Escape from New York / [produced by Larry Franco & Debra Hill ; directed by John Carpenter ; written by John Carpenter & Nick Castle].
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 1001186 | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: French, Spanish Series: MGM DVDPublication details: [Santa Monica, CA] : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2003.Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0792847660
- 9780792847663
- Escape from New York (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Dean Cundey.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president (Donald Pleasence) is held hostage by its denizens. One-eyed mercenary Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is strong-armed into rescuing the chief executive. He is aided, not always willingly, by a tough gal (Adrienne Barbeau) and a manic cab driver (Ernest Borgnine). Escape from New York was followed by a sequel of sorts in 1996, Escape From L.A., again starring Kurt Russell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1 for 16x9 tvs), side A; full screen, side B; Dolby digital.
In English with French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau.
Director of photography, Dean Cundey.
Widescreen format on side A, full screen format on side B.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
Includes original theatrical trailer.
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours, an explosive charge planted inside Snake's body will end the mission-- and his life-- unless he succeeds!