Escape from New York

Synopsis

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

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Cast

Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken

Lee Van Cleef

Police Commissioner Bob Hauk

Ernest Borgnine

Cabbie

Donald Pleasence

President of the United States

Isaac Hayes

The Duke of New York

Season Hubley

Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts

Harry Dean Stanton

Harold 'Brain' Helman

Adrienne Barbeau

Maggie

Tom Atkins

Rehme

Charles Cyphers

Secretary of State

Frank Doubleday

Romero

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John Strobel

Cronenberg

George Buck Flower

Drunk

John Cothran

Gypsy #1

Nancy Stephens

Stewardess

Steven Ford

Secret Service #2

John Carpenter

Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player

Jamie Lee Curtis

Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)

Nick Castle

Pianist

Debra Hill

Computer (voice)

Crew

Art

• Joe Alves Production Design
• Cloudia Rebar Set Decoration
• Eugene Booth Assistant Property Master
• Lee B. Drygas Swing
• Arthur Gelb Graphic Designer
• Serge Genitempo Standby Painter
• Chris Horner Assistant Art Director
• Mike May Property Master
• Marvin Salsberg Construction Foreman
• Don Sutton Leadman
• Ed Zingel Painter

Camera

• Dean Cundey Director of Photography
• Jim Lucas Second Unit Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Stephen Loomis Costume Design
• Frankie Bergman Hairstylist
• Ken Chase Makeup Supervisor
• Benjamin Douglas Makeup Artist

Crew

• Joseph C. Fama Propmaker
• Sol Aquino Carpenter
• Michael W. Moore Propmaker
• Pat Patterson Special Effects
• Eddie Surkin Special Effects
• Gary Zink Special Effects
• Brian Bevis Special Effects
• Kevin Pike Special Effects
• Mike Johnson Stunts
• David Cronenberg Thanks
• Roydon Clark Stunts
• Buff Brady Stunts

Directing

• John Carpenter Director
• Jeffrey Chernov Second Assistant Director
• Larry Franco First Assistant Director
• Louise Jaffe Script Supervisor

Editing

• Todd C. Ramsay Editor
• Randy D. Thornton Assistant Editor

Production

• Larry Franco Producer
• Debra Hill Producer
• Barry Bernardi Associate Producer
• Alan Levine Production Manager
• Pegi Brotman Casting
• Barry Bernardi Location Manager
• Frank Capra III Assistant Location Manager

Sound

• Alan Howarth Original Music Composer
• John Carpenter Original Music Composer
• Joseph F. Brennan Boom Operator
• Thomas Causey Sound Mixer
• Carl Fischer Boom Operator
• Warren Hamilton Jr. Sound Editor
• Gregg Landaker Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Steve Maslow Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• David Ritscher Assistant Sound Editor
• Bill Varney Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• David Lewis Yewdall Sound Editor
• Nicholas James Foley Editor

Visual Effects

• Roy Arbogast Special Effects Supervisor
• James Cameron Matte Painter
• Jena Holman Matte Painter
• Robert Skotak Matte Painter
• John C. Wash Visual Effects

Writing

• Nick Castle Screenplay
• John Carpenter Screenplay

Photos