WTF Happened to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)?
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981) is the movie that made Kurt Russell a badass. Going into this film, Russell was best known for a run of Disney films, such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The World’s Strongest Man and more. However, all of that changed in 1979 when Russell teamed up with Carpenter to do 1979’s Elvis, a T.V. biopic that earned rave reviews and a theatrical run overseas. Carpenter, who was looking to launch an all-new action hero named Snake Plissken in his film Escape from New York, was eager to retest with Russell for what would be a career-changing role for the young actor.
Alas, the studio was far from convinced that Russell, who they viewed as lightweight, would be right to play Carpenter’s one-eyed anti-hero, with them preferring choices such as Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones, but Carpenter would not be swayed. The result was a cult classic that paved the way for one of the screen’s best actor-director collaborations, with Russell/Carpenter famously re-teaming on The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and 1996’s Escape from New York sequel, Escape from L.A. In this instalment of WTF Happened to this Movie, we dig into the roots of Snake Plissken and what Carpenter had to go through to get his preferred leading man cast in the role that would make him a star.
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Kurt Russel's hair deserves it own acting credit for the film. It was magnificent.
there are a lot of bad stuff in escape from LA
but Kurt's royal mane is not one of them, still as good as Escape from NY
Still is, lol. Have you seen him in his Christmas movie as Santa Claus. Coolest Claus to date.
One day his hair will win an Oscar as long as Will Smith doesn't slap it off his head. yep I went there
His best was The Thing.
His hair n beard combo will always be known as The McReady Mane
Im not even gay and I agree
I saw this movie by complete accident back in 2019 and was mesmerized. The whole look of the film was so dark. Everyone in the movie including the U.S. President is corrupt. The fact that it was written in the 70's is a testament to Carpenter. The films set pieces are amazing. A+
You should watch "they live" now that's another carpenter movie and is very accurate portrait 9f today's times
Don't you mean A#1?
Check out escape from Los Angeles lol. Its pretty good as well 👌
@@jayz4dayz763 There's a fairly large population that even think it's better, (including, possibly, John Carpenter).
@@aBerlin1945 damn you beat me to the A#1 joke
I saw this in '81 in a Chicago movie theater that was about 50-60 years old with crumbling plaster, exposed beams, peeling paint, musty red carpet, and dim lobby lights. It was the perfect immersive setting to see this movie in. It resembled the theater in the musical scene where we see Cabby.
In a grindhouse theater essentially. Lucky man....
Me2! It was out in st. Charles though. The arcada theater. Old theater that was rustic like that.
Was it the Portage Theatre?
@@rynehall9990 I think it was the Advance Theater. It was torn down a long time ago.
Was it uptown theater??
Saying ''WTF happen'' implies something went wrong with this movie, and there not a damn thing wrong with this classic.
Agreed
Totally. They're idiots for titling their videos with that.
It's a tag line for hq stuff "joblo Wtf". I'm a librarian
You read my mind.
Agreed
Snake Plissken the very image of the anti-hero. I remember watching this movie when it first came out. And it's one of the first movies we watch when we got cable.
dam that's awesome! Who doesn't love a anti hero tho 😁👍
Same, saw this when I was maybe 11 years old and thought Snake was such a badass. Still do. Escape from LA was somewhat disappointing but this film is nearly perfect.
Anti -heroes are retro from the 70s like Snake .
The Kurt Russell/John Carpenter trilogy of The Thing, Escape from New York, and Big Trouble in Little China are some of my favorite movies of all time. Each different, each revolutionary, each perfect in their own way.
I don't think Big Trouble in Little China is very good which is too bad because I liked the premise but it just got a little too ridiculous. But the other 2 are top 10 of any list.
Big Trouble is a silly, but really fun and entertaining movie. It deserves some credit. The Lightning elemental character was an inspiration for Raiden from Mortal Kombat as well as the David Lo Pan character for Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat.
Like many of his movies, Carpenter was always ahead of his time when it comes to stories and dystopian worlds
Not to mention the incredible soundtracks that he adds and makes the whole thing so good
Agreed, 'they live' anyone?
I love John carpenter's movie music. This one and Assault on Precinct 13 are both wins!
His best soundtrack ever. I have the special edition which I bought at the San Diego Comic-con when he was there promoting "The Ghosts of Mars". I put it in front of him and asked him to autograph it. He asked me what it was. I told him. He thought it was a bootleg. I told him no, I'd bought it last night from a vendor at the con. He took a look at it and exclaimed, "OH!!!! I worked on this!!! THEY RELEASED IT ALREADY?!?!?!?! I don't even have a copy!!!!". He then signed it. I got a laugh out of that.
@@charlesballard5251 haha John Carpenter is really a fun and wholesome guy
Many good facts that I already read before is good for fans of this film that may not had heard them before . I had wished that they would do a third film but studios are in it for $ not fan wishes .
Kurt Russell was something of a muse for John Carpenter. Many collaborations together which produced some really great films and characters. Needless to say, I have a soft spot for Big Trouble in Little China and the character of Jack Burton (who was a kind of dollar store version of Snake Plissken able to survive trouble more by accident than design).
I heard theyre making a sequel with rock. I'd rather have an old Jack
I would like to see the further adventures of Mr. Burton.
@googlehomemini both fun. Kurt Russell is a Legend.
@@johnw8578 that's what I was applying.
Big trouble in little China 🇨🇳, my favourite cult movie of all time.
“What the f*ck happened to this movie?"... it’s a totally fantastic classic, that’s what! Hate that I never saw it on big screen, but it still blew my mind on video in the late 80s. A high bar achievement in realistic “world building” - amazing production design, memorable characters, tight story, and a GREAT ending!
Every video there's one
My absolute favorite movie as a kid. Me and my friends used to watch this movie over and over again. A cinematic masterpiece.
Saw this movie in the summer of 1981 in Detroit. How appropriate. I was 13 and it blew me away. My parents let me watch a lot of age-inappropriate movies like "Dawn of the Dead", "Alien" and "The Shining". It reminded me of "The Omega Man" and "Dawn of the Dead". Loved it and it's still one of my favorites 42 years later.
HBO being 12 and seeing this movie has always been one of my best movie memories ever!
Same for me!
There'll never be such awesome movies like this made again.
Saw in the theater with my wife, huge fan , this and The Thing , Heavy Metal, Conan the Barbarian , Porkys, American Werewolf in London etc the early 80s were a magical time to go to the movies, something for everyone, thanks again
So much cool, weird stuff came out of Hollywood in the 80s. If you like genre movies, there's hardly a better decade than the 80s.
As others have pointed out, you can't remake Escape from New York, as that version of New York no longer exists.
Exactly. Watching this, Death Wish, and The Warriors are an interesting time capsule to America's recent past. It's hard for me (born in the late 80s) to believe that NYC was ever that dangerous and I'm from the rural Midwest and don't like big cities that much.
@@riffbw not unless you move the settings somewhere else....like "escape from Chicago or Detroit"
@@kingofflamingos4344 IDK, given the shoot and attempted subway bombing this week, NYC is looking really scary again.
@@riffbw I actually saw what NYC looked like in the 70s-80s. Outside of rush hour most people stayed out of the subway. Underage whores on 8th Ave. TV whores over by the Lincoln Tunnel. Times Square was all dodgy businesses...adult book stores, porn theaters, live sex shows, etc. Tompkins Square Park was an open drug baazar. Entire sections of the Bronx looked like they were bombed out. Garbage and filth everywhere. The city is nothing like that today.
@@kingofflamingos4344 ...Shytcongo and Detoilet.
Nothing ''happened'' to this AMAZING movie.
I will never forget seeing it in the Cinema. Loong time ago!
Every movie this channel talk about there are atleast one that missunderstand this channel..
@@Micke12312 maybe because the title of the videos are misleading and kind of stupid?
i used to think the same thing like why is there good movies in this series but just because the movie is good doesn't mean a bunch a bs didn't take place behind the scenes to bring it to screen..I'm pretty sure that's why this movie is here
My father took me to see Escape from NY on the big theatre screen when I was 11 and my mind completely melted at its awesomeness as an impressionable child, hah!
Great classic 80's movie that is STILL unmatched today.
I got that flick on 4K Blu-ray for Christmas this year and it’s well worth it. You’re the man, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell.
What always really struck me about John Carpenter's movies has always been the soundtracks. Escape from New York was great as was Vampires and even Ghosts of Mars.
Loved the ghosts of mars
I know, me too!
*remember the opening track to They Live...Welcome to L.A...such an iconic riff: **ua-cam.com/video/r1-OOQajQLc/v-deo.html*
*i want this as my ringtone*
More New World memories. I didn't get to work with Cameron's crew on this one but they did invite me to the premiere at the El Capitan in Hollywood when it was called The Paramount theater. I remember John and Adrienne retiring to the lounge near the projection booth. It was amazing what they did with the innovative and clever effects work but that's why New World rocked considering what we had to work with.
New World did some utter shite too - but we usually got to see titties...
Awesome. I was blown away by it and visually I still like it better than all these CGI cartoons they make. It was a genre masterpiece and timeless. Did you work on The Terminator?
This movie is a national treasure!!
As a native New Yorker I loved this movie and remember seeing it in the theatre as a kid. Loved it
This movie was probably my most favorite movie of all time! It came out when I was in junior high school. And I watched it over and over on HBO. Great memories.
No!!! -- Do not let current-day Hollywood remake and ruin this film!
Ya, it would be a transgendered poc
@@twoguysandavan84 was literally going to say that...lol
@@twoguysandavan84 we'd see gay prisoner gangs waiving the rainbow flag lol
Snake would be a nonbinary gender fluid, and most of the movie would be the different gangs discussing cultural appropriation.
A remake - NO! A third 'Escape' movie with John Carpenter directing and Kurt Russell starring - HELL YES! It's still not too late. I could get used to an older Snake Plissken.
This and The Road Warrior were 2 of my early 80s favorites.
Great video!
Same, oh and Commando... it was delightfully cheesy.
@@EQOAnostalgia I'll bet I've watched Commando over a hundred times
Snake Pliskin! The definition of badass!
I first saw Escape from New York when I was 8 years old and it debuted on HBO in 1982. My older brother and I watched, amazed, at how slick and cool Snake Plisskin was. I have been a fan of Kurt Russell ever since. I remember growing up and longing for sequel. In 1994, my dreams had come true. I got my hands on the first draft of John Carpenter's Escape From LA. It was genius. A wonderful sequel, ever bit as fun and exciting as the first film. I couldn't wait for them to make it. Then I heard it would cost 80 million to film and the studio would only give John 50. That's when Kurt Russell & Debra Hill came in to rewrite it and bring down the budget, but by doing that they also ended up destroying what would have been one of the best sequels ever made. They changed the tone, eliminated subplots and made Snake Plisskin less of a character, more of a caricature. It was depressing. It still is. Whenever I see that film, I am reminded of what could of been. If you ever get the chance to read Carpenter's FIRST DRAFT, read it! You won't be sorry!
Actually, there are many that think it's better, despite, what the studio did to it, (that group may even include John Carpenter).
@@matthewdaley746 There are many that don't agree with that at all. The sequel was way too campy and silly. Very different from the grim tones of the first movie.
@@ethinos2719 It's what's known as, A Contested Sequel, there are many different opinions, if John Carpenter actually thinks that way, who are we to argue.
@@matthewdaley746 I don't think I'd even call it contested. Looking around the internet, the scores of both critics and the audiences, Escape from LA only got roughly half the love of Escape from NY. (52% Tomatoes/39% audience vs 87% Tomatoes/77% audience.) And I can't find anything that says Carpenter likes LA better. Only asked if he liked LA better than the original: "Well, that's partially true. I prefer parts of Escape from L.A. I prefer the themes of it. Although, I guess Escape from New York was a tinier idea, that everybody could grasp it quickly. But the themes of deporting people from L.A. isn't so far from the truth these days. I prefer the prescience of that." But hey, there are weirdos that like the prequel Star Wars films better than the original trilogy for some insane reason, so I can understand why a minority of folks may disagree with the general consensus.
@@ethinos2719 Contested Sequel doesn't have to mean the variances are remotely similar in percentage, just that they exist, and, apparently, that's the case, right, here.
This, 1978 Halloween and the 82 thing likely my 3 favorite John carpenter flicks. So much classic filmmaking style to them with legit thrills and character development 😎🤘🏼
I agree, but I have a real soft spot for Christine. I know Carpenter did it for the money, but he really elevated the material. Same with They Live.
@@bootsdad13 Christine and they live are excellent too but as a film buff, I definitely feel a more entertainment impact value from EFNY, thing and Halloween. They would be solid october triple feature billings with Hitchcock’s birds, vertigo and psycho 😎
They live was ahead of its time though
@@ElectricianAl looks damn good in 4K 😁
Controversial opinion, I liked Big Trouble and They Live better than Halloween. My top three would be The Thing, New York, and Big Trouble. But that’s just personal preference
Oh boy, the memories. I was in high school when me and my group went to the state capital and ended in the theater watching this movie. It was an incredible trip.
This was my first R movie. My older sister took me. We were supposed to go see The Fox and the Hound (I was 10) but my sister asked me if I wanted to see something wild and mind-blowing and I said OK. It was a mind-blowing experience for a kid whose most intense experiences to that point came from Roadrunner cartoons. It was a double feature with Kill and Kill Again. My sister told me not to tell our mom and dad what we did so I kept quiet and then told my mom decades later and she said she already knew! Anyway I was never the same after.
I think you should definitely do all the other collaborations of John Carpenter & Kurt Russell 👌
JoBlo has already done BTiLC.
@@shadowaccount oh yeah that's right ☝️
I saw this movie at the drive in back in 84 and have loved it ever since. We used to call the toughest Kid in school "The Duke" because of this... Brother, I have been waiting for this. Thanks
back in the days when my dad watched the movie, i just joined him and i was almost instantly grabbed by the strange feel and atmosphere of it.
i cant really remember THAT much of it but what i remember is, that it was strange and good!
It's unimaginable that anyone could make such a cool movie. It could never be done today.
I saw it in the theatre and was blown away. Still holds up. Thanks!
I love this film, saw it when I was very young and was creeped out by its futuristic settings. It's one of those films that I've owned on several home video editions from VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and I've just pre-ordered the 4K disc.
I have seen this classic many times why? Because Kurt Russell is a heart throb!
This is one of the all time great, dystopian science fiction films.
Damnit, I love that movie! I'm also old enough to remember going to the theater to see it when I was a kid
Saw this in a U.A. movie theater in North Hollywood, CA. when I was 10 years old and loved it.
Terrific video, as always! One correction is in order: EYES OF LAURA MARS was not a TV-movie. The Irvin Kershner-directed thriller was released in theaters via Columbia Pictures in August, 1978 under an R rating.
"Call me 'Snake!"" One if the great intro lines.
one of my favourite movies ever , i seen 4 times in one month , then in 1981...
I love the carpenter style. Makes me feel nostalgic for an era I never lived in lol. They would 100% ruin it if they remake it though. Also damn I had no idea that was Kurt Russell’s son 😂
It was awesome. Imagine if you will being in High School and at the movies is playing Escape From New York, The Terminator, The Road Warrior, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now all we get are CGI comic books. No original artistic visions anymore. You can't imagine what it was like when Star Wars dropped in '77. It was like aliens had landed. People were like "WTF did I just see????"
just this movie and The Thing are enough to count John Carpenter amongst my favorite directors and Kurt Russell amongst my favorite actors(though i love them both in many more movies) i was 9 when i first saw this movie in 94 and by then NYC had been cleaned up significantly compared to the 70s and 80s so at first i had a hard time buying that Manhattan would ever be turned into a prison but when i think back to how bad NYC was back then suddenly it doesn't seem so farfetched.. I guess i can count myself lucky to come up in a better NYC.. everything about this movie is amazing ..from the music to the sets to the actors it mos definitely deserves it's place as a classic in film history
I’m not gonna lie, set designer really seems like a hard job, but so satisfying. I’m gonna rewatch this just it examine the sets. I love this film.
Great video, Love all of the unknown facts regarding the filming locations. Gonna have to re-watch the movies now
"You gonna kill me now Snake?"
"Im... too tired. Maybe later."
classic Kurt Russel! Love this movie, I think I still have it on VHS lol
This was excellent - thanks for putting it together.
One of my favourite films John Carpenter was on fire in the early eighties.
I saw the movie for the first time as a teen in Italy, where the name Snake was changed to "Iena" (hyena).
Why I never knew.
Just watched this for Kurt Russell’s 71st birthday!
Lol, I was driving around listening to the soundtrack this morning!
One of my favorite movies.
Me in 1981: “It seems reasonable that Manhattan will be a giant prison by 1997.”
Me in 1997: “No, it looks like Manhattan will never be a giant prison. “
Me in 2020/21: “Well waddya know.”
Same thought here . The movie " Barb Wire " with Pamela Anderson has the same type of time line of "oh damn " that's a laugh.
I'm with you.
John Carpenter shaped my childhood. This movie brought generations together, fans of Lee Van Cliff, Maude, and John Carpenter. Coming out at the emergence of special effects action movies made this an instant classic.
I had a grainy overused VHS as a kid, watching it on DVD blew me away
That theme … Brilliant. Bought EfNY on BluRay - this is a classic I wanted in my physical collection
Nothing beats the electronic droning soundtrack with Alan Howarth and Carpenter. It gives the plot the added sense of urgency to keep the audience "on the edge of their seats" so to speak.
The eye patch was perfect. Everybody in the movie instantly recognized Snake.
It was a rainy Monday in upstate NY and a day trip to Lake George was rained out. I found myself in a theater watching this flick. Such an awesome film. Andrienne Barbeau, am I right?
This movie is so badass...even when I watch it today I always think how cool everything was executed....all the little details are just masterful.... I hope they don't do a sequel.... Escape From LA was Good enough.
Great movie! Great video! Not exactly a " WTF Happened to ..." video, but certainly enjoyable.
Great Movie, loved it back then. I think it even aged pretty well!
One of my alltime favorite films. There is some cheese-factor in there, but it all works. As a 13-14 year old at the time this movie was released, I wanted to be as badass and look like Snake. To this day, at my somewhat advancing age, I still have a Plissken t-shirt. The instrumental theme song is legendary (use it as my ringtone).
I wish I can see a John Carpenter version of The Philadelphia Experiment.
Good to hear Carpenter's *"Dark Star"* student made movie mentioned. Funny low budget piece, alien pet is a beach ball, jet pack is a refrigerator coil, but it worked.
I love Dark Star, it's a very underrated movie. It was co-written by Dan O'Bannon, who went on to write the screenplay for Alien. Both movies had quite a similar premise (an alien on the loose in a spaceship, being hunted by the crew), although obviously a very different tone.
@@fredbloggs8072
Totally agree. Beach ball = Alien. :)
Dan O'Bannon worked with Ridley Scott on Alien (1979). Scott then did "Bladerunner" which is well known. The reason I mentioned it is there seems to be a link(s) between these type of movies. People who contribute to the project.
Vincent Ward directed 'Alien 3'. His earlier movie 'The Navigator' a medieval fantasy based on his experience of trying to cross the Autobahn on foot is worth watching. His idea of a monk colony on a distance planet was then undermined by a succession of twenty or more screenwriters.
In addition, the graphics artists weight in, H.R. Geiger 'Alien', Moebius 'Fifth Element', James Cameron 'Escape From New York'.
* 'Alien' signature is the heartbeat as depicted on the ship's radar screen. 1-2-3- *4*
I was born and raised in Saint Louis and was 13 when they started filming right before my 14th birthday and the start of my freshman year in high school. Somehow I was the only person in the area who did not know that my favorite director was filming what would become my favorite of all his movies in my hometown. I found out the following summer when an issue of "Starlog" magazine chronicled the filming. I also got some bad info from that magazine about filming locations. All my life I kept my eyes open for familiar backgrounds, but nothing ever caught my eye even after spending over a decade working as a courier and driving the streets of Saint Louis every day. Of course there was the Fox theater and Union Station, but those go without saying. Then in 2014 or 2015 a friend linked an article on Facebook concerning the anniversary of the release of the movie and it gave some new info. With that I got out my DVD of the movie and brought up Googlemaps and started looking. I could neither confirm nor deny any of the info in this new article due to construction and beautification projects during the intervening 30+ years. But I looked at the scene of the choppers landing, and Hauk and the troopers finding the presidential escape pod and Romero making his approach and speech telling them the president was captured and they had to get out or he would be killed. I thought the building that Romero was concealed at was familiar and kind of strange looking. I watched the scene over and over. And then it hit me... I knew where that building was!!! I'd switched to days from dedicated graveyard shift in February of 2013 and I'd made dozens of deliveries there without ever recognizing it. It was the Mulligan Printing building at 18th and Washington. Then the building we see Snake walking past when we first see him on the ground in the city looked familiar. BAM!!!! I suddenly recognized that as well. Again, I'd made deliveries to that building and to the building just south of it parking my car just about where the camera would have started it's tracking shot several dozen times and had simply NEVER RECOGNIZED the area. Very quickly a lot of the locations just started coming up for me. Once I posted this to Facebook... A bunch of people linked articles they'd found via Google that listed the major filming locations. If only I had known. But I took my camera with me and photographed everything I could to document it that week when passing through. It was fun. Great vid... but the title doesn't suit it. "WTF Happened to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK?". Nothing ever happened to it. It's always there. Waiting. Like an old friend. Boots... gun... jacket... take out the guards first... the glider is on the roof.
The President's downed plane was an old Convair 580 bought from an airplane graveyard in Tucson, Arizona. The plane was carved up into three separate pieces, and trucked into the film's St. Louis locations in the dead of night, as they didn't have the requisite paperwork. DC-8 sounded wrong, so I researched. Great video... thanks!
I remember seeing this like it was yesterday. Even then i knew it was destined to be a classic. They couldn't make this today.
For myself, this is Kurt Russell at his best. The Thing was awesome as well, but Kurt was made for this movie. Thank you Kurt
As time pass by since first watch it like 20 years ago on TV, this movie just goes higher for my rank. It's really aged well.
As someone from St Louis, not much has changed. They could still film this movie in parts of the city and still look just as, if not more decrepid. The summer heat is also nothing to mess with.
Kind of, like, how RoboCop was actually better than the actual Detroit.
Good breakdown.....still 1 of my fave. Films...carpenter can do no wrong.....
Loved the back-round music under the voice over, but 'Escape for New York' was just ...magic.
I love movies from the 80s n 90s this movie definitely is one of those you never get tired of watching it""!.. they should make a show great comic stories
The pacing for me keeps me from saying I ever watched it in one sitting but it is a favorite
This movie rocks !
My favourite John Carpenter movie followed by In The Mouth of Madness & Big Trouble In Little China. He really should make Escape From Mars with Kurt Russell like he originally planned to do before he made it into Ghosts of Mars instead.
Ghosts of Mars is a guilty pleasure of mine but I'm glad Kurt turned it down. It would have ruined the character of Snake for me.
@@shaunmatthewcpoetry I like Ghosts but they would have had to rewrite the script to have Snake be the lead instead of Natasha Henstridge's character & i think the film works fine as it is.
@@snakeplissken6649 Yeah, I still enjoy watching it and watched Escape from LA again last night. The CGI ruins it for me and I find Ghosts of Mars a good B Movie but even watching that back now it's pretty corny.
Great film. Saw it in Australia at 19 when it first came out. Thanks mate
What happened. My uncle took me to see this back in '81 and I had no idea what it was about way back then. Didn't even see a trailer. To this day, I identify one of the greatest moments in my childhood as him taking me to see that movie. One of the greatest sci-fi dystopian movies was made and it still holds up today as a great film. This film is 41 years old!!! I would say that for its time (and even to this day), it is one of the greatest marriages of sight and sound in movies. John Carpenters movies always had that. A real solid underlying sound track that had such a great binding to the tension of every moment as the move rolls. Almost never a moment when music is not backing up the visual production. Fucking outstanding and I have multiple versions of the sound track. That title track really gets you in the mood for what you are about to see. Really well done. I love John Carpenters works from the 80's. Aside from that some whimsical tunes...who could forget....Cabby in the theatre bobbing his head...smiling ear to ear....to this...
"Shoot a cop
With a gun
The Big Apple is plenty of fun
Stab a priest
With a fork
And you'll spend your vacation in New York
Rob a bank
Take a truck
You can get here by stealing a buck
This is bliss
It's a lark
Honey, everyone's coming to New York!"
"Y-Y-You're the Duke....A number one!!!"
I was blown away when I saw it in theaters. I really wish they would get Kurt Russell to do a young deep fake of himself for a VR game or something so we can go back in there. Such an amazing universe.
I like the thought of those Street toughs going and seeing Escape from New York later and being impressed that they rented a Snake Plissken on the street
4:22 It sounds like the narrator says that "The Eyes of Laura Mars" was made for television. But it was a cinematic release. I saw this film at a movie theatre.
I loved that and Big Trouble in Little China back as a kid in the 1980s.
Damn, some of the actors affectation choices MADE this an amazing movie... the henchman Romero? I still think that's one of the best cyberpunk scenes in film history.
Call Me Snake...No wait the names Plissken..👍😎🐍
I have been on that bridge hundreds of times. The city refurbished it and is now part of a biking and walking trail that connects two states. It is the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge. They have a car show on it every year and just below it is a long sand bar beach and great fishing.
Thank you sooooo much ❤️ 1 of my favorite movies
The gladiator scene was shot in the closed Union Station in St. Louis, MO. I got to see it before the renovated it and it was great!
One of the best movies ever, Russell and Carpenter rule!! -Big Trouble in Little China is da bomb though
One of my favorite movies, absolutely fascinating on how they make movies. I hope they don't remake it.
I love this movie, and the cheese that comes with it. I love the sequel. If Russel made a 3rd, I would so be there!!!
Wait wtf i want that cut that shit is awesome a bank heist as the intro would of been badass lol
One of my all-time favourite movies.
Saw this back in the day in the UK, Manchester Tatton cinema. Was in a double bill with Visiting hours. Had seen the UK quad poster for the film so was pretty giddy about seeing it. It didnt dissapoint, loved it an its still one of my go to comfort blanket films to this day.
I worked in a theater in Northridge CA when this movie came out. That was a good year for movies. The theater got torn down after the mall it was in was badly damaged in the earthquake in '94.
Escape From New York, The Warriors and The Terminator were all amazing to watch when I was about 8 years old. USA UP ALL NIGHT.
I've always loved the 'Escape from' movies. I saw them back when I was a kid and I also rewatch them every now and then.
They be just some dumb ol' fun.
If they're going to make another one (and for the record, they probably shouldn't), they have to get an actor who has Kurt Russell's ability to deliver the craziest dialogue with the utmost seriousness. His combination of humour and coolness is what makes Snake Plissken (and Jack Burton) work so well. They never wink at the audience, and thats so important to the feel of this movie.
I used to always say that the only man that could give Snake a run for his money was Billy Jack.
Excape from N.Y. and The Thing are without a doubt Kirt Russell's best movies Ever!!!!😁✝️✝️✝️