"The movie proudly wears its affection for crusty Sergio Leone archetypes and countdown-clock suspense sequences; Carpenter was Tarantino long before Tarantino was."
— Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
January 3 – 4 Cambridge, MA THE BRATTLE THEATER
January 3 – 9 Portland, OR THE ACADEMY THEATER
January 6 Culver City, CA CULVER THEATER
January 14 – 17 Seattle, WA BEACON CINEMA
January 18 Los Angeles, CA ACADEMY MUSEUM
January 23 Minneapolis, MN THE PARKWAY THEATER
January 31 Los Angeles, CA BRAIN DEAD STUDIOS
January 31 – February 1 Williamstown, MA IMAGES CINEMA
"The movie proudly wears its affection for crusty Sergio Leone archetypes and countdown-clock suspense sequences; Carpenter was Tarantino long before Tarantino was."
— Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
USA, 1981
Director: John Carpenter
Producer: Larry Franco, Debra Hill, Barry Bernardi
Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau
Screenwriter: John Carpenter, Nick Castle
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Music: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
Genre: Science Fiction
Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Language: English
Running Time: 99 minutes
Synopsis:
When the President (Donald Pleasence) crash lands on the island of Manhattan, now a maximum security prison, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent in to rescue him...or die trying.