July 27 – August 3 New York, NY FILM FORUM
August 14 Springfield, MO ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
September 8 New York, NY ROOFTOP CINEMA CLUB - YOTEL
September 12 Grand Rapids, MI WEALTHY THEATRE
September 30 Los Angeles, CA NEW BEVERLY CINEMA
October 13 & 15 Cleveland, OH CLEVELAND CINEMATHEQUE
"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.
