Overview

• The Paramount release debuted in U.S. theaters on Oct. 10, dramatizing the rooftop robberies and 2004 escape tied to Manchester’s case.
• People outlines Manchester’s late‑1990s spree of roughly 38 burglaries across nine states, often entering through roofs and locking workers in freezers.
• He escaped Brown Creek Correctional Institution by riding under a truck and lived for months inside a Charlotte Toys “R” Us, using baby monitors for surveillance.
• He was recaptured in January 2005 after girlfriend Leigh Wainscott cooperated with police, and state records list an expected 2036 release.
• Channing Tatum and director Derek Cianfrance say they spoke with Manchester extensively during development, and Cianfrance says prison officials barred filming at the facility and that Manchester has spent nine years in solitary confinement.