Escape from New York

Category: Movies •

Genre: Science Fiction • Action •

Rating: 7.061

Director: John Carpenter,

Writer: John Carpenter (Screenplay), Nick Castle (Screenplay),

Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday, John Strobel, George Buck Flower, John Cothran, Nancy Stephens, Steven Ford, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Debra Hill, Ox Baker, Joe Unger, Garrett Bergfeld, Wally Taylor,

Language: en

Country: USA

Release Date: May 23, 1981

Plot: 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.