Cousins Sam (Miles Mykkanen) and Joe (Andrzej Filończyk) brainstorm the idea behind the comic book character The Escapist in “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” (based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel).
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♪To all those who toil in the bonds of slavery♪ ♪...and the shackles of oppression, he offers liberation ♪ Give me some paper ♪ ♪ Armed with superb physical and mental training ♪ ♪...he roams the globe...♪ ♪...come to the aid of thos who languish in tyrannys chains ♪ He frees people... he helps them escape ♪ ♪He is...♪ ♪The Escapist!
♪ ♪He comes in the darkest house.
- Guided by the light ♪ ♪...of his golden key ♪ ♪Eluding capture with his skills deception and evasion ♪ ♪ The Escapist ♪ ♪ He puts on a mask.
- And he sees the world...♪ ♪ Not how it is.
- But how it could be ♪ ♪ The wounded... - Rescued.
-The broken - Repaired ♪ ♪ The lost... - Redeemed ♪ ♪ The Escapist!
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