Escape from New York (1981)

5.38
/ 10
21 User Ratings
1h 39m
Running Time

May 23, 1981
Release Date

Escape from New York (1981)

5.38
/ 10
21 User Ratings
1h 39m
Running Time

May 23, 1981
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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kidnappingΒ Β·Β 
martial artsΒ Β·Β 
taxiΒ Β·Β 
new yorkΒ Β·Β 
hostageΒ Β·Β 
dystopiaΒ Β·Β 
wrestlingΒ Β·Β 
gangsterΒ Β·Β 
post-apocalypticΒ Β·Β 
cyberpunkΒ Β·Β 
urban settingΒ Β·Β 
war veteranΒ Β·Β 
usa presidentΒ Β·Β 
anti heroΒ Β·Β 
rescue missionΒ Β·Β 
police operationΒ Β·Β 
street gangΒ Β·Β 
villainΒ Β·Β 
attempt to escapeΒ Β·Β 
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Details.

Release Date
May 23, 1981

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 39m

Budget
$6,000,000

Box Office
$50,244,700

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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.

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