Escape from New York (1981)

Movie Details

Original Title Escape from New York

Original Language EN

Budget $6,000,000

Revenue $50,244,700

Status Released

Popularity 4.0

Cast

Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken

Popularity: 2.6

Lee Van Cleef

Police Commissioner Bob Hauk

Popularity: 10.2

Ernest Borgnine

Cabbie

Popularity: 2.9

Donald Pleasence

President of the United States

Popularity: 15.6

Isaac Hayes

The Duke of New York

Popularity: 14.5

Season Hubley

Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts

Popularity: 5.4

Harry Dean Stanton

Harold 'Brain' Helman

Popularity: 1.4

Adrienne Barbeau

Maggie

Popularity: 4.3

Tom Atkins

Rehme

Popularity: 2.2

Charles Cyphers

Secretary of State

Popularity: 11.1

Frank Doubleday

Romero

Popularity: 1.1

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John Strobel

Cronenberg

Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Producer Debra Hill, Larry Franco

Screenplay John Carpenter, Nick Castle

Editor Todd C. Ramsay

Director John Carpenter

Executive Producer Jake Eberts

Production

AVCO Embassy Pictures

Goldcrest

International Film Investors

City Films

Taurus Film

Videos & Trailers

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK | A Video Essay by Billie Jean of Video Nasty Presents | [HD] with Subtitles

Featurette

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - Maybe Later - Film Clip

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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - The Duke - Film Clip

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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK - Fight - Film Clip

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Escape From New York (1981) Interview with Photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker

Featurette

Escape From New York (1981) Unit Supervisor/Matte Artist Robert Skotak Talks Visual Effects HD

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

new york city taxi martial arts street gang usa president war veteran kidnapping hostage liberation of prisoners gangster dystopia anti hero post-apocalyptic future wrestling villain attempt to escape rescue mission police operation cyberpunk urban setting

Reviews from TMDB

Graviteer

Dec 6, 2014

"Too little of too much" would describe this movie well, which presented us a dystopian New York with development potential and characters whose background is shared, exposed with brief moments of characterization that made me feel like I was missing this movie's predecessor. It didn't exist, and so ... Read more

John Chard 9/10

Feb 10, 2019

A Snake, a Brain, a Cabbie, a Duke and the President Of The USA. It's 1997 and Manhattan Island is a walled off prison, during the flight of Air Force One the president's plane is taken over by a terrorist and the president ejects out in the safety pod. Sadly for him he lands right in the middle ... Read more

Gimly 8/10

Jun 8, 2020

Nails the "post-apocalyptic except the world didn't end" vibe. _Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite._