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7.0In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Released: 1981-05-2399 minDir: John CarpenterAction, Thriller, Science Fiction
Cast
- Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken
- Lee Van Cleef as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
- Ernest Borgnine as Cabbie
- Donald Pleasence as President of the United States
- Isaac Hayes as The Duke of New York
- Season Hubley as Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
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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.
The film is set in 1997 and concerns a future crime-ridden dystopian United States, which has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into the country's sole maximum security prison. Air Force One is hijacked by anti-government insurgents who deliberately crash it into the walled-off borough. Snake Plissken (Russell), a Special Forces operative turned federal prisoner, is given 24 hours to rescue the President of the United States.
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1980s dystopian films1980s science fiction action films1981 American films1981 English-language films1981 films1981 science fiction filmsAmerican dystopian filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican science fiction action filmsEmbassy Pictures filmsEnglish-language science fiction action films