Escape From New York

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Play Dates

July 1 – 6 ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMAS

July 15 Hamilton, ON PLAYHOUSE CINEMA

July 15 – 16 Portland, OR CINEMAGIC

August 1 Brooklyn, NY NITEHAWK PROSPECT PARK

August 26 Kansas City, MO SCREENLAND ARMOUR THEATRE

Featured Quote

"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

About

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.