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Jul 10, 1981 · A classic action movie starring Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, a convict who must rescue the president from Manhattan, a maximum security prison. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- John Carpenter
- 421
- 1 min
Escape from New York. 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 ...
- $6 million
- John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
- July 10, 1981 (United States)
A dystopian action film set in 1997, where Manhattan is a maximum security prison and the president's plane is hijacked and crashes inside. A convicted bank robber and ex-soldier, Snake Plissken, is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president in less than 24 hours.
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Featuring an atmospherically grimy futuristic metropolis, Escape from New York is a strange, entertaining jumble of thrilling action and oddball weirdness. In 1997, a major war between the United ...
- (3.5K)
- John Carpenter
- R
- Kurt Russell
Escape from New York is 273 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 177 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse but less popular than Se7en.
- 1981
- R
- John Carpenter
John Carpenter. Director, Screenplay. Nick Castle. Screenplay. 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.
