Escape From New York

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Play Dates

December 31 – January 6 Portland, OR ACADEMY THEATER

January 7 – 16 New York, NY METROGRAPH

January 28 London, ON HYLAND CINEMA

March 21 Champaign, IL VIRGINIA 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.