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Escape from L.A. (1996) 5.5
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported. Director:John Carpenter |
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| Kurt Russell | ... | ||
| Steve Buscemi | ... | ||
| Peter Fonda | ... | ||
| Cliff Robertson | ... | ||
| Valeria Golino | ... | ||
| Stacy Keach | ... | ||
| Pam Grier | ... | ||
| Bruce Campbell | ... | ||
| Georges Corraface | ... |
Cuervo Jones
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| Michelle Forbes | ... | ||
| A.J. Langer | ... | ||
| Ina Romeo | ... | ||
| Peter Jason | ... | ||
| Jordan Baker | ... | ||
| Caroleen Feeney | ... |
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The year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back but this time it's L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned. But something has gone wrong in this new moral order, because the President's daughter has absconded to L.A. with a detonation device, and Snake is commandeered to retrieve it. But just below the surface there is a coiled Snake ready to strike. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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Snake Is Back. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 August 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. See more »Filming Locations:
Courthouse Square, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
JPY 9,040,640 (Japan) (29 November 1996)Gross:
JPY 131,401,000 (Japan) (6 December 1996)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Malloy: A medical team will be standing by.
Snake Plissken: Neither one of you?
Malloy: No.
Snake Plissken: Good!
[Snake opens fire on Malloy and Brazen with his assault rifle, but to no effect. Malloy and Brazen do not flinch or even blink]
Malloy: Ha! We thought you might try that, hotshot. That's why the first clip is loaded with blanks. Bye bye, Snake. Good luck!
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Escape From LA was caught in development hell for over ten years. A script for the film was first commissioned in 1985 but John Carpenter thought it "too light, too campy". It remained dormant until Carpenter and Kurt Russell got together with frequent collaborator Debra Hill. It was Russell's persistence that got the film made. Snake Plissken was his favourite character, a character he loved and wanted to play again. See more »Goofs
When Snake first encounters Cuervo in his limousine, his head tracks at three times the speed of Cuervo's car. See more »Quotes
Snake Plissken: By the way, who gives me the antidote?Malloy: A medical team will be standing by.
Snake Plissken: Neither one of you?
Malloy: No.
Snake Plissken: Good!
[Snake opens fire on Malloy and Brazen with his assault rifle, but to no effect. Malloy and Brazen do not flinch or even blink]
Malloy: Ha! We thought you might try that, hotshot. That's why the first clip is loaded with blanks. Bye bye, Snake. Good luck!
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At first i love both Escape films but this film is the real proof what Carpenter movies are really about and that's the story. It reminds me the fact that those who constantly complains about EFLA didn't get even Escape From New York – this visual style, atmosphere and other great surrounding stuff, as everyone praising these days, doesn't make a good movie, it was, is and will be the story, and as for the richness of this Escape From L.A. is definitely far better including that it's the most personal Carpenter movie ever that is kind of philosophy on the freedom and also today's real problem in modern America. For these elements it‘s unforgettable and only waiting for its time to be reevaluated again.