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DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 21, 2000
Budget $6,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 39 minutes
Country UK, USA
Production Companies
AVCO Embassy Pictures, City Film, Goldcrest Films International, International Film Investors
Studio Avco Embassy Pictures
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Other Titles
• Escape from New York (1981)
• John Carpenter's Escape from New York
• Die Klapperschlange (1981)
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Prison, Cult Classic, Escape, Futuristic, Post-Apocalypse, Hostage, Space, Murder, Police
Tagline: 1997. New York city is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
Plot: Another John Carpenter cult classic, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included ROAD WARRIOR and THE TERMINATOR. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum security prison, a place where the worst of humanity is sent to rot. The U.S. Government finds itself in a major crisis when the president's plane crash lands in New York only days before a vital peace summit between major warring nations is to take place. The president survives the crash, but is taken hostage by the denizens of Manhattan and held for ransom. Only war hero turned felon Snake Plissken can save the day, and he is offered a simple deal for his work: save the president and live, fail to save him and die. The one-eyed bandit sets to work, cutting a path of destruction to the president that has to be seen to be believed. Kurt Russell creates the indelible character of Snake Plissken as no other actor could have. Wisecracking and cool under the very worst of pressures, Snake is the ultimate bad good guy. Often copied, but never duplicated, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is full of the wit, energy and action that marks a John Carpenter picture.
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John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Fog |
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 | Lee Van Cleef
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, High Noon, For a Few Dollars More |
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 | Isaac Hayes
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Reindeer Games |
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John Carpenter
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween, Halloween |
| Alan Howarth
Big Trouble in Little China, Christine, Halloween II |
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