R | 1 h 39 min | Action | Sci Fi

IMDB 7.1 / 10 (144846 votes)

Escape from New York (1981)

Escape from New York | United States of America

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 Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.

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Description

Writers

John Carpenter
Nick Castle

Stars

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

Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts

Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Helman

Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie

Tom Atkins
Rehme

Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State

Others...

Budget

6,000,000.00

Revenue

50,244,700.00

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Keywords

kidnapping, cult film, usa president, dystopia, gangster, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, rescue mission, new york, anti hero, martial arts, hostage, street gang, taxi, villain, wrestling, liberation of prisoners, war veteran, urban setting, attempt to escape, police operation, reluctant hero

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Production

AVCO Embassy Pictures, Goldcrest Films International, International Film Investors, City Films

Actor

Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday, John Strobel, George Buck Flower, John Cothran, Jr., Nancy Stephens, Steven Ford, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Debra Hill, Ox Baker, Joe Unger, Garrett Bergfeld

Creators

Mark A. Mangini (Dialogue Editor), Larry J. Franco (Producer), David Cronenberg (Thanks), Dean Cundey (Director of Photography), Todd C. Ramsay (Editor), Debra Hill (Producer), Jake Eberts (Executive Producer), James Cameron (Visual Effects Art Director), Joe Alves (Production Design), Roy Arbogast (Special Effects Supervisor), John Carpenter (Screenplay), Barry Bernardi (Associate Producer), Stephen Loomis (Costume Design), Nick Castle (Screenplay), James Winburn (Stunts), Ken Chase (Makeup Supervisor), Dick Warlock (Stunt Coordinator), Alan Howarth (Original Music Composer), Jim Lucas (Second Unit Director of Photography), Cloudia Rebar (Set Decoration), Jeffrey Chernov (Second Assistant Director), Tony Randel (Special Effects Coordinator), Bill Varney (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Joseph F. Brennan (Boom Operator), Gary Zink (Special Effects), Joseph C. Fama (Propmaker), Alan Levine (Production Manager), Kevin Pike (Special Effects), Steve Maslow (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Eddie Surkin (Special Effects), Nicholas James (Foley Editor), Warren Hamilton Jr. (Sound Editor), Gregg Landaker (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Carl Fischer (Boom Operator), David Lewis Yewdall (Sound Editor), Marvin Salsberg (Construction Foreman), Lee B. Drygas (Swing), Steve Rice (Dialogue Editor), Thomas Causey (Sound Mixer), Serge Genitempo (Standby Painter), Mike Johnson (Stunts), Frankie Bergman (Hairstylist), Pat Patterson (Special Effects), Arthur Gelb (Graphic Designer), Eugene Booth (Assistant Property Master), Benjamin Douglas (Makeup Artist), Chris Horner (Assistant Art Director), Mike May (Property Master), Don Sutton (Leadman), Ed Zingel (Painter), Sol Aquino (Carpenter), Michael W. Moore (Propmaker), David Ritscher (Assistant Sound Editor), Brian Bevis (Special Effects)

Alternative titles

John Carpenter's Escape from New York (US)
Escape from New York City (US)
Побег из Нью-Йорка (RU)
Flykten från New York (SE)
Menekülés New Yorkból (HU)
Bijeg iz New Yorka (HR)
ニューヨーク1997 (JP)
1997: fuga da New York (IT)
Pabegimas iš Niujorko (LT)
Fuga de Nova York (BR)
Evadare din New York (RO)
New York'tan kaçış (TR)
Flugtaktion New York (DK)
Flukten fra New York (NO)
Бекство из Њујорка (RS)
Beg iz New Yorka (SI)
Втеча з Нью-Йорка (UA)
Ucieczka z Nowego Jorku (PL)
Бягство от Ню Йорк (BG)
Απόδραση από τη Νέα Υόρκη (GR)
Útek z New Yorku (SK)
1997: Rescate en Nueva York (ES)
Nova Iorque 1997 (PT)
Pako New Yorkista (FI)
1997 - Fuga da New York (IT)

Release dates

01.04.1981 (US)
10.07.1981 (US)
26.06.1981 (US)
21.11.2000 (US)
06.11.1981 (IT)
23.05.1981 (JP)
26.11.1981 (FI)
11.12.2020 (FI)
24.06.1981 (FR)
27.07.1981 (SE)
13.08.1981 (NL)
06.12.2007 (NL)
04.08.2008 (NL)
16.03.2002 (NL)
24.09.1981 (GB)
26.08.2021 (RU)
03.09.1981 (DE)
04.12.1981 (GR)
08.10.1981 (AU)
15.09.1981 (ES)
25.09.1981 (IE)
10.07.1988 (HU)
18.09.1981 (PT)
20.05.1982 (BR)

Escape from New York (1981)

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