July 6 – 7 Howell, MI HISTORIC HOWELL THEATER
July 21 Littleton, CO ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
August 30 Portland, OR NORTHWEST FILM CENTER
"The movie proudly wears its affection for crusty Sergio Leone archetypes and countdown-clock suspense sequences; Carpenter was Tarantino long before Tarantino was."
— Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
USA, 1981
Director: John Carpenter
Producer: Larry Franco, Debra Hill, Barry Bernardi
Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau
Screenwriter: John Carpenter, Nick Castle
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Music: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
Genre: Science Fiction
Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Language: English
Running Time: 99 minutes
Synopsis:
When the President (Donald Pleasence) crash lands on the island of Manhattan, now a maximum security prison, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent in to rescue him...or die trying.
