Escape from New York
1981
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.
- Category
- Films
- Genres
- Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Cast
- Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes
- Studio
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Synopsis
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.