Other notable pre-prison ruses included posing as a lawyer and landing a job (via a totally faked resume) as the CFO of a company that managed the finances for doctors’ offices. It’s hard not to be amused by the exploits of Russell, now a permanent member of the Texas penal system. I asked if I could go home and they opened the door.”Īnd all of the escapes are in the film, says Ficarra. When he was captured 10 days later, he told journalists how he did it: “I didn’t break out. Once, he broke open the cartridge of a green felt-tip pen in his cell sink and dyed a set of infirmary scrubs green, just like those of the jail physicians, and then he simply walked out the door. The $14-million film stars Jim Carrey as Russell and Ewan McGregor as his younger lover Morris and premieres tonight at the Sundance Film Festival.īoth become animated when talking about Russell, who broke out of prison four times - none of them violently - using a variety of scams, like posing as a judge and calling the courthouse to get his bail reduced, or pretending to be a prison doctor. “I Love You Phillip Morris” happens to be based on fact, the true-life tale of a onetime married police officer turned gay Texan con man, Steven Russell, who had a penchant for breaking out of prison on Friday the 13th and a mad passion for a fellow inmate by the improbable true name Phillip Morris. “Brokeback Mountain” is based on a poignant Annie Proulx short story. Nick and his partner in crime, an utterly profane homicidal dwarf. “I Love You Phillip Morris,” on the other hand, is the directorial debut of longtime writing partners Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, best known for the Billy Bob Thornton comedy “Bad Santa,” about a misanthropic, drunken department store St. “Brokeback Mountain” came from Oscar-winner Ang Lee, well known for his finely etched studies of repressed human beings. Sure, both are high-profile films that tell the story of two men sincerely in love. Make no mistake: “I Love You Phillip Morris” is no “Brokeback Mountain.”
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