Escape from New York

Escape from New York (1981)

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Overview

In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.

Featured Crew

John Carpenter

Director, Screenplay
Nick Castle

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef

Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Ernest Borgnine

Cabbie
Donald Pleasence

President of the United States
Isaac Hayes

The Duke of New York
Harry Dean Stanton

Harold 'Brain' Helman

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Status Released

Original Language English

Runtime 1h 39m

Budget $6,000,000.00

Revenue $50,000,000.00

Homepage http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/escape-from-new-york/

Release Information

July 10, 1981
R, Theatrical

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A review by Graviteer

By Graviteer

"Too little of too much" would describe this movie well, which presented us a dystopian New York with development potential and characters whose background is shared, exposed with brief moments of characterization that made me feel like I was missing this movie's predecessor. It didn't exist, and so the end result was of an expanded universe of unknown circumstances - except for the brief introduction we got in the opening credits - where the events barely told the story during the time it was running. But where this movie failed in terms of script, it almost made up with atmosphere and music.... read the rest.

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