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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. 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 (26)

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 (87)

Directing

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

Writing

John Carpenter
Screenplay
Nick Castle
Screenplay

Production

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

Sound

John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
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
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor

Art

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

Camera

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

Costume & Make-Up

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

Crew

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

Editing

Lighting

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Visual Effects

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