Escape from New York
1997. New York City is a walled maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
1981
Rated
R
99
minutes
Action, Science Fiction
Wikipedia
Directed By:
John Carpenter
Starring:
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Language
English
Release Date
May 23, 1981
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$50,244,700
Cast
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Ernest Borgnine
Cabbie
Donald Pleasence
President of the United States
Isaac Hayes
The Duke of New York
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Helman
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
Tom Atkins
Rehme
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
Frank Doubleday
Romero
John Strobel
Cronenberg
George Buck Flower
Drunk
John Cothran
Gypsy #1
Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2
John Carpenter
Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Nick Castle
Pianist
Debra Hill
Computer (voice)
Ox Baker
Slag
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
Controller
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
John Diehl
Punk
Show Full Crew
Writing
Sound
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Mark A. Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
Production
Debra Hill
Producer
Larry J. Franco
Producer
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Alan Levine
Production Manager
Art
Joe Alves
Production Design
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Lee B. Drygas
Swing
Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
Mike May
Property Master
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
Don Sutton
Leadman
Ed Zingel
Painter
Costume & Make-Up
Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
Editing
Camera
Directing
John Carpenter
Director
Larry J. Franco
First Assistant Director
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Crew
James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director
David Cronenberg
Thanks
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Dick Warlock
Stunts
Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Bob Minor
Stunts
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
Ted White
Stunts
George Sawaya
Stunts
Jack Verbois
Stunts
Fred Lerner
Stunts
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Glory Fioramonti
Stunts
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator
Buff Brady
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts
Mike Johnson
Stunts
Roydon Clark
Stunts
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator
John Moio
Stunts
Mike H. McGaughy
Stunts
Kent Hays
Stunts
James Winburn
Stunts
Eddie Surkin
Special Effects
Kevin Pike
Special Effects
William T. Lane
Stunts
Jack Tyree
Stunts
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker
Mags Kavanaugh
Stunts
Gary Zink
Special Effects
Brian Bevis
Special Effects
Michael W. Moore
Propmaker
Pat Patterson
Special Effects
Sol Aquino
Carpenter
Visual Effects