." >> the show's based on the real life story of joyce mitchell, a prison worker convicted of helping two inmates escape. but now from behind bars, mitchell is slamming stiller, calling him a liar. >> i said lights out. now. >> reporter: critics are raving about "escape at dannemora," the show chronicling the infamous 2015 prison break in upstate new york that is already up for two golden globes, including best actress for patricia arquette's dramatic transformation into prison worker joyce mitchell. >> i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: but the real-life joyce mitchell is fighting back at the showtime series calling director ben stiller a liar. mitchell pleaded guilty to helping convicted killer david sweat and richard matt escape and was sentenced to seven years. >> please allow me to start by saying how sorry i am. >> reporter: mitchell claimed the inmates threatened to kill her husband if she didn't help them, admitting she smuggled in tools inside hamburger meat, including hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver that matt and sweat used to cut their way through t

the story's based upon the real-life story of joyce mitchell, a prison worker convicted of helping twoupstate new york back in 2015. mitchell is now slamming stiller calling him a liar. abc's janai norman has more on this. >> reporter: from behind bars, mitchell is slamming stiller and his portrayal of her in that hit show, bu in an interview with "deadline," he's saying a year's worth of research went into the project. >> i said, lights out. now. >> reporter: critics are raving about "escape at dannemora." the show chronicling the prison break in upstate new york that's already up for two golden globes including best actress for patricia arquette's dramatic transformation into prison worker joyce mitchell. >> i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: but the real-life joyce mitchell is fighting back at the series calling director ben stiller a liar. mitchell pleaded guilty to helping convicted killer david sweat and richard matt escape, and convicted to seven years. >> let me start by saying how sorry i am. >> reporter: mitchell claimed the inmates threatened to kill her husband if she

shot partially on location, "escape at danomora" in nearly unrecognizable patricia arquette as joyce mitchellt helped the men escape as a prison romance. >> as casting, does patricia arquette jump to mind immediately? when you see her, you think is that really patricia arquette. >> i felt like she's going to have to disappear into this person so we're not seeing another patricia we're used to seeing and she was willing to do that. >> the 53-year-old stiller has been directing since he was a kid growing up in new york city with his parents. the comic legends jerry stiller and ann mira. at age 10, ben's father gave him his first camera and stiller began to make movies with his older sister amy. >> these were serious shoots you had setups and planning with your sister. >> i don't know how serious it was. there were setups. >> you took them seriously? >> yeah. in the '70s, it was edgier in new york and you could get roughed up by neighborhood kids and there were death wish revenge fantasy movies where i would get mugged by a kid and we would go into the park and find the kid and beat the hell out

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