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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

Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer

Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Debra Hill
Producer
John Carpenter
Screenplay

Nick Castle
Screenplay
Joe Alves
Production Design

Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter

Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman

Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Ed Zingel
Painter

Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Alan Levine
Production Manager

Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor

Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master

Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pat Patterson
Special Effects
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor

Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Eddie Surkin
Special Effects

Gary Zink
Special Effects
Brian Bevis
Special Effects
Mike May
Property Master

Sol Aquino
Carpenter
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor

Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director

Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Kevin Pike
Special Effects







Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator

Alan Howarth
Sound Effects

James Cameron
Matte Painter
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator
John C. Wash
Visual Effects

Jena Holman
Matte Painter
Robert Skotak
Matte Painter


James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director

Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator