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Escape from New York

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

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Escape from New York

May 23, 1981
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Cast (27)

Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
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
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
John Strobel
Cronenberg
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
Wally Taylor
Controller

Crew (86)

Directing

John Carpenter
Director
Larry Franco
First Assistant Director
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director

Writing

John Carpenter
Screenplay
Nick Castle
Screenplay

Production

Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Larry Franco
Producer
Alan Levine
Production Manager
Debra Hill
Producer

Sound

Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor

Art

Joe Alves
Production Design
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman
Don Sutton
Leadman
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master
Mike May
Property Master
Ed Zingel
Painter
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director

Camera

Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist

Crew

Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator
Bob Minor
Stunts
James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts
Eddie Surkin
Special Effects
Bill Hart
Stunts
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator
John Moio
Stunts
Kent Hays
Stunts
Kevin Pike
Special Effects
Gary Zink
Special Effects
Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker
Fred Lerner
Stunts
Buff Brady
Stunts
Jack Tyree
Stunts
Sol Aquino
Carpenter
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
Pat Patterson
Special Effects
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Brian Bevis
Special Effects
Ted White
Stunts

Editing

Lighting

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Visual Effects

James Cameron
Matte Painter
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor
John C. Wash
Visual Effects
Jena Holman
Matte Painter
Robert Skotak
Matte Painter