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Escape from New York

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Calorie Rating: 139
Released: 1981-05-23
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Budget: 6000000
Revenue 50244700
Homepage: http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/escape-from-new-york/
Studios: AVCO Embassy Pictures, Goldcrest, International Film Investors, City Films,


In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

Director / Directors

Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Larry Franco
First Assistant Director



Cast

Kurt Russell
Character: Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef
Character: Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Ernest Borgnine
Character: Cabbie

Donald Pleasence
Character: President of the United States
Isaac Hayes
Character: The Duke of New York
Season Hubley
Character: Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts

Harry Dean Stanton
Character: Harold 'Brain' Helman
Adrienne Barbeau
Character: Maggie
Tom Atkins
Character: Rehme

Charles Cyphers
Character: Secretary of State
Frank Doubleday
Character: Romero
John Strobel
Character: Cronenberg

George Buck Flower
Character: Drunk
John Cothran
Character: Gypsy #1
Nancy Stephens
Character: Stewardess

Steven Ford
Character: Secret Service #2
John Carpenter
Character: Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
Jamie Lee Curtis
Character: Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)

Nick Castle
Character: Pianist
Debra Hill
Character: Computer (voice)
Ox Baker
Character: Slag

Joe Unger
Character: Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Character: Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
Character: Controller

Rodger Bumpass
Character: Dancer
John Diehl
Character: Punk


Production and Crew

John Carpenter
Screenplay
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Debra Hill
Producer

Joe Alves
Production Design
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design

Nick Castle
Screenplay

Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director

Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator

Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography

Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist

Alan Levine
Production Manager
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master

Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter

Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
Mike May
Property Master
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman

Ed Zingel
Painter
Sol Aquino
Carpenter

Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer

Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Mark A. Mangini
Dialogue Editor

Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor
Pat Patterson
Special Effects

Eddie Surkin
Special Effects
Gary Zink
Special Effects
Brian Bevis
Special Effects

Kevin Pike
Special Effects







Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double


Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator
James Cameron
Matte Painter
Jena Holman
Matte Painter

Robert Skotak
Matte Painter
John C. Wash
Visual Effects
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects