Escape from New York 1981

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 99 min

genre: science fiction

theme: science fiction action

director: John Carpenter

Score: 7 / 10

Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau and Harry Dean Stanton.

Plot

In a dystopian 1988, amidst war against an alliance of China and the Soviet Union, the United States government has turned Manhattan into a maximum security prison to address a 400% increase in crime. The island is walled off from the outside world and under heavy police surveillance.

Cast

More details

author	John Carpenter Nick Castle
contentLocation	Los Angeles Missouri New York City
director	John Carpenter
editor	Todd Ramsay
events	failed state global catastrophic risk kidnapping search and rescue societal collapse
genre	action science fiction
keywords	air force one ambush bandstand boogie cadillac capture carotid arterie cassette tape china common carotid artery compact cassette crime boss crossbow duke escape pod federal reserve fly force fusion power grand central terminal handcuff hijack kill mac-10 manhattan maximum security prison meet nuclear fusion old man peace offering police commissioner police surveillance president president of the united states presidential pardon rescue soviet union special forces starve tracking device trying to escape united states government united states special operations forces vaudeville walk world trade center
musicBy	John Carpenter
producer	Debra Hill Larry Franco
productionCompany	AVCO Embassy Pictures City Films Goldcrest Films International International Film Investors
publisher	AVCO Embassy Pictures
theme	dystopian exploitation independent science fiction action survival the future urban