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Escape from New York
1h 39min
SCIENCE FICTION
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Original Title
Escape from New York
Critics & Audience Score
6.3
Total Votes
3,211
Release Year
1981
Runtime (Duration)
1h 39min
Official Website
http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/escape-from-new-york/Production Budget
$6M
Box Office Revenue
$50.2M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$44.2M
Casting
Actors
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
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)
Ox Baker
Slag
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
Controller
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
John Diehl
Punk
Crew
John Carpenter
DIRECTOR
Alan Howarth
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
John Carpenter
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
John Carpenter
SCREENPLAY
Nick Castle
SCREENPLAY
Jake Eberts
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Debra Hill
PRODUCER
Larry Franco
PRODUCER
Dean Cundey
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Stephen Loomis
COSTUME DESIGN
Todd C. Ramsay
EDITOR
Joe Alves
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cloudia Rebar
SET DECORATION
Serge Genitempo
STANDBY PAINTER
Don Sutton
LEADMAN
Marvin Salsberg
CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
Carl Fischer
BOOM OPERATOR
Barry Bernardi
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Ed Zingel
PAINTER
Arthur Gelb
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Thomas Causey
SOUND MIXER
Bill Varney
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Jim Lucas
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Frankie Bergman
HAIRSTYLIST
Alan Levine
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Warren Hamilton Jr.
SOUND EDITOR
David Lewis Yewdall
SOUND EDITOR
Ken Chase
MAKEUP SUPERVISOR
Benjamin Douglas
MAKEUP ARTIST
Eugene Booth
ASSISTANT PROPERTY MASTER
Joseph C. Fama
PROPMAKER
Jeffrey Chernov
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Steve Maslow
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
Pat Patterson
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Roy Arbogast
SPECIAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Larry Franco
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Steve Rice
DIALOGUE EDITOR
Mark Mangini
DIALOGUE EDITOR
Eddie Surkin
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Gary Zink
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Brian Bevis
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Mike May
PROPERTY MASTER
Sol Aquino
CARPENTER
Gregg Landaker
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER
David Ritscher
ASSISTANT SOUND EDITOR
Lee B. Drygas
SWING
Chris Horner
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
Michael W. Moore
PROPMAKER
Joseph F. Brennan
BOOM OPERATOR
Nicholas James
FOLEY EDITOR
Kevin Pike
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Mike Johnson
STUNTS
David Cronenberg
THANKS
Buff Brady
STUNTS
Fred Lerner
STUNTS
Glory Fioramonti
STUNTS
Roydon Clark
STUNTS
Kent Hays
STUNTS
Mags Kavanaugh
STUNTS
Jack Tyree
STUNTS
Mike H. McGaughy
STUNTS
William T. Lane
STUNTS
Ted White
STUNTS
George P. Wilbur
STUNTS
Bill Hart
STUNTS
Harvey Parry
STUNTS
Jack Verbois
STUNTS
George Sawaya
STUNTS
John Moio
STUNTS
Jesse Wayne
STUNT DOUBLE
Tony Randel
SPECIAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR
James Winburn
STUNTS
Jesse Wayne
STUNTS
Dick Warlock
STUNTS
Alan Howarth
SOUND EFFECTS
James Cameron
MATTE PAINTER
Roy Arbogast
SPECIAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR
John C. Wash
VISUAL EFFECTS
Jena Holman
MATTE PAINTER
Robert Skotak
MATTE PAINTER
Bob Minor
STUNTS
Eddie Hice
STUNTS
Loren Janes
STUNTS
Andrew Overholtzer
PROPMAKER
Tony Brubaker
STUNTS
Sandra Lee Gimpel
STUNTS
James Cameron
VISUAL EFFECTS ART DIRECTOR
Dick Warlock
STUNT COORDINATOR