CJUS 401-001 Outline
"The American Prison in Film"

Class Information

Fall 2003

T 5:00-8:20 p.m.

Mouton 117

Film Schedule

Aug 19 1. Introduction / "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" (1932)

Aug 26 2. "Brute Force" (1947)

Sep 02 3. "Riot in Cell Block 11" (1954)

Sep 09 4. "Caged" (1950)

Sep 16 5. "Cool Hand Luke" (1967)

Sep 23 6. "Brubaker" (1980)

Sep 30 7. "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979)

Oct 07 8. "Short Eyes" (1977)

Oct 14 9. "Straight Time" (1978)

Oct 21 10. "Bad Boys" (1983)

Oct 28 11. "American Me" (1992)

Nov 04 12. "American History X" (1998)

Nov 11 13. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1995)

Nov 18 14. Discussion

Nov 25 15. Review

Dec 02 16. Final Exam

Papers due:

Nov 04 "One More Movie" reports

Nov 11 Concept papers

Nov 18 Comparative papers