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The year is 1997 and in a police state future the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. The rules are simple: once you’re in, you don’t come out. But when the United States president (Donald Pleasence) crash lands an escape pod into the centre of the city after fleeing a hijacked plane, a ruthless prison warden (Lee Van Cleef) bribes ex-soldier and criminal Snake Plissken into entering the hazardous Manhattan and rescuing the distraught president from the twisted world of New York and from the demented clutches of its new ruler The Duke (Isaac Hayes) in John Carpenters cyber-punk, action, suspense spectacular.

1981 · 1h 39m
Director John Carpenter

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Escape From New York

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The year is 1997 and in a police state future the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. The rules are simple: once you’re in, you don’t come out. But when the United States president (Donald Pleasence) crash lands an escape pod into the centre of the city after fleeing a hijacked plane, a ruthless prison warden (Lee Van Cleef) bribes ex-soldier and criminal Snake Plissken into entering the hazardous Manhattan and rescuing the distraught president from the twisted world of New York and from the demented clutches of its new ruler The Duke (Isaac Hayes) in John Carpenters cyber-punk, action, suspense spectacular.

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Average 7.5
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Studio
STUDIOCANAL Ltd
Released
1981
Run Time
1 hr 39 min
Rated
15 Contains strong language, moderate bloody violence and brief sexual assault
Content Advisories
Drugs or Drug Use, Smoking or Tobacco Use, Sexual Violence, Religiously Sensitive, Criminal Activity, Horror, Graphic Violence, Violence, Sexual Content, Language, Nudity
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, United States
© 1981 AVO EMBASSY PICTURES CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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English
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English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)