Escape From New York

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Play Dates

July 10 Washington, DC SUNS CINEMA

July 11 Bedford, NY BEDFORD PLAYHOUSE

July 13 Coral Gables, FL CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA

July 16 Cincinnati, OH ESQUIRE THEATRE

August 1 Portland, OR HOLLYWOOD THEATRE

August 16 Doylestown, PA COUNTY THEATER

August 23 Huntington, NY CINEMA ARTS CENTRE

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.