Escape From New York

Escape From New York

Release Date

1981

Director

  • John Carpenter

Cast

  • Kurt Russell
  • Lee Van Cleef
  • Ernest Borgnine
  • Adrienne Barbeau
  • Harry Dean Stanton

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

    In 1997, a major war between the United States and the Soviet Union is concluding, and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president (Donald Pleasence) is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.

    Photo credit: Embassy Pictures
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