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Box office. $25.2 million (US) [3] Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent 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 ...
Jul 10, 1981 · Escape from New York: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence. In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
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Escape From New York. 76 Metascore. 1981. 1 hr 39 mins. Drama, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction. R. Watchlist. In the future, Manhattan has become an island prison, and when Air Force ...
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Escape From New York R Released Jul 10, 1981 1h 39m Action Adventure Sci-Fi List 88% Tomatometer 72 Reviews 77% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings
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- John Carpenter
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Overview. In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back. John Carpenter. Director, Screenplay.
Jul 15, 2021 · Escape from New York may have looked nothing like anything else playing in theaters in 1981, but it did look like a hyperbolic version of the famously destitute New York of the ‘70s, a city ...
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In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him. In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old ...
