The true story of the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.The true story of the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.The true story of the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
Michael Miller
- Ray McLaughlin
- (as M.B. Miller)
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- TriviaOne of the main characters of this film is played by Charles Durning, who in Dog Day Afternoon (1975) hears a rant from Al Pacino about the Attica incident.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980)
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Attica I was an extra in movie 1980
I am curious if they included the nude scene at the end where we were all stripped down and beaten by the guards as we were filed back into the building. It was pretty realistic. It was filmed at the Lima state hospital for the criminally insane which was open for business at the time and we would converse with the inmates. I remember wearing a short haired wig to not cut my long hair.as they did not allow long hair in Attica in the 60's/70's. I wanted to be in it as I had followed the injustice during that time and hitched from Columbus and back to make 5 bucks an hour for really hard work as an extra standing around in the heat with a bunch of other folks. There was actually almost a riot when the director of the institution came out and made remarks about people bringing in drugs,some pot smoking was happening and sharp instruments and that he would bring the highway patrol in to frisk and arrest all involved..hell there was hundreds of us and it was late in the afternoon with no lunch yet so the reply was quite radical towards the man...Q guy next to me quipped they are gonna start a real riot and film it. fortunately the main director got the mike and cooled us down and we in turn threw little things like safety pins and other harmless items into a box to act like we were complying and all was well and our extra work finished up that day and no one was accosted on the way out of the secure environment we had definitely mocked. Pat Adkins Aheville, NC
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