Escape from New York (1981)
In 1997 is New York omgevormd tot een maximum security gevangenis. Nadat het presidentiële vliegtuig boven de stad door criminelen is neergehaald, krijgt de cynische bankrover Snake Plissken een aanbod. De president redden uit handen van de bendes in ruil voor zijn vrijheid.
Regiseur:
John Carpenter
Schrijvers:
Nick Castle, John Carpenter.
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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 |
| Production | Debra Hill | Producer |
| Art | Cloudia Rebar | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Nick Castle | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Loomis | Costume Design |
| Production | Larry Franco | Producer |
| Directing | John Carpenter | Director |
| Writing | John Carpenter | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Joe Alves | Production Design |
| Sound | John Carpenter | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Todd C. Ramsay | Editor |
| Camera | Dean Cundey | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Chase | Makeup Supervisor |
| Art | Serge Genitempo | Standby Painter |
| Art | Don Sutton | Leadman |
| Sound | Carl Fischer | Boom Operator |
| Sound | David Ritscher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Larry Franco | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Lee B. Drygas | Swing |
| Sound | Nicholas James | Foley Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benjamin Douglas | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jeffrey Chernov | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Michael W. Moore | Propmaker |
| Production | Barry Bernardi | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Jim Lucas | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Production | Alan Levine | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frankie Bergman | Hairstylist |
| Art | Mike May | Property Master |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Lewis Yewdall | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mark Mangini | Dialogue Editor |
| Visual Effects | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve Rice | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Kevin Pike | Special Effects |
| Crew | Eddie Surkin | Special Effects |
| Sound | Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Arthur Gelb | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Chris Horner | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Ed Zingel | Painter |
| Crew | Sol Aquino | Carpenter |
| Sound | Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Joseph C. Fama | Propmaker |
| Art | Marvin Salsberg | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | Brian Bevis | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gary Zink | Special Effects |
| Crew | Pat Patterson | Special Effects |
| Art | Eugene Booth | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Thomas Causey | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | David Cronenberg | Thanks |
| Crew | Roydon Clark | Stunts |
| Crew | Buff Brady | Stunts |
| Crew | Mags Kavanaugh | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Tyree | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Verbois | Stunts |
| Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
| Crew | George Sawaya | Stunts |
| Crew | George P. Wilbur | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunt Double |
| Crew | William T. Lane | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted White | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike H. McGaughy | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Randel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | James Winburn | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | James Cameron | Matte Painter |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Jena Holman | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Robert Skotak | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | John C. Wash | Visual Effects |
| 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 |