MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, 1597?

GOD'S SECRET AGENTS Pt 1. Today's film is a movie pitch, mini-documentary AND a screenwriting tutorial. It tells the thrilling tale of a Jesuit priest who became one of the greatest ESCAPE ARTISTS in history.

The Guardian newspaper named John Gerard's escape from the Tower of London as one of the top 7 jailbreaks of all time:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/25/the-greatest-prison-breakouts

"Gerard was an English Jesuit priest imprisoned in the Tower of London in the 1590s for Catholic propagandising. On the night of 4 October 1597, accomplices rowed across the Tower moat and got a rope up to him. He abseiled down, almost falling because his hands were damaged from frequent torture, and was whisked to safety. Ingenuity 16; Daring 20; Difficulty 20; Myth-making 5 at present, though his story surely has Hollywood potential."

Please watch Part 1 first, to get a sense of the movie, then dive into Part 2 https://youtu.be/Oxqg5eHlY-M to find out what happened when my dream film project turned into a nightmare...

This film was shot on location at Stonyhurst College, one of the oldest boarding schools in England, and The Tower of London.

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