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Film details
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Featuring
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Countries
United Kingdom USA
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Year
1981
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Genres
Science Fiction Action and Adventure
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- John Carpenter's Escape from New York Alternative
Synopsis
In (a future) 1997 Manhattan Island has been turned into a vast maximum security prison. When the US President's plane Air Force One is hijacked by a workers' terrorist group, the government sends former soldier turned criminal Snake Plissken into New York to locate and rescue the President. With less than 24 hours to complete his perilous mission, Plissken flies in by glider to land atop the World Trade Center and then begins to navigate the burnt out city with its crazed, murderous and treacherous denizens, before time runs out.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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'Snake' Plissken
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Bob Hauk
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Cabbie
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President
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The Duke of New York
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girl in Chock Full o' Nuts
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Rehme
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Secretary of State
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Harold Helman, 'Brain'
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Maggie
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Taylor [scenes not used]
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Romero
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Cronenberg
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1st gypsy
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2nd gypsy
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gypsy guard
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3rd gypsy
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4th gypsy
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1st Indian
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2nd Indian
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3rd Indian
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stewardess
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1st Secret Service man
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2nd Secret Service man
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3rd Secret Service man
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red bandana gypsy
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1st helicopter pilot
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2nd helicopter pilot
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duty sergeant
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controller
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computer operator
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trooper
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police sergeant
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theatre manager
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theatre assistant
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punk
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bum
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drunk
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3rd helicopter pilot
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4th helicopter pilot
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Slag, ring fighter
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dancer
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dancer
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dancer
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dancer
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dancer
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dancer
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voice of opening narrator/computer
Jamie Lee Curtis (uncredited)
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Producer
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Producer
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Associate Producer
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Associate producer (spec visual effects)
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Production Manager
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Production manager (spec visual effects)
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Production office co-ordinator
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Location Manager
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Production liaison (spec visual effects)
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Production Assistant
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Screenplay
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Screenplay
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Director of Photography
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2nd Unit Photographer
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Camera Operator
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2nd unit camera operator
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2nd unit camera operator
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Special Visual Effects
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Special visual effects (project sup)
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Special visual effects (photography)
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Special visual effects (photography)
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Special visual effects (photography)
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Special visual effects (photography)
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Special visual effects (elicon camera)
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Special visual effects (elicon camera)
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Special visual effects (elicon camera)
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Flicker Box Technician
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Rotoscope
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Matte Artist
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Matte Artist
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Matte Artist
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
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Special effects (supervision)
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Miniatures (construction)
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Miniatures (engineer)
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Graphic designer
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Graphic displays
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Graphic displays
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Editor
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Production Designer
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Set Decorator
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Costumes
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Men's costumes
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Women's costumes
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Make-up
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Makeup supervision
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Titles/Opticals
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Music composed and performed
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Music composed and performed
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Sound Recording
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Stereo sound recording
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Special synthesizer sound
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Editor
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Sound Editor
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Weapons adviser
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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