The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest 2014 123movies

Watch: The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – Once known as Houdini for his multiple and improbable jailbreaks, Mark DeFriest was condemned to Florida’s toughest prison after a lone psychiatrist declared he was faking mental illness. When that doctor reaches out 30 years later, DeFriest finds an unlikely ally willing to examine his infamous past and offer new insights to the Parole Commission..
Plot: When a legendary escape artist comes up for parole after 30 years behind bars, a chance for freedom must be weighed against his infamous past.
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	7.2/10 Votes: 312
	91% | RottenTomatoes
	82/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 7 Popularity: 3.613 | TMDB

Reviews:

Prison shouldn’t always be the only solution
Mark DeFriest began his tenure as a prisoner because he took tools his father said he could have before probate had dealt with his father’s will. That he was arrested for this, due to a complaint by his stepmother, is just tragic. It reveals a criminal justice system that is unable to deal compassionately with the minor mistakes and misunderstandings of ordinary people, most who are unfamiliar and inexperienced with laws and legal processes. Not every mistake needs to addressed with prison time. In this case, a judge might have asked DeFriest to return the tools or pay for them…whatever. But sentencing a young guy to prison, convicting him of a felony, over taking his dead dad’s tools speaks volumes about what’s wrong with the criminal justice system in the U.S.

My other observation deals with DeFriest’s mental status. While he’s no lunatic, he’s clearly different and prison has just damaged his psyche even more. A smart guy, childlike really, he got bored in prison and did things to alleviate that boredom–like invent contraptions to break out. Clearly he lacked the upbringing and the nature to behave normally and was never destined to lead a typical life. Solitary confinement for 25 years is hardly an appropriate remedy for his personality aberrations…or for anyone, really. There was, however, an opportunity to divert his intellect toward productive output, which would be rehabilitation, but our criminal justice system has turned into a torture chamber and away from helping people rehabilitate o adapt for productive living.

This doc is cleverly done. The animated parts underscore the childlike behavior of DeFriest, a kid in an adult body. It’s also shocking and demonstrates why people flee the police who feel that prison and execution are solutions for almost everything.

Surprising Contender for Top 10 for 2014. Strong Documentary.
I woke up today thinking about this, and likely will follow this story to what I hope is a happy ending.

This indictment of the Florida Penal System tells the story of Mark Defriest. Mark received a 4 year sentence essentially for stealing tools that he believed were entrusted to him by his father.

A sentence that seems a bit harsh in retrospect, but that’s only the beginning of the story.

It’s almost comical that we use the word “rehabilitation” when talking about the prison system – when this film shows-us, shockingly, the debilitating nature of the system. The system failed Mark Defriest – taking a brilliant mind, a free-spirit, and nearly breaking both.

The film is bolstered by some comical moments, which speak to Mark’s steadfast and still-amazingly-present sanity. The interviews, for me, are really the highlight of the film, but the film’s music and animation raise this piece to another level. To me the ‘angle’ of proving Mark’s insanity is only a sad state of “Telling them what they want to hear and not addressing the real problem which is the system itself”, but I guess if that is what is best for Mark then so be it. Mark is crazy, but not (dice clay draw) “crazy”. During the opening credits Mark sums it up, “I mean if I was just a rapist or murderer or somethin’ they’d let me out, I mean I made them look like idiots”. And they were next to him,

ONe of the most damning aspects of the movie are the interviews with a former Warden. You can feel the remorse and responsibility he felt with every word he uttered, and the stories only justify and offset the long history of disciplinary reports that the parole board kept throwing back in Mark’s face. I’d like to see how some of those weasels would fair in the prison system.

This is a very good film. Not quite as good as “Stop at Nothing:The Lance Armstrong Story”, but it’s close. Both are better than “Life Itself” and both will likely be the only two documentary films that hold onto a top 25 spot for 2014 – unless another film like this jumps out and surprises me.

Seek this out immediately. I caught it on Showtime last night. Completely enthralling and seriously well-made exposition on one man’s wasted potential, and the system that wasted it.

This could climb in terms of my score and rankings after I chew on it for a bit.

84/100 HIGHLY recommended. “Thought Cafe’s” animation really adds another dimension.

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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Documentary, Animation, Biography
Director Gabriel London
Writer Gabriel London
Actors Scoot McNairy, Shea Whigham
Country Canada, United States
Awards 1 win & 6 nominations
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