Escape from New York (1981)
Escape from New York (1981)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef
Hauk
Ernest Borgnine
Cabbie
Donald Pleasence
President
Isaac Hayes
The Duke
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Hellman
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
Tom Atkins
Rehme
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
Frank Doubleday
Romero
John Carpenter
Director
John Strobel
Cronenberg
George Buck Flower
Drunk
John Cothran
Gypsy #1
Nick Castle
Writer
Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
Larry J. Franco
Producer
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2
Debra Hill
Producer
Alan Howarth
Composer
Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Dean Cundey
Cinematographer
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Ox Baker
Slag
Joe Alves
ProductionDesigner
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
Controller
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
John Diehl
Punk
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director / Matte Painter
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator / Stunts
Mike Johnson
Stunts
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
Alan Levine
Production Manager
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master
Lee B. Drygas
Swing
Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
Mike May
Property Master
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman
Don Sutton
Leadman
Ed Zingel
Painter
Sol Aquino
Carpenter
Michael W. Moore
Propmaker
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Mark A. Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor / Special Effects Coordinator
Pat Patterson
Special Effects
Eddie Surkin
Special Effects
Gary Zink
Special Effects
Brian Bevis
Special Effects
Kevin Pike
Special Effects
David Cronenberg
Thanks
James Winburn
Stunts
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Bob Minor
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts
Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
Roydon Clark
Stunts
Buff Brady
Stunts
Glory Fioramonti
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
Kent Hays
Stunts
Fred Lerner
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 23, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$50,244,700
Genres
Wiki.
Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau and Harry Dean Stanton.
The film's storyline, set in the near-future world of 1997, concerns a crime-ridden United States, which has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into the country's sole maximum security prison. Air Force One is hijacked by anti-government insurgents who deliberately crash it into the walled borough. Ex-soldier and current federal prisoner Snake Plissken (Russell) is given just 24 hours to go in and rescue the President of the United States, after which, if successful, he will be pardoned.
Carpenter wrote the film in the mid-1970s in reaction to the Watergate scandal. After the success of Halloween (1978), he had enough influence to begin production and filmed it mainly in St. Louis, Missouri, on an estimated budget of $6 million. Debra Hill and Larry J. Franco served as the producers. The film was co-written by Nick Castle, who had collaborated with Carpenter by portraying Michael Myers in Halloween.
Released in the United States on July 10, 1981, the film received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing more than $25.2 million at the box office. The film was nominated for four Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Direction. The film became a cult classic and was followed by a sequel, Escape from L.A. (1996), which was also directed and written by Carpenter and starred Russell.