Escape from L.A.

19961996
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1h 41min

Kurt Russell in Escape from L.A. (1996)

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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.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.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
Writers
- John Carpenter(characters)
- Nick Castle(characters)
- Debra Hill
Stars

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Director
- John Carpenter
Writers
- John Carpenter(characters)
- Nick Castle(characters)
- Debra Hill
All cast & crew
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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. —Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

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Taglines
- Plan your escape this Summer
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence and some language
Parents guide

Trivia
According to an interview with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell not only came up with, but wrote the entire ending of the movie.

Goofs
The wristwatch counter shows 6 hours 59 minutes. Then he is told he has seven and a half hours left.

Quotes
Snake Plissken: Got a smoke?
Malloy: The United States is a no-smoking nation. No smoking, no drinking, no drugs. No women - unless of course you're married. No guns, no foul language... no red meat.
Snake Plissken: [sarcastic] Land of the free.

Connections
Edited into Hollywood Burn (2006)

Soundtracks
Escape from New York - Main Title
Written by John Carpenter & Alan Howarth

Top review

6/10

Earthquake of a Film

Snake, the man with the patch is back doing his thing in what used to be LA and he strolls down what is left of Wilshire Boulevard and takes time to shoot hoops at the Coliseum. Snake, (Kurt Russell) enters into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 in order to retrieve a black box which is a sort of end of the world device. Snake has friends and foes, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Stacy Keach, Cliff Robertson and a good actress Pam Grier. There is also plenty of action where Snake dive-bombs a Happy Kingdom theme park. The ending of this film is perfect and I enjoyed this film as much as Escape from New York. John Carpenter & Kurt Russell did a great job in the production and directing. Enjoy

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Release date
- August 9, 1996 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.
Filming locations
- Long Beach, California, USA
Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Rysher Entertainment
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Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $25,477,365
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,912,557
- Aug 11, 1996
Gross worldwide
- $25,477,365

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Runtime
- 1h 41min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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