1997: Rescate en Nueva York (1981)
Es el año 1997. Debido al crecimiento de la criminalidad, Estados Unidos ha convertido la gran ciudad de Nueva York en una prisión de máxima seguridad, donde los presos están encerrados de por vida. Un nuevo prisionero y anterior héroe de guerra, Serpiente Plissken, es elegido a cambio le devolverle su libertad, para rescatar al Presidente de los Estados Unidos de la isla de Manhattan, después de que un terrorista hiciera caer el avión del Presidente allí.
Directora:
John Carpenter
Escritores:
John Carpenter, Nick Castle.
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Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken |
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Lee Van Cleef as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk |
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Ernest Borgnine as Cabbie |
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Donald Pleasence as President of the United States |
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Isaac Hayes as The Duke of New York |
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Season Hubley as Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts |
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Harry Dean Stanton as Harold 'Brain' Helman |
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Adrienne Barbeau as Maggie |
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Tom Atkins as Rehme |
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Charles Cyphers as Secretary of State |
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Frank Doubleday as Romero |
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John Strobel as Cronenberg |
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George Buck Flower as Drunk |
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John Cothran as Gypsy #1 |
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Nancy Stephens as Stewardess |
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Steven Ford as Secret Service #2 |
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John Carpenter as Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player |
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Jamie Lee Curtis as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited) |
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Nick Castle as Pianist |
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Debra Hill as Computer (voice) |
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Ox Baker as Slag |
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Joe Unger as Taylor |
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Garrett Bergfeld as Gypsy #2 |
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Wally Taylor as Controller |
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Rodger Bumpass as Dancer |
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John Diehl as Punk |
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Ronald E. House as Dancer |
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Richard Cosentino as Gypsy Guard |
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Joel Bennett as Gypsy #4 |
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Tobar Mayo as Third Indian |
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Steven M. Gagnon as Secret Service #1 |
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Michael Taylor as Secret Service #3 |
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Lonnie Wun as Red Bandana Gypsy |
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Dale E. House as Helicopter Pilot #1 |
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Bob Minor as Duty Sergeant |
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James O'Hagen as Computer Operator |
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James Emery as Trooper |
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Tom Lillard as Police Sergeant |
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Borah Silver as Theatre manager |
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Tony Papenfuss as Theatre Assistant |
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Carmen Filpi as Bum |
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Clay Wright as Helicopter Pilot #3 |
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Al Cerullo as Helicopter Pilot #4 |
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Alan Shearman as Dancer |
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Ron Vernan as Dancer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Loomis | Costume Design |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | John Carpenter | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Dean Cundey | Director of Photography |
| Production | Debra Hill | Producer |
| Writing | John Carpenter | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nick Castle | Screenplay |
| Editing | Todd C. Ramsay | Editor |
| Art | Joe Alves | Production Design |
| Art | Cloudia Rebar | Set Decoration |
| Production | Larry Franco | Producer |
| Directing | John Carpenter | Director |
| Art | Serge Genitempo | Standby Painter |
| Art | Don Sutton | Leadman |
| Art | Marvin Salsberg | Construction Foreman |
| Sound | Carl Fischer | Boom Operator |
| Production | Barry Bernardi | Associate Producer |
| Art | Ed Zingel | Painter |
| Art | Arthur Gelb | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Thomas Causey | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Jim Lucas | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frankie Bergman | Hairstylist |
| Production | Alan Levine | Production Manager |
| Sound | Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Lewis Yewdall | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Chase | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benjamin Douglas | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Eugene Booth | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Joseph C. Fama | Propmaker |
| Directing | Jeffrey Chernov | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Pat Patterson | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Larry Franco | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Steve Rice | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Mark Mangini | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Eddie Surkin | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gary Zink | Special Effects |
| Crew | Brian Bevis | Special Effects |
| Art | Mike May | Property Master |
| Crew | Sol Aquino | Carpenter |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Ritscher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Lee B. Drygas | Swing |
| Art | Chris Horner | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Michael W. Moore | Propmaker |
| Sound | Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Nicholas James | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Kevin Pike | Special Effects |
| Crew | Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | David Cronenberg | Thanks |
| Crew | Buff Brady | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Crew | Roydon Clark | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Mags Kavanaugh | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Tyree | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike H. McGaughy | Stunts |
| Crew | William T. Lane | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted White | Stunts |
| Crew | George P. Wilbur | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Verbois | Stunts |
| Crew | George Sawaya | Stunts |
| Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Tony Randel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | James Winburn | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | James Cameron | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | John C. Wash | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Jena Holman | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Robert Skotak | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Hice | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Andrew Overholtzer | Propmaker |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandra Lee Gimpel | Stunts |
| Crew | James Cameron | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Pegi Brotman | Casting |
| Editing | Randy D. Thornton | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Barry Bernardi | Location Manager |
| Production | Frank Capra III | Assistant Location Manager |
| Directing | Louise Jaffe | Script Supervisor |