Escape From New York

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Play Dates

September 4 Huntington, NY CINEMA ARTS CENTRE

September 14 & 16 Miamisburg, OH CINEPOLIS AUSTIN LANDING

September 14 & 16 San Diego, CA CINEPOLIS DEL MAR

September 14 & 16 Miami, FL CINEPOLIS COCONUT GROVE

September 14 & 16 Winter Garden, FL CINEPOLIS HAMLIN

September 14 & 16 Inglewood, CA CINEPOLIS INGLEWOOD

September 14 & 16 Pico Rivera, CA CINEPOLIS PICO RIVERA

September 14 & 16 San Mateo, CA CINEPOLIS SAN MATEO

September 14 & 16 Dallas, TX CINEPOLIS VICTORY PARK

September 14 & 16 Vista, CA CINEPOLIS VISTA

September 14 & 16 West Hartford, CT CINEPOLIS WEST HARTFORD

September 14 & 16 Thousand Oaks, CA CINEPOLIS WESTLAKE VILLAGE

September 14 & 16 Tomball, TX CINEPOLIS WOODLAND

September 17 Cedar Falls, IA UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA

September 18 Little Rock, AR RON ROBINSON THEATER

September 26 Yellow Springs, OH LITTLE ART THEATRE

October 3 Los Angeles, CA ACADEMY MUSEUM

November 4 North Bend, WA NORTH BEND 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.