Escape from New York
Directed by:
John CarpenterCinematography:
Dean CundeyCast:
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau (more)Plots(1)
It is 1997 and a nearly destroyed New York City has become a walled prison for over 3 million convicted criminals who have lost, but survived, a brutal war against the United States Police Force. In this maximum security prison-city, escape has been made impossible - every bridge is mined and walled, the surrounding waters are filled with deadly electricity and the Statue of Liberty has become just another guard tower from which officers in infra-red goggles blast, on sight, any prisoners desperate enough to try to get out. Radar scanners revolve and helicopters circle the island of Manhattan endlessly. Other than the monthly food drops made by air into Central Park these outcasts are left completely on their own to prey on each other. Into this living hell one master criminal, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), is sent alone on a mission as dangerous as the criminals within its walls; he must rescue the President of the United States whose plane crashes in New York City on its way to a world summit conference; the President is carrying papers that are crucial to the survival of the United States. (StudioCanal UK)
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Escape from New York
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Year: 1981
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 37:19
| 1. | Main Title | John Carpenter | 03:52 |
| 2. | Up The Wall Airforce #1 | John Carpenter | 02:29 |
| 3. | Orientation #2 | John Carpenter | 01:48 |
| 4. | Engulfed Cathedral | Claude Debussy | 03:33 |
| 5. | Back To The Pod / The Crazies Come Out | John Carpenter | 03:00 |
| 6. | Arrival At THe Library | John Carpenter | 01:06 |
| 7. | Everyone's Coming To New York | John Carpenter | 02:54 |
| 8. | The Duke Arrives / The Barricades | John Carpenter | 03:35 |
| 9. | Police State / Romero And The President | John Carpenter | 03:21 |
| 10. | The President At The Train | John Carpenter | 02:55 |
| 11. | The President Is Gone | John Carpenter | 02:30 |
| 12. | Chase Across The 69th Street Bridge | John Carpenter | 02:33 |
| 13. | Over The Wall | John Carpenter | 03:43 |