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Escape from New York
Cast
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Adrienne Barbeau View AllCrew
John Carpenter (Screenplay), John Carpenter (Director), Nick Castle (Screenplay) View All![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/w5Gqcb6gfrgbk6utEHYVwDLPiiR.jpg)
Release: May 22nd, 1981
Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutes
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Escape From New York DVD
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Escape From New York - Remake
Well, studios still aren't learning, and they've been working on a remake.
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Escape From New York & L.A. Site
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Rate that Movie: Escape from New York
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
(John Carpenter, 1981)
MoFo Rating: 7.2
(13 votes)
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What's so great about Escape from New York (1981)?
It's often regarded as a classic, but I don't really see what's so good about it. I mean I felt the story didn't offer any surprises really.
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The President offers Snake Plisken a deal, o...
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![Review by Iroquois](/community/resize/phpThumb.php?src=/community/customavatars/avatar5904_194.gif&w=40&h=40)
The passage of the 24-hour countdown, some lack of logic on the part of characters (why do the Crazies run past Snake without attacking him at first but only attack him after a short scene where he hides out with a fellow inmate?), and various other plot problems all become more obvious with each ne....
![Review by meatwadsprite](/community/resize/phpThumb.php?src=/community/customavatars/avatar26180_89.gif&w=40&h=40)
Unfortunately for me , I was disappointed to see such a cool premise and a cool character go to waste in this weird 80's apocalypse..
![Review by The Gnat](/community/resize/phpThumb.php?src=/community/customavatars/avatar11456_1.gif&w=40&h=40)
Snake Plisskin is a good character in the film, and a memorable character, which the film does have going for it.