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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Assault on Precinct 13]]''' ([[:Category:1976|1976]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]-Action film directed by [[:Category: John Carpenter|John Carpenter]].  
   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Assault on Precinct 13]]''' ([[:Category:1976|1976]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]-Action film directed by [[:Category: John Carpenter|John Carpenter]].  
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Review #1]] | [[/Review 2|Review #2]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] |  [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)|Poster Art]] | [[/Soundtrack| Soundtrack]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074156 IMDB]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Review #1]] | [[/Review 2|Review #2]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] |  [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)|Poster Art]] | [[/Soundtrack| Soundtrack]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074156 IMDB] | [[Napoleon Wilson (character)|Napoleon Wilson (character)]]
*'''Featured in''': [[Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)]]
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====Main Details====
 
===Main Details===
* Released in 1976
* Released in 1976
* Color
* Color
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* Written and Directed by [[:Category: John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]
* Written and Directed by [[:Category: John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]
* Produced by Steve Fine, J. Stein Kaplan, Joseph Kaufman
* Produced by Steve Fine, J. Stein Kaplan, Joseph Kaufman
* Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer
* Original Music by John Carpenter
* Original Music by John Carpenter
* Cinematography by Douglas Knapp
* Cinematography by Douglas Knapp
* Film Editing by John Carpenter (as John T. Chance)
* Film Editing by John Carpenter (as John T. Chance)
====Also Known As====
 
===Plot Summary===
*An unlikely partnership between a Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary is formed to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
 
===Also Known As===
* Napad na policijsku stanicu 13 (Croatia - DVD title) / Serbia
* Napad na policijsku stanicu 13 (Croatia - DVD title) / Serbia
* A 13. Rendörörs ostroma (Hungary)
* A 13. Rendörörs ostroma (Hungary)
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* Assault - Anschlag bei Nacht  (Germany)
* Assault - Anschlag bei Nacht  (Germany)
* Assaut (France)
* Assaut (France)
* Atak na posterunek 13 (Poland)
* Atak na posterunek 13 (Poland)
* Attack mot polisstation 13 (Sweden)
* Attack mot polisstation 13 (Sweden)
* Attack på polisstation 13 (Sweden)
* Attack på polisstation 13 (Sweden)
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* The Siege (USA - working title)
* The Siege (USA - working title)
* Trovão das Ruas (Brazil)
* Trovão das Ruas (Brazil)
====Taglines====
 
===Taglines===
* L.A.'s deadliest street gang just declared war on the cops.
* L.A.'s deadliest street gang just declared war on the cops.
* The gang swore a blood oath to destroy Precinct 13... and every cop in it!
* The gang swore a blood oath to destroy Precinct 13... and every cop in it!
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* A cop with a war on his hands. His enemy... an army of street killers. His only ally... a convicted murderer.
* A cop with a war on his hands. His enemy... an army of street killers. His only ally... a convicted murderer.
* A White Hot Night of Hate!
* A White Hot Night of Hate!
====Synopsis====
 
Assault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 American action-thriller film written and directed by [[:Category: John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]. It stars Austin Stoker as a law-enforcement officer who defends a police precinct against an attack by a criminal gang, along with Darwin Joston as a convicted murderer who helps him. The story was inspired by the Howard Hawks western film Rio Bravo and the [[George A. Romero]] horror film [[Night of the Living Dead]]. The film received mixed reviews with an unimpressive box-office return in the US, but it won critical and popular acclaim in Europe. A remake appeared in 2005, directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne.
 
====Got A Smoke?====
*'''Learn more about''': [[Napoleon Wilson (character)|Napoleon Wilson]]
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976, USA) is a Crime-Action film directed by John Carpenter.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1976
  • Color
  • Running Time: 91 Min.
  • Production Companies: The CKK Corporation, Overseas FilmGroup, Turtle
  • Distributors: Turtle Releasing (1976) (USA) (theatrical), Astral Films (Canada) (theatrical), Filmwelt (1979) (West Germany) (theatrical)
  • Written and Directed by John Carpenter
  • Produced by Steve Fine, J. Stein Kaplan, Joseph Kaufman
  • Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer
  • Original Music by John Carpenter
  • Cinematography by Douglas Knapp
  • Film Editing by John Carpenter (as John T. Chance)

Plot Summary

  • An unlikely partnership between a Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary is formed to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Also Known As

  • Napad na policijsku stanicu 13 (Croatia - DVD title) / Serbia
  • A 13. Rendörörs ostroma (Hungary)
  • Asalto en la comisaría del distrito 13 (Spain)
  • Assalto à 13ª DP (Brazil)
  • Assalto à 13.ª Esquadra (Portugal)
  • Assault - Anschlag bei Nacht (Germany)
  • Assaut (France)
  • Atak na posterunek 13 (Poland)
  • Attack mot polisstation 13 (Sweden)
  • Attack på polisstation 13 (Sweden)
  • Distretto 13: le brigate della morte (Italy)
  • Das Ende (Germany)
  • Epithesi sto stathmo 13 (Greece - TV title)
  • Hyökkäys poliisiasemalle (Finland)
  • John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13
  • Sidste nat på station 13 (Denmark)
  • O Stathmos 13 dehetai epithesi (Greece)
  • The Anderson Alamo (USA - working title)
  • The Siege (USA - working title)
  • Trovão das Ruas (Brazil)

Taglines

  • L.A.'s deadliest street gang just declared war on the cops.
  • The gang swore a blood oath to destroy Precinct 13... and every cop in it!
  • John Carpenter's Award Winning Film
  • A cop with a war on his hands. His enemy... an army of street killers. His only ally... a convicted murderer.
  • A White Hot Night of Hate!
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