Two FSU graduate students were selected by Coca-Cola to compete in a national competition to produce a 60 second trailer for exhibition nationwide. The theme centers around the movie theatre viewing experience. The FSU project is titled Escape Back to the Movies. It's the story of two inmates who seize the opportunity to escape while a movie is being shown in their cell block. They have an

almost complete tunnel inside their cell, excavated with spoons. They emerge from the tunnel outside the fence on a stormy night. One inmate is ecstatic and ready to flee before the dogs are let loose. The other can't stand not knowing how the movie ends. In the final shot we see him covered with mud, back in the cell block watching the movie.

Most of the film was shot at the Taylor CI Annex, which is not scheduled to open until 2002. A fake cell was constructed on a sound stage at FSU to shoot scenes of the inmates escaping through the tunnel. The cell block scene was shot in one of Taylor's T-Dorms. The escape was filmed outside the perimeter fence where the

filmmakers were allowed to dig a four foot deep hole creating the illusion of a tunnel (they filled it in after filming was complete). Rain was provided by the Taylor County Fire Department and a vintage police cruiser was provided by the police chief of Sneads. Striped uniforms were provided by Leon County. The crew was composed completely of FSU film school students and they conducted themselves as professionals. Local extras volunteered to play other inmates and two professional actors from Orlando appeared as the escaping inmates. The Taylor CI filming started on January 10 at noon and continued into the early morning hours of the next day. It was the generosity of Assistant Warden Ron Jones and staff that made this experience possible for the students. The FSU film school won this competition and the trailer will be seen nationwide at theaters.