Escape from New York 1981

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 99 min

genre: science fiction

theme: independent

director: John Carpenter

Score: 7 / 10

Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent 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 between the United States and an alliance of China and the Soviet Union, Manhattan has been converted 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
director	John Carpenter
editor	Todd Ramsay
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 jet injected jet injector kill mac-10 manhattan maximum security prison meet nuclear fusion peace offering police commissioner police surveillance president president of the united states presidential pardon rescue soviet union special forces starve stealth aircraft stealth glider tracking device trying to escape united states special operations forces vaudeville walk world trade center
musicBy	Alan Howarth 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