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Escape from New York (1981)
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In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue. Director:John Carpenter |
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Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
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Charles Cyphers | ... | |
| Joe Unger | ... |
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Frank Doubleday | ... | |
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John Strobel | ... | |
| John Cothran Jr. | ... |
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Garrett Bergfeld | ... |
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Storyline
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City 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. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
New York City has Become the Only Maximum Security Prison for the Entire Country. Once You go In, You don't Come Out... Until Today. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Carpenter's Escape from New York See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$4,162,000 (USA) (12 July 1981) (579 Screens)Gross:
$25,244,700 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
AVCO Embassy Pictures, International Film Investors, Goldcrest Films International See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Narrator: In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent. The once great city of New York becomes the one maximum security prison for the entire country. A fifty-foot containment wall is erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem River...
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The film's budget of $7 million was the largest that John Carpenter had worked with up to that point. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Snake gets into the LTD after knocking out the driver, you can see the bars in the windows jiggle revealing them to be rubber. This is especially noticeable in the shot from the front of the car. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent. The once great city of New York becomes the one maximum security prison for the entire country. A fifty-foot containment wall is erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem River...
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