John Carpenter's Escape from New York /

1997 - and Manhattan has become a walled prison for three million criminals where they are left to run loose. The plane carrying the American President crashes there, and he is taken prisoner by "the Duke." Sent in to rescue him from this land of hell is Snake Plissken, former war hero tur...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Pleasence, Donald (Actor), Borgnine, Ernest (Actor), Dean, Harry (Actor), Hayes, Isaac (Actor), Russell, Kurt (Actor), Van, Lee (Actor)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : StudioCanal, 1981. Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Subjects:	New York (N.Y.) > Drama. Prisons > United States > Drama. Prison films. Action and adventure films. Science fiction films. Feature films. Fiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	1997 - and Manhattan has become a walled prison for three million criminals where they are left to run loose. The plane carrying the American President crashes there, and he is taken prisoner by "the Duke." Sent in to rescue him from this land of hell is Snake Plissken, former war hero turned criminal. To ensure he does not abandon his mission, two devices are implanted in his arteries, primed to blow him to pieces if he fails to return on time.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): .flv file, sound
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Dean Cundey ; editing, Todd Ramsay ; music by John Carpenter in association with Alan Howarth.