Escape From New York

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Play Dates

April 3 – 4 Santa Barbara, CA SBIFF FILM CENTER

April 10 Chicago, IL MUSIC BOX THEATRE

April 11 Minneapolis, MN MSP FILM MAIN CINEMA

April 19 Anchorage, AK BEAR TOOTH THEATREPUB

April 28 – 30 Las Vegas, NV BEVERLY THEATER

May 16 Sterling, IL MIDWAY DRIVE IN

May 21 Lehighton, PA MAHONING DRIVE IN

June 25 Newport, RI JANE PICKENS FILM CENTER

Featured Quote

"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

About

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.