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List Price: $14.98Amazon.com's Price: $11.99 You Save: $2.99 (20%)as of 03/22/2010 03:51 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792847663
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792847660
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1001186
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 21, 2000
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 1981
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Kurt Russell (Stargate) stars in a high-velocity sci-fi action-thriller from director John Carpenter (Co-written by Nick Castle) that sets the screen ablaze with heart-stopping suspense outrageous stunts and imaginative special effects. Bristling with riveting chases and hard-hitting fight sequences Escape From New York is your passport to nonstop excitement! In a world ravaged by crime the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world s most brutal inmate. And when the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) crash lands inside only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken (Russell) 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!System Requirements:Starring: Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau. Directed By: John Carpenter. Running Time: 99 Min. Color. This film is presented in both "Widescreen" and "Standard" formats. Copyright 2001 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 027616854773 Manufacturer No: 1001186
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In the future, crime is out of control and New York City 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 warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables. Kurt Russell put his Disney days behind him as the nicest bad guy in the picture. All comic-book sensibilities and macho posturing, this is one of writer-director John Carpenter's better brainless escapes. There are snappy one-liners and explosive action scenes. However, the film lacks tension and some believability even within the realm of SF fantasy. Even when it fails to gel, though, it always manages to amuse, thanks in great part to a varied and unusual supporting cast (watch for Ernest Borgnine as a cabdriver). Followed in 1996 by Carpenter's overdone and campy Escape from L.A. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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For this inventive sci-fi actioner, director John Carpenter (who also co-wrote and scored the film) depicts a dystopian future--the film's events take place in 1997--in which New York's Manhattan Island is a lockdown penitentiary that holds only the most dangerous of prisoners. A prisoner himself, ex-soldier Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is tossed into the apocalyptic metropolis, pressured with the burdensome task of finding the President, who was recently kidnapped by inmates following the crash ... Read More
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Tried to find this movie everywhere, of course Amazon had it. If you made it this far then you probably already know about the movie but it was definitely worth the buy. Loved it!
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Due to huge crime rates, the United States turns its once great city of New York into a maximum security prison where hardcore criminals are put for life. All the bridges leading into the city are mined, a large wall is built along the shoreline and a large police force army is based there to stop or kill any attempted escapees. En route to a conference, the President, on board Air Force One, is forced to eject in a pod when a female terrorist takes over the controls and crashes the plane into a building. ... Read More
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I just watched Escape from New York for the first time tonight. My husband has been trying to get me to watch it for years, so to surprise him tonight, I pulled the special edition DVD down and stuck it in the player.
I am a Kurt Russell fan as well as a John Carpenter fan so I really wanted this movie to deliver along the lines of The Thing, Christine or They Live (all movies I give 5-Stars to), but it falls a little short of 5-stars in these ways: foley (sound effects), script (a little stiff), ... Read More
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I really enjoyed this film when it was released in '81 and recently got it on DVD and watched it again this week.
It was also fascinating to listen to John Carpenter and Kurt Russell talk through the film on one of the extra features which I did. It gave me a better understanding of how the film was made and why certain things were the way they were.
What I particularly liked about this story was the premise that crime had forced the authorities in the USA to declare what was tantamount ... Read More
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792847663
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792847660
Item Dimensions:
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages:
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1001186
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 21, 2000
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 1981