Synopsis
Escape from New York (1981) In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables. ??Anthony Pereyra

Awards: 4 nominations
Budget: $6,000,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Gross: $25,274,292
Soundtrack: Bandstand Boogie (Music by Charles Albertine)


John Carpenter
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine
1981-07-10 (United States)
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