11
"And Then There Were 7"
Jesús Salvador Treviño
Zack Estrin
November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)
1AKJ10
9.58[10]

Scofield is met by his wife, Nika Volek, who gives him a credit card. Bellick realizes that Volek is a prostitute and forces her to talk. She reveals that Scofield married her for her green card and tells him about the credit card. Scofield realizes that C.O. Geary has stolen his watch and asks Apolskis to steal it back, which he does. Westmoreland realizes that his daughter is dying and he can't see her before her death. He admits to Scofield that he is D.B. Cooper and the money is real and that he wants in, which Scofield accepts. Using the card and the watch, Scofield makes a recording device and realizes the time period of the guard shift around the infirmary, which is the place of passing the walls. While the team completes digging the hole, Scofield tells Lincoln that time is not enough for everyone to pass and one member must be omitted. Meanwhile, Quinn interrogates Donovan, L.J. and Savrinn, who's critically shot. They manage to escape after locking Quinn down in a well. Kellerman and Hale arrive and strict him in the well instead of saving him; since he is a problem for them.

12
12
"Odd Man Out"
Bobby Roth
Karyn Usher
November 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)
1AKJ11
10.08[11]

Scofield tells the team about the extra member and they decide to cast out Bagwell; but he informs them that his cousin knows the plan outside and he'll call the authorities if Bagwell is not included. Abruzzi's men find Bagwell's cousin; but the man and his little child is killed in the struggle. Abruzzi feels guilty for everything he's done; but he decides to take care of Bagwell anyway. Bagwell swears to atone for his mistakes like Abruzzi did. The latter spares the former, giving him a chance to slit the latter's throat. Meanwhile, Lincoln is forced to assault Geary to cover for the team, which results in his abduction by the guards. Delgado informs Sucre that she is pregnant and he realizes that he tells her that he is getting out soon. Bellick forces Apolskis to spy on Scofield to avoid solitary for stealing from Geary. In the meantime, Savrinn is taken to a hospital. Hale feels guilty for his actions and plans to escape with his family. He calls Donovan and makes an arrangement.

13
13
"End of the Tunnel"
Sanford Bookstaver
Paul Scheuring
November 28, 2005 (2005-11-28)
1AKJ12
12.18[12]

Donovan meets Hale, who reveals that Steadman is alive. Before he can give her anything, Kellerman arrives and kills Hale; she escapes after watching the murder. Meanwhile, Abruzzi is taken by a helicopter outside the prison for better care and the odd man problem is solved. Lincoln is beaten by the guards and thrown in the solitary. Pope denies Scofield's request to meet Lincoln. Scofield decides to suspend the plan, but the others push to leave without Lincoln now that everything is ready. Franklin calls his brother-in-law, the only one in the family who knows he is in prison, and tells him to arrange for the plan. Scofield manages to send Lincoln a drug with a message when to take it. The team deliberately makes a mess in the room and Bellick forces them to stay and work until night, giving them the chance to escape. When the time comes, Lincoln takes the drug, gets sick and is taken to the infirmary; and the team proceeds to the room under there; but they realize that the tube Scofield made a hole in is changed with a reinforced one, ruining the breakout.

14
14
"The Rat"
Kevin Hooks
Matt Olmstead
March 20, 2006 (2006-03-20)
1AKJ13
9.28[13]

Before Bagwell can make any move, the team hears a guard coming. They hide and after he leaves, they return to their cells without arousing suspicion. Donovan and Savrinn arrange for an appellate court to reveal what she saw. Scofield learns from Westmoreland that the execution will be delayed for weeks if the electric chair has a malfunction, a conversation that is heard by Apolskis. Scofield uses a mouse to cut the power of the chair. In the court, Donovan has no evidence for what she saw; and the government attorney presents documents that state no agents with names Kellerman or Hale have ever worked in Secret Service. Bellick forces Apolskis to share what he knows and he tells him what he heard and the latter solves the problem before the execution time comes, surprising Scofield. Lincoln has already surrendered to his apparent fate. He talks to L.J. on the phone and says goodbye to Scofield and Donovan, who has failed at the appeal. Lincoln enters the execution room.

15
15
"By the Skin and the Teeth"
Fred Gerber
Nick Santora
March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)
1AKJ14
10.07[14]

Lincoln is surprised to see a specific man in the watching room. The judge calls and stops the sentence. Lincoln tells Scofield that the man he saw was their father. The judge states that he suspended the execution because he received a document showing a discrepancy in coroner's reports and orders an exhumation with a new test. Meanwhile, Scofield is trying to find a new way out. His plan is to get to the infirmary through the asylum. He gets a guard uniform from Sucre's cousin, Manche Sanchez, who works in the laundry. At night, he gets in the yard from a hatch, uniformed and thus not spotted by the guards. He gets to the asylum and finds the way; but he has part of his back burnt when returning. Bellick accuses Sucre of burning Scofield while Tancredi finds a C.O. uniform particle in the burnt tissue. The new coroner test surprisingly shows a match. Cameras show that Lincoln's father was the person who brought the report. It's revealed that he was a "Company" member and Lincoln wasn't picked randomly. Scofield realizes that a necessary part of his tattoo is gone as a result of the burning.

16
16
"Brother's Keeper"
Greg Yaitanes
Zack Estrin
April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)
1AKJ15
8.10[15]

Three years ago, Scofield was living a comfortable life while Lincoln was saddled with debts. His debts were paid by a man who forced him to kill Steadman in exchange. After Lincoln's arrest, Scofield blamed him for not using his share of the life insurance properly and ruining his life. Donovan revealed to Scofield that there had been no life insurance when his mother had died; Lincoln borrowed the money for Scofield to thrive and kept the truth hidden. Feeling responsible, Scofield planned the breakout. Tancredi used rehabilitation to quit addiction, where Bellick offered her the job in Fox River. Sucre attempted to rob a store to buy Delgado a suiting ring; Hector called the police and Sucre was arrested. Franklin served in the army when he saw prisoner torture. He reported the crime; but he was fired to prevent the scandal. He had to earn money by illegal goods transferring and was arrested, but kept it hidden from his family. Bagwell was in love with a widow who had two children. She had him arrested when she realized that he was wanted for child rape and murder. He promised to find her when he got out.

17
17
"J-Cat"
Guy Ferland
Karyn Usher
April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)
1AKJ16
8.12[16]

Tancredi reports what she found to Pope, who sends Scofield to solitary after he refuses to talk. Scofield apparently gets mentally ill. Bellick decides to bring more professional workers for the room. The team realizes that the hole must be covered soon. Since Sucre's cell has the only way to the room, he is picked for the job. He covers the hole and starts running in the courtyard before getting caught. With material provided by Bagwell, Sucre relatively justifies his action, but goes to the solitary anyway. Apolskis tells Bellick that the team is planning something related to the floor; but the latter doesn't find the hole because it was covered by Sucre in time. Because of the disappointment, Bellick puts Apolskis in a violent inmate named Avocado's cell. Scofield is taken to the asylum, where he is revealed to be healthy and this was a plan to reach Patoshik, who can help the former with his tattoo; but the latter doesn't remember anything. Meanwhile, Donovan's group recovers Quinn's cell phone to find clues. In the well, L.J. sees the name "Kellerman" carved by Quinn. He finds Kellerman's house and ambushes him alone. The police arrive and arrest L.J.

18
18
"Bluff"
Jace Alexander
Nick Santora & Karyn Usher
April 17, 2006 (2006-04-17)
1AKJ17
8.18[17]

Scofield stops Patoshik from taking the medications and the latter begins to remember and draw the lost part. Officer Geary decides to sell Scofield's cell to the highest bidder. The team decides to buy the cell before anyone else finds its hole. First Franklin tries to get money from the black inmates, but Trumpets says that he is disliked because of befriending whites and then beaten up. The team starts gambling and wins a lot of money thanks to Bagwell's skills. They give the money to Geary; but he doesn't sell it to them and surprisingly keeps the money. Sucre tells Sanchez about their plan and agrees to include him if he helps them in their problem. Having completed the tattoo, Scofield tells Pope that it was Geary who burnt him, an accusation which is proved by the team's actions. Geary is fired from the prison. Meanwhile, Savrinn is approached by a man who instructs him to keep watching Donovan, who now represents L.J. too. Lincoln is granted a visit to L.J. While being transferred, Lincoln's vehicle is attacked on the road.

19
19
"The Key"
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Story by : Paul Scheuring
Teleplay by : Zack Estrin & Matt Olmstead
April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24)
1AKJ18
8.63[18]

Aldo, Lincoln's father, arrives and saves him from Kellerman. Aldo tells Lincoln that the "Company" he worked for controls the U.S. government and it used Lincoln as a bait to stop him after he defied it. The police and Kellerman arrive in the scene. Lincoln informs the police in order to save himself from Kellerman. Aldo escapes and Lincoln is returned to Fox River and sent to solitary. Scofield needs the key to the infirmary. Apolskis is constantly raped by Avocado and refuses to steal the key for Scofield. Volek steals Tancredi's key. Scofield makes a copy and returns it to the infirmary. Having found out, Tancredi changes the lock and hinders the plan. Apolskis amputates Avocado's penis and the latter's revenge is certain when he is back. Meanwhile, Abruzzi is revealed to have survived the wound and returned, frightening Bagwell; but the former makes an apparent peace with the latter and promises Scofield to arrange the plane. Abruzzi is also revealed to be the man instructing Savrinn to watch Donovan. Scofield includes Apolskis in the plan; but the latter reveals it to Bellick, who finds the hole in the room.

20
20
"Tonight"
Bobby Roth
Zack Estrin
May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01)
1AKJ19
8.54[19]

Westmoreland attacks and locks Bellick under the room before he can alert the others; but the former is critically wounded. As a result, Scofield plans the escape for that night. Everyone should change their body smells in order not to be spotted by dogs. He also accepts Apolskis although he knows of his betrayal. Franklin is tasked to get detergents from the kitchen, where he is approached by Trumpets, whom the former beats up. Trumpets plans to kill Franklin. Scofield apparently finishes the Taj Mahal model for Pope, who in turn allows Scofield to visit Lincoln in the solitary. Scofield reveals his plan to Tancredi, begging her to leave the door open when she leaves at night, saying that she knows Lincoln is innocent. Abruzzi informs Savrinn to bring Donovan on time. As Donovan prepares to go to Montana for a clue, Savrinn pulls a gun on her. Meanwhile, Reynolds is refused as the presidential candidate by the party. The model collapses as Pope tries to move it. He immediately calls Scofield to the room, where the latter pulls a knife on the former.

21
21
"Go"
Dean White
Matt Olmstead
May 8, 2006 (2006-05-08)
1AKJ20
9.13[20]

Scofield forces Pope to order the transfer of Lincoln to the infirmary before locking him in the closet. Tension rises when Trumpets tries to kill Franklin; but the latter hides successfully. The team start the escape from the hole in Scofield's cell. They arrive and secure Bellick before he can alert the others. Scofield wears Bellick's uniform and tells the others to wear the clothes made white using the detergents. The team uses the clothes to get in the asylum without arousing suspicion. They realize that Tancredi has left the door open for them. Having followed the team, Patoshik forces them to let him in. Westmoreland succumbs to his wound after telling Scofield of the location of the money, which is 5 million dollars. A few others hear that too. They use the cable to pass the wall one by one. Sanchez cuts the cable and falls because of his weight. Meanwhile, Savrinn decides to release Donovan, who takes the plane to Montana. Abruzzi's thug kills Savrinn and his father. The Company decides to get rid of Reynolds. Pope is found and freed and triggers the alarm.

22
22
"Flight"
Kevin Hooks
Paul Scheuring
May 15, 2006 (2006-05-15)
1AKJ21
10.24[21]

The eight escapees (Scofield, Burrows, Sucre, Abruzzi, Bagwell, Franklin, Apolskis and Patoshik) start running towards a van parked by Abruzzi's men. They leave Patoshik behind and escape with the van. Realizing that Abruzzi will certainly kill him, Bagwell cuffs himself to Scofield and swallows the key. They leave the van behind and continue on foot. Scofield forces Apolskis to leave the team because of his betrayal. They get in a warehouse, where Abruzzi cuts off Bagwell's left hand, freeing Scofield. They leave Bagwell behind and run towards the airstrip. Meanwhile, the President dies as a result of a heart attack, implied to be an assassination. Reynolds quickly swears as the President, making the Company respect her. The police enter Tancredi's apartment and find her overdosed. Donovan goes to a mansion in Montana and meets Steadman. Apolskis passes the checkpoint inside an animal transferring vehicle. Patoshik takes a bicycle. Bagwell keeps running with his hand. The team arrives at the strip just after the plane leaves. As the police approach, they start running.

text: Production[edit]

text: Crew[edit]

text: The season was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. The executive producers were creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz, Dawn Parouse, Brett Ratner and Matt Olmstead.[22] The staff writers were Scheuring, co-executive producers Nick Santora and Zack Estrin, supervising producer Karyn Usher and Olmstead.[22] The regular director throughout the season was Bobby Roth; additional directors were Jace Alexander, Matt Earl Beesley and Dwight H. Little.[22] Its incidental music was composed by Ramin Djawadi.[22]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Most of the first season of the series was filmed on location in and around Chicago.[23][24] After it was closed down in 2002, Joliet Prison became the set of Prison Break in 2005, standing in as Fox River State Penitentiary on screen. Scenes set in Lincoln's cell, the infirmary and the prison yard were all shot on location at the prison.[25] Lincoln's cell is the same one in which John Wayne Gacy was incarcerated. Most of the production crew refused to enter the cell, thinking that it was haunted.[23] Other sets were built at the prison, including the cell blocks that housed the general prison population; these blocks had three tiers of cells (as opposed to the real cell block's two) and had cells much larger than real cells to allow more space for the actors and cameras.[25] Exterior scenes were filmed in areas around Chicago, Woodstock, and Joliet in Illinois. Other locations included O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Prison Break spent $2 million per episode in the state of Illinois, which cost them a total of $24 million in 2005.[23]

text: Release[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Metacritic gave the season a Metascore—a weighted average based on the impressions of a select 32 critical reviews—of 65, signifying generally favorable reviews.[26] Based on its strong opening, The New York Times dubbed Prison Break "more intriguing than most of the new network series, and ... one of the most original" and a "suspenseful thriller", complimenting its "authentic look".[27] Entertainment Weekly called it an "original drama", noting the show's "edge-of-the-seat action".[28] On the other hand, however, The Washington Post criticized the show for its "somber pretentiousness" and "uniformly overwrought [performances]".[29]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: The two-hour pilot episode garnered approximately 10.5 million viewers, giving Fox its "best summertime Monday numbers since episodes of Melrose Place and Ally McBeal aired there in September 1998."[30] The show's first season attracted an average audience of 10 million viewers each week, with "End of the Tunnel" reaching 12 million viewers, and led the debuts of television in the 2005 American fall season.[31] Prison Break was originally planned for a 13-episode run, but was extended to include an extra nine episodes due to its popularity.[32]

text: Home media release[edit]

text:
Prison Break: The Complete First Season

Set details
Special features

22 episodes
6-disc set
1.78:1 aspect ratio
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)

Audio commentaries

"Pilot"
"Cute Poison"
"Riots, Drills and the Devil, Part 1"
"Riots, Drills and the Devil, Part 2"
"Odd Man Out"
"Brother's Keeper"

Deleted scenes
The Making of Prison Break
If These Walls Could Speak: Profile of the Joliet Correctional Center featurette
Beyond the Ink tattoo featurette
Fox Movie Channel Presents Making a Scene
TV Spots

Release dates

 United States
 Canada
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 New Zealand

August 8, 2006[33]
September 18, 2006[34]
September 12, 2006[35]


document_title: Office of the Vice President of the United States

question_text: where is the office of the vice president of the united states

text: This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (January 2017)

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Office of the Vice President

Agency overview

Headquarters
Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Employees
Approx 200

Agency executive

Nick Ayers, Chief of Staff

Parent agency
Federal government of the United States

Website
Vice President Mike Pence

text: The Office of the Vice President includes personnel who directly support or advise the Vice President of the United States. The Office is headed by the Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States, currently Nick Ayers[1]. The Office also provides staffing and support to the Second Lady of the United States. It is primarily housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (containing the Vice President's ceremonial office)[2], with offices for the Vice President also in the West Wing, the U.S. Capitol and in the Vice President's official residence.

text: Current staff[edit]

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Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President: Nick Ayers

Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Communications to the Vice President: Jarrod Agen
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Deputy Counsel: Matt Morgan[3]

Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to the Vice President:
Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President: Andrea Thompson[3]

Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President:

Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the Vice President: [4]
Press Secretary to the Vice President: Alyssa Farah[5]

Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President: Josh Paciorek

Assistant Press Secretary to the Vice President:

Special Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting for the Vice President: Stephen Ford[3]
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President: Sarah Makin[3]

Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President: Andeliz Castillo[3]

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Domestic Policy for the Vice President: Daris Meeks[3]
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Administration: Katherine Purucker[3]
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Advance: Robert Peede[3]
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Legislative Affairs: Jonathan Hiler[3]
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for External Affairs: Lani Czarniecki[3]
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Scheduling: Meghan Patenaude[3]
Special Assistant to the Vice President: Zach Bauer[3]
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Communications Director to the Second Lady: Kara Brooks[3]
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Policy Director to the Second Lady: Sara Egeland[3]

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Mike Pence's Office of the Vice President

Position
Appointee

Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Josh Pitcock

Counsel to the Vice President
Mark Paoletta

Counselor to the Vice President

Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
Sarah Makin

Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications
Jarrod Agen

Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Jen Pavlik

Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President

Policy Director to the Second Lady
Sara Egeland

National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Andrea Thompson

Position
Appointee

Chief of Staff to the Second Lady
Kristan King Nevins

Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President
Mike Boisvenue

Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President
Daris Meeks

Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President

Press Secretary to the Vice President
Marc Lotte

Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President

Director of Legislative Affairs
Jonathan Hiler

Director of Communications for the Second Lady
Kara Brooks