Escape from New York [Collector's Edition] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Director: John Carpenter John Carpenter

Overview

Set in the grim future of 1997 where Manhattan Island has been turned into a maximum security prison, this sci-fi actioner chronicles the attempts of Snake Plissken, a courageous mercenary convict, to rescue the president of the United States after a plane crash lands him in the hands of a villainous super-criminal who wants his freedom. The government gives the mercenary 24 hours to complete his mission. If he fails, Plissken, who is involuntarily wired with explosives, will die a horrible death.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/21/2015
UPC:	0826663157413
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	2,630

Special Features

Disc One - Feature Film: ; New audio commentary with actress Adrienne Barbeau and director of photography Dean Cundey; Audio commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell; Audio commentary with producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe Alves; ; Disc Two - Bonus Features:; New look at the special effects including interview with Dennis Skotak, Robert Skotak and more...; New interview with still photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker (author of On Set with John Carpenter); Deleted scenes: The original opening bank robbery sequence; Return to Escape from New York featurette; Theatrical trailers; Photo galleries

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kurt Russell	Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef	Bob Hauk
Ernest Borgnine	Cabbie
Donald Pleasence	President of the United States
Isaac Hayes	Duke of New York
Season Hubley	Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean Stanton	Brain
Adrienne Barbeau	Maggie
Tom Atkins	Rehme
Charles Cyphers	Secretary of State
John Cothran	Gypsy #1
Joe Unger	Taylor
John Strobel	Actor
Garrett Bergfeld	un gitan
Richard Cosentino	un garde gitan
Robert John Metcalf	un gitan
Joel Bennett	un gitan
Vicangelo Bulluck	un indien
Clem Fox	un indien
Tobar Mayo	un indien
Nancy Stephens	l'hôtesse de l'air
Steven M. Gagnon	l'homme des services secrets,l'homme des services secrets
Steven Ford	l'homme des services secrets
Dale E. House	le pilote d'hélicoptère,Dancer
Michael Taylor	l'homme des services secrets,Controller
Bob Minor	Duty Sergeant
Lonnie Wun	le gitan au bandana rouge
David Patrick	Helicopter Pilot #2
Frank Doubleday	Romero
James O'Hagen	Computer Operator
Tom Lillard	Police Sergeant
Borah Silver	Theater Manager
Tony Papenfuss	Theater Assistant
John Diehl	Punk
Carmen Filpi	Bum
George Flower	Drunk
Clay Wright	Helicopter Pilot #3
Ox Baker	Slag
Alan Shearman	Dancer
Rodger Bumpass	Dancer
Ron Vernan	Dancer
Jamie Curtis	Narration and Computer Voice
Al Cerullo	Helicopter Pilot #4
Alan Howarth	Composer
Alan Howard	Composer
John Carpenter	Composer

Technical Credits

John Carpenter

John Carpentar

Nick Castle Jr.

Nick Castle

John Carpenter	Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter
John Carpentar	Screenwriter
Nick Castle Jr.	Screenwriter
Larry Franco	Producer
Debra Hill	Producer
Jake Eberts	Executive Producer
Steve Caldwell	Special Effects
Thomas Causey	Sound Effects
Joseph Brennan	Sound Effects
Warren Hamilton Jr.	Sound Effects
Carl Fischer	Sound Effects
Mags Kavanaugh	Stunts
George Dodge	Special Effects
Alan Howarth	Sound Effects
Buff Brady	Stunts
Roydon Clark	Stunts
Harvey Parry	Stunts
George Wilbur	Stunts
Fred Lerner	Stunts
Ted White	Stunts
Roy Arbogast	Special Effects
George Sawaya	Stunts
Sandy Gimpel	Stunts
Bill Hart	Stunts
Loren Janes	Stunts
Mike Johnson	Stunts
Eddie Hice	Stunts
Mike McGaughy	Stunts
Kent Hays	Stunts
Jack Verbois	Stunts
Bob Minor	Stunts
John Moio	Stunts
Glory Fioramonti	Stunts
Jesse Wayne	Stunts
Tony Brubaker	Stunts
Warren Hamilton	Sound Editor
Thomas D. Causey	Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Maslow	Sound/Sound Designer
Nick Castle	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Escape from New York was indifferently received by critics upon opening in 1981, but genre fans enthusiastically embraced the futuristic action thriller and made it a cult favorite. Director John Carpenter (Halloween) set the film in 1997, by which time -- according to the script -- Manhattan had become a maximum-security prison inhabited by violent criminals who roamed the streets in packs like wild dogs. Onetime war hero and convicted felon "Snake" Plissken (Kurt Russell) is offered a pardon, provided he can rescue the U.S. president (Donald Pleasance), whose plane has just crash-landed in the city. A suitably bleak Manhattan -- courtesy of production designer Joe Alves -- becomes Snake's personal battleground in a series of elaborate, violent set pieces distinguished by clever staging, bold stunt work, and staccato editing. Escape is also the pre-Chef highlight of the Isaac Hayes thespian ouvre, as well as a fine showcase for the considerable talents of Ernest Borgnine. Often imitated but never matched -- Carpenter's own "sequel," Escape from L.A, also fell short -- Escape from New York still merits the acclaim it won from sci-fi aficionados in '81.