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Escape from New York (1981)

Name: Escape from New York
Director: John Carpenter
Genre: action film, science fiction film, prison film
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.1

Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent science fiction action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter. It stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, and Adrienne Barbeau.

Directed by John Carpenter · Shot by Dean Cundey · Cut by Todd Ramsay · Music by John Carpenter · Ratio 2.35:1 · 98 min

Behind the scenes

John Carpenter & Debra Hill on "Escape from New York" — filmSCHOOLarchive · 15 min
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: John Carpenter's American Nightmare — Matt Draper · 27 min
Deleted bank robbery scene - Escape From New York — Special Features · 11 min

Elsewhere

More by John Carpenter

Revenge of the Colossal Beasts — 1962
Terror from Space — 1963
Captain Voyeur — 1969
Dark Star — 1974
Assault on Precinct 13 — 1976
Halloween — 1978
Someone's Watching Me! — 1978
Elvis — 1979
The Fog — 1980
Halloween: Extended Edition — 1981
The Thing — 1982
Christine — 1983
Starman — 1984
Big Trouble in Little China — 1986
Prince of Darkness — 1987
They Live — 1988
Memoirs of an Invisible Man — 1992
Body Bags — 1993
In the Mouth of Madness — 1995
Village of the Damned — 1995
Escape from L.A. — 1996
Vampires — 1998
Ghosts of Mars — 2001
The Ward — 2010

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