Escape From New York

Escape From New York (1981, USA) is a Dystopian-Action film directed by John Carpenter.

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Main Details

• Released in 1981
• Color
• Running Time: 99 Min.
• Production Co: AVCO Embassy Pictures | International Film Investors | Goldcrest Films International
• Distribution Co: AVCO Embassy Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical) | Parafrance Films (1981) (France) (theatrical) | Hoyts Distribution (1981) (Australia) (theatrical) | Neue Constantin Film (1981) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Directed by John Carpenter
• Written by John Carpenter, Nick Castle
• Starring Kurt Russell, Isaac Hayes, Ernest Borgnine
• Produced by Barry Bernardi, Larry J. Franco, Debra Hill
• Original Music by John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
• Cinematography by Dean Cundey
• Film Editing by Todd C. Ramsay

Plot Summary

• In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Also Known As

• New York 1997 (Canada (French title) / France / Norway)
• Die Klapperschlange (Austria / Germany)
• 1997: Rescate en Nueva York (Spain)
• 1997: fuga da New York (Italy)
• Apodrasi apo ti Nea Yorki (Greece)
• Bekstvo iz Njujorka (Serbia)
• Briha M'New-York, Ha- (Israel) (Hebrew title)
• Escape de Nueva York (Venezuela)
• Flugtaktion New York (Denmark)
• Flykten från New York (Sweden)
• Fuga de Nova York (Brazil)
• John Carpenter's Escape from New York (USA) (complete title)
• Menekülés New Yorkból (Hungary)
• New York'tan kaçis (Turkey) (Turkish title)
• Nova Iorque 1997 (Portugal)
• Pako New Yorkista (Finland)
• Ucieczka z Nowego Jorku (Poland)

Taglines

• The world's greatest leader is a hostage in the most dangerous place on Earth. Now only the deadliest man alive can save him.
• 1997. New York City is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
• New York City has Become the Only Maximum Security Prison for the Entire Country. Once You go In, You don't Come Out... Until Today.