The entry begins:Coxsackie tells the story of a “reform” prison built in Depression-era New York State, built to educate young men who were thought to be more promising than adult male felony offenders. Built on a foundation of good intentions, Coxsackie prison quickly foundered on the shoals of violence and racial division. For the thousands of young men who experienced imprisonment there, Coxsackie was an education of the worst kind. The collapse of progressive good intentions is a powerful one, but ultimately a depressing one, and I am not sure that it contains the sort of redemptive element that would make for a mainstream film. Still, one can fantasize…Visit Joseph Spillane's website.
When thinking about casting a film based on the book, I can’t help but think back to the 1955 film...[read on]
My Book, The Movie: Coxsackie.
--Marshal Zeringue
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