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How are they married?

posted 11 years ago by DeputyDippity
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So Mickey marries himself to Mallory. Later, everyone just calls them a married couple. They call her Mallory Knox rather than her maiden name.

So was Mickey a reverend or judge?

Were there witnesses? I know that some people drove by in a car, but that doesn't count.

Did they have a marriage license?

Etcetera.

While we're on the subject of inaccuracies, why is Mallory in an all-male prison?

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[–] ben-leos 11 years ago

No.but the media jumped on them being married and packaged it as bonnie and Clyde type young married killing blah blah

[–] hubcap18 11 years ago

They weren't offcially legally married, but they claimed to be and weren't challenged to prove it, so it didn't matter.

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[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 11 years ago

Probably the same way a lot of gay couples have weddings and consider themselves married, but don't actually have the legal document.

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[–] Elder_Yautija 9 years ago

"why is Mallory in an all-male prison?"

Good question.

I thought about it, and I concluded that the most reasonable answer is that she was kept there by McCluskey as sort of a psychological torture for both of them. Letting them know that they're a few yards away from each other but that they can never meet again.

[–] jmcafee-64857 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure the BOPs policies would overrule whatever McClusky wanted to do.

[–] robobalboa 9 years ago

I can't remember the reason being explicit in the film, and recollection of the script is hazy, and since they are two totally different beasts it might not be conclusive, BUT, I do believe that Mallory was transferred there because they were both going to the mental hospital to be lobotomized the next day.

Again, I believe that's the intent. They were both going to the same destination, and Mallory was dropped off at the prison so they could both be guarded by Scagnetti -- there might have also been a reference to Scagnetti killing them both on the road to the institution and making it look like a failed getaway because they caused so much chaos wherever they went no place wanted to take them.

Again, I'll have to bust out the script to be 100%, but I think that's right.

I don't think Mallory was just there to torture Mickey.