Dude this is beautiful!! I wish you all the best (i hope i bring you luck, not that i have much of it for myself xD) 100% agree with your channel logo... i can't help questioning our ppl's strenght when the Elite can rule us so ruthlessly! (edit: not that i root for Trump or anything, i just love the message! I do believe it says the truth)
Adrienne Barbeau made her best movies when she was married to John Carpenter. All of the movies he made for her to be a star and our great Classic Movies. I love going to the movies in the old days when we had real movies to go to.
So right! Adrienne Barbeau is a beautiful woman. I miss a couple of movies she made with John (gonna make up for it asap xD). And you're right about having old-school movies we can go to... It's gotta be a mix between nostalgia and crappy-new-movies :D
Dude, to be honest, those coloured neon-like minimalistic images of Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty are damn damn iconic! They're so cool, still today... xD 400% increased crime rate? well, it's fine... today should be even higher xD
I *love* this movie and theme song. Can't think of many other title themes that are as good as this one. Thanks for posting it! Fun fact: Tommy Lee Jones and Charles Bronson were considered for the role of Snake Plissken. No way. Kurt Russell was made for this role!
Absolutely right!! Proof is all the other movies Carpenter made with Russell... c'mon, they were perfect for each other xD Carpenter critical of the government, Russell rebel against the government. Can't think of a better match :D And they are actually a voice to many many people whose view is not represented by the government. About this vid, it's just a tribute to those two legends! :D
"that's not funny, Plissken" -Hauk "get a new president" -Snake "we're still at war, Plissken" -Hauk "i don't give a fuck about your war... or your president" -Snake (he couldn't have been more cynical and truthful in a single scene xD)
I like that part xD Carpenter managed to portray the President of the United States as a reasonable man with common sense (pretty weird, huh...), who got in serious troubles, got rescued, and then he had his righteous revenge at the end. Too bad none will ever know that tritium is better for nuclear fusion :D
@@-Runo That is a good observation. If you are with a person who is seeing the film for the first time, that person is always surprised by the switching of the tapes, which is apparent when the president turns on the tape player. LOL
@@balozhende5727 Lol yep, you're right! Maybe bc we can listen to the original tape in the taxi, while the runaway group was in a rush, and played literally for few seconds... (honestly, since i'm not native english speaker, i can't even understand much of those few seconds xD). But anyway, that funny scene with the president playing the swing music at the conference is really epic (his face too! :D).
She is splendid! The guy who sketched this made a beautiful job... ...and with all the rest. I mean, after all these years i still can't believe how iconic this image is! Welcome here my friend :D
We all ❤it :D Snake has that kind of 'sharp' humor that makes him even more legendary lol. That Hauk/Snake confrontation scene when Hauk hires Snake is just a masterpiece! Love every second of it :D edit: about Eatwood/Russell, idk really how much close they are as actors... Snake is a world-weary rebel, the Man With No Name is a fast-shooting thief... the only thing they have in common for me is that they don't seem to speak much lol :D
@@bigc-up2ok yep, you're right, Snake is Snake, and he's got little to do with Eastwood. But Russell and Carpenter said that "The Man With No Name" (the Eastwood's character in many spaghetti westerns) was a big inspiration to both of them, either to write the char as to play the role. Idk, they seem to have little in common, but they said that... Actually, the spaghetti western characters were so popular in the end. I play a game of the 'Metal Gear Solid' saga, and one of the character (Ocelot) was directly inspired by Lee Van Cliff, in one of the movie when he's the villain. The good old times.... xD
The best way to get off a dißabled airplane in NYC push fat people away knock over old people step on midgets and disabled trip blind people kick dwarfs in the ass and depart plane so you can help other people get off
@@stevedj101 i can only make a few guesses: something related to the usa social conditions now? or the way it all ended up this way? dude you just pique my curiosity... what do you mean?
@TrashLid yep, my wish too... I think there's something in 'The Thing' foretelling our western conditions right now. Even if you pay attenction at the ending: the action goes in standby and the protagonists just wait to see how the situation evolves.... that's not a normal ending for a movie (there's gotta be something in that we don't understand).
@@-Runo Mr Carpenter was basically making predictions for the future of not just his homeland of America but the rest of the World eventually ! I believe anyway 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Thank you man! I only wanted a bit of screen motion, just for not having a static image. But i gotta tell you: that poster is so so magnetic. I love that image... idk, seems to me you can't beat old-school art xD
Never appears in the film but that Statue's head really add to this apocalyptical territory, the whole movie is in that single picture!! Hail Carpenter who create another iconic character (along with Nick Castle); more cowbell i mean tambourine please.
Dead right!! A shot with a fallen Statue of Liberty's head far off in the background'd be so epic... You're right about Nick Castle. A very nice and productive collaboration they had xD
@@-Runo - They ended up using the promo shot during one of the tie-in comics BOOM! did for the original film, as part of a storyline where Snake goes back to New York to find President Harker.
@@crazyrabbits that's what Legends do!! :D I think this is part of the reason why we're still here loving this masterpiece... it's the spirit they put into it xD
Dude thank you! That image is magnetic, seems alive to me... i loved it at first sight xD Besides, it seems also to represent what's happening in USA atm... (edit: not sure, i live in Italy, just guessing...)
We watched it in the early 80s on a top loading VHS with a cabled remote. As kids we thought it was pretty corny, which it is, but like all of Carpenter's early films they are cinematic classics. And yes we saw all of them when were kids and I don't think it harmed us. Films of this quality are unimaginable now.
@@halo5725 Dude i can feel the nostalgia right from your words... I don't know if EfNY is corny actually. I understand it may seem 'flat', i mean the story is linear and predictable in the end. But i think back then they were careful about storytelling, and they didn't want to put too much weird stuff in it. For instance, EfLA is different 15 years later: it has more action and lots of plot twists, but it lacks of 'seriousness'... idk, it comes down to personal flavour... I, for one, love everything done by Carpenter! :D
2 of my all time favorite movies,this and the thing.. outstanding movies and music...no one should ever be allowed to play snake again...EVER, unless Kurt decides to put on the patch again,this movie is off limits.
Can't agree more!!!! Part of the reason this is a legendary character is the fact Carpenter didn't allow anyone to spoil his works. This thing only made me grow my respect and admiration to him to the top. I love "They live" too, it's on top of my list besides the two you mentioned. About "Escape for Los Angeles" and "Big Trouble in Little China", they lean to 'comedy' a bit too much, but i *love* them nonetheless xD Not to mention Carpenter's musics... That man is a living legend to me!! :D
At my funeral, I want Jamie Lee Curtis to summarize my life in her dystopian EFNY opening narration voice, ending for no logical reason whatsoever with, "The rules are simple. Once you go in, you don't come out."
@@RepublicConstitution I didn't know either, HOLY SHIT!! She did not only the voiceover intro, but also the computer voice... Jack Turk you surprised both of us, what an info!! :D:D
My fantasy is to make a prequel of Escape of New York. Taylor Kitsch playing a young Snake Plissken as a Special Forces soldier. Showing the character arc from all American hero to American outlaw. Of course Kurt Russell would potray the President. Which would be just cool as hell for him to pass the torch to a young actor playing a character that he had played decades earlier.
I'd love to watch a prequel of Snake's downfall from a soldier hero into a outlaw!! Also, your choice of actors is perfect: both Taylor Kitsch as Snake and Kurt Russel as the president fit so well :D My only concern would be the director. Carpenter isn't a director you can replace so easily... I bet he has 80ish badassery running through his veins still now :D If a prequel has to be made, then it's up to him, and none else :D
I'm not into this kind of things, but to me the only solution would be the contruction of a high wall all around Manhattan Isle, with mines placed on each and every bridges to the isle, the US Army patrolling along the borders.... and the absolute denial for any aircraft to fly over the island, especially for the Air Force One with the President on board with sensitive nuclear fusion info in his suitcase!! :D
Exaclty! Not only bc Russell is a good actor after all, but bc he seems not playing at all, he seems to be himself! He's a 'natural' anti-hero... Jonh made a great decision back then to pick up Kurt. And everyone else in the cast too: Brain, Maggie, the President, Romero! They are all 100% believable. Maybe Cabbie/Borgnine was a little bit 'comical', but he was playing the relaxing part, just for easing the tension i think...
Isaac Hayes was good, no doubt. I like him both in EfNY and as South Park's Chef lool. But i think he wasn't perfect for that role. I mean: i'd like to have "The Duke" more 'evil'... he just seems 'lazy' to me. Brain and Romero are more evil then him... maybe bc he's not as bad as a person, idk (knowing he's in Scientology makes me doubt alot... xD). I didn't even mention Lee Van Cleef... there was no need. That man is another legend! :D
Sir, i envy you now :D I was a kid in the 90s, i was too young to see it in a cinema, as long as alot other masterpieces... Luckily for me, Carpenter's works are so good i didn't need to go to a theatre to enjoy his movies. I loved them at first sight later on xD
Can you imagine the nerve of the regular people who said fuck no I'm not moving this is my neighborhood and they are still there. Those are New Yorkers.
The novelization, which I strongly recommend for fleshing out the context with a lot of surprisingly plausible detail about the war, the crazies, the USPF, etc., stresses this in particular with Cabbie. What else could he do with his life but drive his cab in NYC? The poor bastard even dies in his ideal casket, the driver's seat of his cab.
Dude now i envy you for seeing this masterpiece in a drive in lol xD Only two people can survive the Duke, Snake and the President. (Snake, ofc, doesn't give a f*ck about the President... :D)
Damn true man, damn true.... people are different nowadays... Maybe Snake was right in EfLA to shut down the Earth xD I think we need another John Carpenter. And another Snake!! :D
Dude he was just spectacular... his acting was so immersive i have the distinct feeling he wasn't acting at all, he was just himself being 'mad'... You can feel a real tension when he's around, just over the top. Nice catch btw! 100% agree with you, he stole all the scenes xD
@@-Runo Sad to see he died a few years ago, always remember him shooting the kid at the ice cream truck in Attack on Precinct 13.He didn't have to open hismouth but Christ, what a presence.Think I remember him saying John Carpenter gave him permission to play the character as he wanted.
@@maxmeeks9910 brutal :D:D edit: dude, nice books you wrote (judging just by the titles and the short descriptions...), both sound appealing to read to me. Shipping from usa to italy aside, if i can get my hands on them i'll read both. Expecially now that the world order seems to be really shaking. Good luck man!
@@SIKE01 dude ...western world is going to hell. Rome is in the same condition, can you believe we have boars roaming the roads... (just google: rome boars). Sorry to hear NY's today state, but at least when you hit the bottom you can only go up xD
@@Musicvidsetc nah it's ok, Rome is still fine i guess xD After covid tourism decreased alot, pretty much the same everywhere... (if you ever get here, try to catch a boar or two: wild boar sausages are exquisite :D:D)
My absolute favourite movie of all time. Growing up most of my friends wanted to be Luke Skywalker or Rocky, not me. I was always Snake Plissken. Kick ass music.
Can't agree more man!! Snake Plissken is the best anti-hero hero of all time xD I'd like to see his legacy continue over time, but at least we have Carpenter's movies and (for me) Metal Gear Solid's games... :D
When asked by a floozy who he was the Snake replied to her "I'm an a$$hole" - what a self-recognition 😄 Did you really want to be one? By thecway in the final scene when he destroyed the tape with scientific research data on nuclear fusion he fully lived up to his own description of himself - by destroying for no reason the humanity's hope for better future
Yeah, but why he did it? He destroyed the nuclear fusion tape in the first movie, and reset the tecnology level by shooting with the satellite's system in the second. For me, he did it because he was seeking a way to bring back tecnology down to a human level. Bring back the future to human level. Not the hypertecnological bullshits ppl started to see back in those days. I sincerely don't know if he was right or wrong. He was just doing what he thought was right. That's what a$$holes do... an anti-hero goes his way no matter what! :D edit: far from me pushing thoughts into someone, but just after my answer to your comment, i got the notification about a video of a channel i follow. Now, if you can spare10 minutes of your life, it will depicts exactly what i was talking about. Here's the link at the time we're interested in: ua-cam.com/video/nI5I6p14ng0/v-deo.html
@@-Runo In EFNY, Snake is never concerned with right or wrong he is only focused on survival. This is made clear in his iconic conversation with Hauk in the office. We see that Plissken is world weary, been through too much and has lost faith in humanity. When Snake destroys the cassette it underscores what he stated earlier that he doesn’t “give a fuck about your war”. What will be will be. Snake is not convinced that humanity deserves to survive. As for Escape From LA… Well, I try to pretend that film was never made.
@@StaticMachines I fully understand that EFLA is conflicting and divisive... but in its ending, when Snake shuts down the Earth, finds a pack of cigarettes with "american spirit" on it, lights one up with a match, looks straight to the camera and says: 'welcome to the human race'... well i see there a clear message. Both of you guys are right in saying that Snake is world weary, disillusioned and has lost faith in humanity. But maybe he's also weary of dealing with ppl that give importance to tech bullshits instead of humans, human feelings and stuff. I mean, humanity is the most important thing, not Iphones TikTok and whatelse... if a machine can do a human's job, what's the purpose of the human race? I don't know if that's what Carpenter wanted us to understand, but i do agree if that is the message. Don't get me wrong, not that I have that much faith in humanity... i think we're all like Snake here, that's why we love the character. I just think maybe we gave us hints to build back to a better world... or to underline when we started to do wrong at least.
@@rodneyvoshell9296 Dude, Carpenter to me is a living legend! Of course i love Halloween's theme, it's so damn iconic... each one of his movie has beautiful soundtrack. Take for instance "Coming to LA" from 'They Live', i love it... (the only exception i think is 'The Thing' soundtrack, which was made by Morricone xD). Not to mention the "Pork Chop Express" theme... c'mon, i feel like smiling when i hear that :D:D I love his movies and musics xD
Can't agree more! Guess he followed his passions, his good ideas, and not just milking content only for making money (with the sole exception of Escape from Los Angeles xD). I love every John's movie and music :D He's a living legend to me!
@@-Runo Agreed , Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Been owned by John and that movie ever since , albeit i was only 11 when it was originally released here in the UK 👍👍👍
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo that movie is so awesome! It's got the perfect Carpenter's 'style' 5 years before EfNY... The actors played so well in it too, the movie is actually very underated to me (i haven't watched it in a while, feel like it's too long atm lol xD)
"You can't meet the Duke, are you crazy? Noboby gets to meet the Duke! You meet him once and then you're dead!" :D (still puzzled who's that Eddie tbh xD)
Britt doing her thing shes just so fit and full of good energy shes kind of past time great gold medalist (nadia comaneci) and finishing off with strength and determination. More power to you.RC
@@-Runo it tells so much with so little…….you can look at it and create a whole film in your head ………the Statue of Liberty head wasn’t in the film but it drew me in……still does bro……..u got the street gangs running a muck…u got a hot babe with a gun….u got the hero smiling with a automatic gun, carrying the president …….it’s like a fever dream…….it speaks volumes……..I would love to write the prequel………with lots of synth keyboards and of course the master John Carpenter scoring it……..Robert Rodriquez directing it……..we get to see Snake in World War III and his fallout that leads to the great federal bank robbery that goes bad……..how Brain screws him over and how Manhattan becomes a giant prison…….how the Duke became the shot caller………..with Tom Adkins cameo …….Kurt Russell will still play an older Snake Plissken telling his story of how the war came about …..the kills….his eye……and the heist……describing what mistakes he made to his one and only son……bombs going off in the background…….he gears up one last time due to the beginning of WW4….his son tells him “father you can’t go out there it’s too dangerous!” …..Snake breaks the 4th wall…. looks at the camera and says “ Call me Snake!” and vanishes into a sea of destruction with his theme playing………
@@thegiftedone man, no freaking way you can achieve all this.... but if you do, you'll be my hero :D The story is on point, the plot is beautiful, and the roles are perfect... just too much... I mean, we *could* be at the beginning of a World War... imagine if it goes off for real xD
I apologise if I sounded flippant with the comment as I had a few beers when I commented. I think the picture is brilliant. I like how there's the connection with 'The Planet of the Apes' imagery with the head of the Statue of Liberty.
Dude absolutely not! Why 'flippant', i liked your comment... Fitting perfectly with Snake's character, i might add! :D:D And you're totally right about the link to 'The Planet of the Apes' imagery. They are visually really close. Maybe in EfNY the Statue of Liberty has more to do with a lost freedom, more then a lost civilization like in PotA. But nonetheless it's a nice catch. I didn't think about it before, but it was in plain sight now that you told me lol :D
Dude thank you!! It's been long since i listened Lacuna Coil... nice tip! I loved their music, can't believe i forgot about them for so long. Thank you again my friend :D
"where did you get it?" "I woke up, and there it was. Just like a miracle!" Dude that scene is so funny... you gotta be a geious to think of something like that lol :D
@@thkount5851 yep my fav too, those are the very best two... i also love "They Live" (few shots from that movie are so damn iconic). Those are my top three. EfLA and Big Trouble are a bit comedian, nonetheless i love them loo :D Where're talking about Carpenter c'mon... he's a legend to me :D
@@-Runo i agree!!! they live is also my 3rd fav. when i saw escape in a Greek theater, the next day i found a t-shirt similar to Snake's with a small zipper up in the arm...lol
@@-Runo They live has by far the best one on one "all in" fight scene EVER .. this shit so sooo realistic it gives me goosebumps every time i watch it .. i can literally feel every blow landed and the pain with it .. bravo!
Been a fan of the movie but lately I wanted to make a cosplay of Snake plissken dtill a few pieces to get and it will be ready as I am working on his gun Im listening to the music. Can’t wait to finish it and do pics and conventions
Dude awesome :D Don't forget to take pictures or shot a video! I'm gonna be curious of your creation... You'd be very very peculiar if you manage to recreate the moment when Snake gets shot in his leg by the crossbow. You'll be limping around the whole time! Anyway, let us know any progress xD Best wishes man!
Dude idk really... xD I've got flamed when i said something about NY or USA state right now... so let me step aside from this topic! I just say that the more things get worse, the more they look like EfNY (at least there's a positive side :D)
@@Greggee100 dude i just saw EfNJ part 1... that's really really awesome! The low budget 'atmosphere' somehow adds up to the whole thing... Can't believe i knew nothing about that. Gonna watch the full movie asap. My biggest "Thanks!" for letting me now man!! :D
@@Paul-pf1ic "I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win you lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same..." -David Lo Pan :D:D
@@FarmersAreDummies we can only observe things my friend... in my country there's a saying that goes like this: a fish stinks from the head. Meaning, problems arise top-down: if the Elite is doing well, we'll benefit, if the Elite is doing bad (or worse) we'll be fucked, but at lest we'll know....
There are quarrels and fights in every family... and UA-cam is a 'mirror' of what's going on in our society as a whole (tiktok even more then youtube tbh). We normal people are in the middle of a rotten-elite wrong-choising madness that's struggling to survive at the expense of the weaks... enjoy the view! (from the inside :D)
Dude lol this is a very good question!! I think you're asking about the D bc you assumed the S stands for Snake, but it's actually not the case. The full name is: S.D. Bob "Snake" Plissken... There are sites (here for instance: snakeplissken.fandom.com/wiki/Snake_Plissken ) saying that its meaning was never revealed... idk to be honest xD Apparently Carpenter said he knew a man, and this guy had a friend who had a schoolmate with that name, I wonder if that's true... I can make a guess thou. Carpenter said that both he and Russell took inspiration for Snake from the 'Man With No Name', the Clint Eastwood's character in many Spaghetti Westerns (here: screenrant.com/escape-new-york-kurt-russell-clint-eastwood-snake/ ). Now if you go on the Wikipedia page for the 'Man With No Name' (here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_No_Name ) you can see that one of his aliases is 'Mister Sudden Death'. Maybe that's what's behind SD?!? If anyone's a clue about this, pls post something here! :D:D
@@robzilla730 Dude it's fine if it's a guess, but we need proofs... :D (tbh, Darius doesn't really sound about right to me... even if i still don't have a clue lol)
@@robzilla730 loool :D:D You know, to be honest, you kinda shocked me for a second. Since i love the old 'Highlander' serie, as soon as i read Darius for quick instant in my mind the two characters (Snake and Darius) merged in a weird way loool... you managed to bring up so old memories about another serie i loved, *thank you* xD
Great movie..even better soundtrack. This is first thing I taught myself to play on the ol Yamaha synth. I also have to laugh how the actual Escape from New York started during Covid and is continuing daily... who would want to live in that over-priced, crumbling leftist utopia.? It looks like the set of an 80s post apcolyptic movie and more.
Just awesome dude! By the way you guys are descibing NY's state, it sounds intersting having a trip there right now. For a EfNY fan, there must be alot to see that resembles the actual movie :D
@@archangelsystem careful man, you can't roam around here and call ppl stupid cos they don't think like you do (providing that you think in the first place). None denies you room to talk, but i'd like less insults from you, and more reasoning, cos till now you just brought nasty words without content or points.
É a música perfeita para o filme, cria suspense mas também é dinâmica para as cenas de ação. Para os outros filmes, teria sido bom vê-los produzidos, mas pelo menos temos dois, é o suficiente para mim :D
@@michelelaraia7358 ma si trova un video per vederlo? Anche io adoravo i flipper negli anni 90, ma quello di 'Fuga da New York' non l'ho mai visto... ed è pure italiano... Anche se devo ammettere che non ci facevo caso alle marche dei flipper. Mi sa che mi sono perso qualche cosa di importante xD
wtf happened to this comment section? A couple of months ago it was people talking about how cool the movie and soundtrack are- now its full of nutcases and putin sympathisers:(
I know man.... xD It all started few weeks ago with people commenting about New York's state today. I leave room for everyone's comments here, and (in a way) they're still talking about the movie xD We should start complaining about the state of LA next :D:D
@Klemheist dude i know almost nothing about Putin and Russia (partially due to the war). But one thing struck me few years back: apparently he set himself 'big boss' of the Moscow mafia (that's where all the Putin-boss memes were from years ago xD). Idk if it's true or not, but if it's true, that's brilliant. Not only can he control what's going on in the underground of the city, but he can rule things as he wants, like a boss! If we compare this to the movie, he is now both Snake *and* the President at the same time! Kudos to him :D:D
@Klemheist you sound like someone who bought western propaganda. I, for one, am neutral to this war. Yes, Russia invaded Ukraine, no doublt about it, but NATO put missiles reaching Moscow to Russia doorstep. Is that something russian ppl should not react to?!? What if Mexico or Canada start placing missiles aiming at NY or Washington on their borders tomorrow morning... wouldn't you start worrying?? But there you have Propaganda telling you Putin is evil... right??
No no! xD The picture was done back in 1981 for the theatrical release of the movie. I just clipped the intro and the outro, faded in the poster with the mid-song zoom then fade it out, and extended the theme. The 'Legendary' *John Carpenter* made the good parts: the movie and the theme! :D edit: a guy named Barry E. Jackson made the poster back then xD
In effetti 'Jena' fa molta più presa di Serpe / Serpente, oppure Serpico come l'altro film con Al Pacino! Un po un peccato stravolgere il senso del nome, ma capisco la scelta... :D
@@-Runo Probabilmente lo hanno chiamato Jena nel doppiaggio in italiano a causa del labiale, dato che la pronuncia di "snake" non poteva essere abbinata a quella ben più lunga di "serpente".
@@morenobevilacqua6669 Si verissimo! Labiale estremamente combaciante ed in più Jena si abbina perfettamente al personaggio. Era veramente ispirato chi ha preso la dicisione... Nei Simpson lo hanno chiamato 'Serpe' xD Cmq sia Snake in inglese che Jena in italiano per me sono perfetti! :D
@@-Runo Avrebbero potuto mantenere il soprannome Snake nel doppiaggio italiano. Ma a quei tempi credo ci fosse la tendenza a doppiare *tutti* i termini. Oggi invece si tende a preservare quelli piú riconoscibili (vedi spiderman, non piú doppiato come "uomoragno").
@@nooan79 si vero, oramai l'inglese è penetrato talmente tanto nella nostra cultura che si tende a lasciare il termine originale. Guarda, non lo so se è un bene o un male. Da un lato aiuta a sentirsi 'globalizzati' (passami il termine) e a omologare la reazione a quel supereroe ovunque, ma dall'altro lato secondo me si perde un pochino la specificità di una cultura... l'italianità, mettiamola così. Io francamente sono cresciuto con quasi tutti i nomi italianizzati e (quando fatta bene) la cosa non mi ha dato nessun problema.
The original was a theatrical release poster illustrated by Barry E. Jackson here's a link: www.impawards.com/1981/escape_from_new_york_ver2.html The image is magnetic, i love it! :D
Funny how in the movie there's no reference to a fallen Statue of Liberty inside Manhattan Island, but Jackson put it in, creating a timeless masterpiece xD
Watched this film many times as a young man. Who could have thought the title would end up being true? but then with a trans-alien Mayor I am not surprised it destroyed the sh.thole it already was becoming and now is!
Dude i'm sorry to hear that. Can't really believe how many of you are complaining about NY state right now. I blame Leftism/Dem for immigration, unemployment and drugs abuse... maybe i'm wrong but the same sh*t is also happening to Europe... Someone is doing terribly wrong on top of the power, the Elite's dystopian plan is at full throttle. Nonetheless you're are making me laught so hard. Dude, a trans-alien Mayor destroying a city is *literally* the plot of 'They Live'.... seriously :D Not only Carpenter was right all along, but now he gets real too! :D:D
This theme is actually from his first one, Escape from New York. The second theme, Escape from Los Angeles, is a bit different, even if resembles the original... I'm fine with the second, but EfNY is unbeatable imo :D
No... I think he's perfect! Wait, you mean in the movie or in the poster? edit: cos, in the poster he has kind of a weird face i admit it, but in the movie he's just perfect. Really, can't think anyone else with his 'rebel attitude' (so to speak xD)!
If God felt safe in a small wooden ark covered by two cherubim imagine what he would need in NY today probably a 50ft thick bullet proof sarcaphogus equipped with laser guided missiles
I respectfully don't agree with you. I don't know what makes you say so, but remember the movie was made in 1981, lifestyle, life-pace, and lots of things were different back then. And you have to consider the movie is about an anti-hero, meaning someone who goes his way, his style, his timing, no matter what. To me, the perfect example of this way of thinking is summed up by the scene when Snake is clueless about where to go and what to do, and he grabs a chair among garbage stuff, and just sits there waiting for an idea or something to happen. You don't see this kind of stuff in mainstream movies or high badget production. You need a genius to do that... Anyway, i'm curious about your point. Can you explain?
@@-Runo.. There's more to it... but effects. The effects are horrible even of the time. I have always thought if you can pull things of, making it look believable, ok. Do it. 👍 But if you can't, go another way, change the scene, story and what not. To make it all make sense, look believable and good. Even today stupid mistakes and poor work is being done in movies. Fight scenes with close up of hands, legs and faces cut together in a mashup of fast paced clips, where you have NO idea what is going on, even for a person with insight into martial arts. Lighting is another hugh problem. A majority of movies has such dark scenes that your unable to see little to anything. I reasonly watched a movie (or didn't watch) because half of the movie was all black. Not to mention the stupid nonsense Hollywood style explotions, stupid plot twist, and overpumped hard core sensless action just to please a crowd of people with low IQ. Sorry for my english.
@@PpAirO5 You have a good point and your english is fine :D (i hope mine is too! i'm not native). I don't know what to say... I do agree some scenes look a bit cheap, but i never cared much about that. There's something more 'human' (sort of speak) in having things not done perfectly or seemingless. To me, characters have so strong personalities, they 'overcome' the effects, and i end up more attached to the story... About the Hollywood nonsense in movies, i can't agree more with you. After the three big trilogies we had in the early 2000 (Star Wars, Matrix and Lotr) Hollywood went downhill (in freefall lol :D)
@@-Runo.. I totally agree with the last part. Lotr, is a f@%# masterpiece if you ask me.... though there are still a few scenes like Legolas almost flying unto a horse back from a standing position (looks really odd and stupid) and In The Hobbit Legolas running across bricks from a falling bridge (if i remember correctly) it just looks waaaay out there 🤦♂️ Most movies have a little something not working well for it. I'm none native either 😄🤝 Your english is outstanding 😉👍 Ohh, and Disney destroyed Starwars. THANKS Disney 😠😒
@@PpAirO5 "Ohh, and Disney destroyed Starwars. THANKS Disney" the TRUTH finally spoken!! :D ...also, some scenes in Lotr are a bit off i do agree. I, for one, don't like the fact that starting from mid-The Two Towers on, there's someone crying every ten minutes xD But no movie is perfect!
@@MrFrenchy68 ahaha... Dude that's impossible!! Snake had two friends in his life: Fresno (they did terrible things to him sadly), and Harold (Brain died on a bridge mine after he went left, the mine was on the left side...). You still ought call him Bob :D:D
![Brad Fiedel - The Terminator - Theme [Extended, Rearranged & Remastered by Gilles Nuytens]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/o24HFL1TRGE/mqdefault.jpg)
Fuck UA-cam
Hope you enjoy!
Will do!
I second that fuck UA-cam
@@bentfission ...for me, it's a complicated relationship mixing love and deep hate xD
@@-Runo
_ucking and fighting, it's all the same.
Hear hear! 👍🏽
Thank You...I Do...☺👍
This song opened my eyes to music and 50YRS later I write my own compositions
Dude this is beautiful!! I wish you all the best (i hope i bring you luck, not that i have much of it for myself xD)
100% agree with your channel logo... i can't help questioning our ppl's strenght when the Elite can rule us so ruthlessly!
(edit: not that i root for Trump or anything, i just love the message! I do believe it says the truth)
Adrienne Barbeau made her best movies when she was married to John Carpenter. All of the movies he made for her to be a star and our great Classic Movies. I love going to the movies in the old days when we had real movies to go to.
So right! Adrienne Barbeau is a beautiful woman. I miss a couple of movies she made with John (gonna make up for it asap xD).
And you're right about having old-school movies we can go to... It's gotta be a mix between nostalgia and crappy-new-movies :D
In 1988.............. The Intro is sooo hard good !!
Dude, to be honest, those coloured neon-like minimalistic images of Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty are damn damn iconic!
They're so cool, still today... xD 400% increased crime rate? well, it's fine... today should be even higher xD
That is Jamie Lee Curtis reading the script in that portion of the movie. Hubba! Hubba!
I *love* this movie and theme song. Can't think of many other title themes that are as good as this one. Thanks for posting it!
Fun fact: Tommy Lee Jones and Charles Bronson were considered for the role of Snake Plissken. No way. Kurt Russell was made for this role!
Absolutely right!! Proof is all the other movies Carpenter made with Russell... c'mon, they were perfect for each other xD Carpenter critical of the government, Russell rebel against the government. Can't think of a better match :D And they are actually a voice to many many people whose view is not represented by the government.
About this vid, it's just a tribute to those two legends! :D
" President of what!? ".
"that's not funny, Plissken" -Hauk
"get a new president" -Snake
"we're still at war, Plissken" -Hauk
"i don't give a fuck about your war... or your president" -Snake
(he couldn't have been more cynical and truthful in a single scene xD)
"You are the Duke of New York. You're A-number 1."
I like that part xD Carpenter managed to portray the President of the United States as a reasonable man with common sense (pretty weird, huh...), who got in serious troubles, got rescued, and then he had his righteous revenge at the end. Too bad none will ever know that tritium is better for nuclear fusion :D
@@-Runo That is a good observation. If you are with a person who is seeing the film for the first time, that person is always surprised by the switching of the tapes, which is apparent when the president turns on the tape player. LOL
@@balozhende5727 Lol yep, you're right! Maybe bc we can listen to the original tape in the taxi, while the runaway group was in a rush, and played literally for few seconds... (honestly, since i'm not native english speaker, i can't even understand much of those few seconds xD). But anyway, that funny scene with the president playing the swing music at the conference is really epic (his face too! :D).
Call me Snake!
The name's Plissken! (...this is just too easy to answer my friend :D)
Love how Maggie can run, shoot AND pose at the same time.
She is splendid! The guy who sketched this made a beautiful job...
...and with all the rest. I mean, after all these years i still can't believe how iconic this image is!
Welcome here my friend :D
"The President of what?"
"That's not funny Plisskin... You go in, find the President, bring him out in 24h and you're a free man"
"Bullshit!" :D
"Get a new president"
"We're still at war, Plissken. We need him alive"
@@tremendousyeet3467 ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ✌️
@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 seems to be necessary and yet really really hard in USA nowadays :D
Thank you for posting this. You are A#1
Ahahah!! Thank you man... I might add "I can't hear you!" or "I want that diagram, Brain!", but i don't like being shot by the President!! xD
The music, humour, and Eastwood impersonation get me every time. Love ❤️ it.
We all ❤it :D Snake has that kind of 'sharp' humor that makes him even more legendary lol.
That Hauk/Snake confrontation scene when Hauk hires Snake is just a masterpiece! Love every second of it :D
edit: about Eatwood/Russell, idk really how much close they are as actors... Snake is a world-weary rebel, the Man With No Name is a fast-shooting thief... the only thing they have in common for me is that they don't seem to speak much lol :D
Eastwood impersonation? I don't follow you brother. Snake is Snake. He is not impersonating anyone!
@@bigc-up2ok yep, you're right, Snake is Snake, and he's got little to do with Eastwood. But Russell and Carpenter said that "The Man With No Name" (the Eastwood's character in many spaghetti westerns) was a big inspiration to both of them, either to write the char as to play the role. Idk, they seem to have little in common, but they said that...
Actually, the spaghetti western characters were so popular in the end. I play a game of the 'Metal Gear Solid' saga, and one of the character (Ocelot) was directly inspired by Lee Van Cliff, in one of the movie when he's the villain. The good old times.... xD
"How about it, Snake?"
"The name's Plissken."
...and then slowly walking away because you got a dart in the leg, that's how an anti-hero goes out in style! :D
Fantastic flick, and an unforgettable theme!
I can't tell how much do i love this theme, John Carpenter's movies, and Snake Plissken (the greatest 'anti-hero' hero character ever made... :D)
The best way to get off a dißabled airplane in NYC push fat people away knock over old people step on midgets and disabled trip blind people kick dwarfs in the ass and depart plane so you can help other people get off
The genius of carpenter
Escape from New York, They Live - The Thing, all documentaries from John Carpenter.
You mean "Masterpieces", right?!? :D
@@-Runo masterpieces absolutely, but they are also documentaries. Do you know what I mean?
@@stevedj101 i can only make a few guesses: something related to the usa social conditions now? or the way it all ended up this way?
dude you just pique my curiosity... what do you mean?
@TrashLid yep, my wish too... I think there's something in 'The Thing' foretelling our western conditions right now.
Even if you pay attenction at the ending: the action goes in standby and the protagonists just wait to see how the situation evolves.... that's not a normal ending for a movie (there's gotta be something in that we don't understand).
@@-Runo Mr Carpenter was basically making predictions for the future of not just his homeland of America but the rest of the World eventually !
I believe anyway 🤔🤔🤔🤔
The zoom in is so subtle, very nice.
Thank you man! I only wanted a bit of screen motion, just for not having a static image. But i gotta tell you: that poster is so so magnetic.
I love that image... idk, seems to me you can't beat old-school art xD
Never appears in the film but that Statue's head really add to this apocalyptical territory, the whole movie is in that single picture!! Hail Carpenter who create another iconic character (along with Nick Castle); more cowbell i mean tambourine please.
Dead right!! A shot with a fallen Statue of Liberty's head far off in the background'd be so epic...
You're right about Nick Castle. A very nice and productive collaboration they had xD
@@-Runo - They ended up using the promo shot during one of the tie-in comics BOOM! did for the original film, as part of a storyline where Snake goes back to New York to find President Harker.
@@crazyrabbits that's what Legends do!! :D I think this is part of the reason why we're still here loving this masterpiece... it's the spirit they put into it xD
very, very atmospheric - brilliant
loved this back in the '80s and now
Dude thank you! That image is magnetic, seems alive to me... i loved it at first sight xD
Besides, it seems also to represent what's happening in USA atm... (edit: not sure, i live in Italy, just guessing...)
We watched it in the early 80s on a top loading VHS with a cabled remote. As kids we thought it was pretty corny, which it is, but like all of Carpenter's early films they are cinematic classics.
And yes we saw all of them when were kids and I don't think it harmed us.
Films of this quality are unimaginable now.
@@halo5725 Dude i can feel the nostalgia right from your words... I don't know if EfNY is corny actually. I understand it may seem 'flat', i mean the story is linear and predictable in the end. But i think back then they were careful about storytelling, and they didn't want to put too much weird stuff in it. For instance, EfLA is different 15 years later: it has more action and lots of plot twists, but it lacks of 'seriousness'... idk, it comes down to personal flavour... I, for one, love everything done by Carpenter! :D
2 of my all time favorite movies,this and the thing.. outstanding movies and music...no one should ever be allowed to play snake again...EVER, unless Kurt decides to put on the patch again,this movie is off limits.
Can't agree more!!!! Part of the reason this is a legendary character is the fact Carpenter didn't allow anyone to spoil his works. This thing only made me grow my respect and admiration to him to the top. I love "They live" too, it's on top of my list besides the two you mentioned. About "Escape for Los Angeles" and "Big Trouble in Little China", they lean to 'comedy' a bit too much, but i *love* them nonetheless xD Not to mention Carpenter's musics... That man is a living legend to me!! :D
@@-Runo exactly,I love "they live" and efla and big trouble also.. pretty much anything with Kurt Russell..and John Carpenter is king.
@@-Runo Could not agree more. JC has been my favorite director since my teens. His compositions, along with Alan Howarth, never fail to reach my soul.
At my funeral, I want Jamie Lee Curtis to summarize my life in her dystopian EFNY opening narration voice, ending for no logical reason whatsoever with, "The rules are simple. Once you go in, you don't come out."
I want to be there man!! ...just to watch the whole thing, and replicate it identically at mine :D:D (no better way to say goodbye to the world! xD)
OMG, I never knew Jamie Lee did this intro voiceover, you just blew my mind
@@RepublicConstitution I didn't know either, HOLY SHIT!! She did not only the voiceover intro, but also the computer voice... Jack Turk you surprised both of us, what an info!! :D:D
"The United States Police Force - like an army - is encamped around Jake Turk's funeral..."
@@Brecconable "The rules are simple: once you go in, you don't come out" :D
My fantasy is to make a prequel of Escape of New York. Taylor Kitsch playing a young Snake Plissken as a Special Forces soldier. Showing the character arc from all American hero to American outlaw. Of course Kurt Russell would potray the President. Which would be just cool as hell for him to pass the torch to a young actor playing a character that he had played decades earlier.
I'd love to watch a prequel of Snake's downfall from a soldier hero into a outlaw!! Also, your choice of actors is perfect: both Taylor Kitsch as Snake and Kurt Russel as the president fit so well :D My only concern would be the director. Carpenter isn't a director you can replace so easily... I bet he has 80ish badassery running through his veins still now :D If a prequel has to be made, then it's up to him, and none else :D
Let’s write it together!…..I’m dead serious!…iam a writer already!….hit me up! You only live once
I think it’s a great idea. This character is so bad ass! I’d love to see something new with Snake Plissken in it!
I hope not....so much prequels killed the myth...
@@valerycharles6007 No, if done right prequels actually complete the storyline of the characters.
"In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent..."
I'm not into this kind of things, but to me the only solution would be the contruction of a high wall all around Manhattan Isle, with mines placed on each and every bridges to the isle, the US Army patrolling along the borders.... and the absolute denial for any aircraft to fly over the island, especially for the Air Force One with the President on board with sensitive nuclear fusion info in his suitcase!! :D
Change the date to 2022
"I Thought you were dead!"
🐍
"I am" :D
@@-Runo He played the perfect BADASS in that movie!
A Classic maybe prophetic film! ✌️🙋
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️
Exaclty! Not only bc Russell is a good actor after all, but bc he seems not playing at all, he seems to be himself! He's a 'natural' anti-hero... Jonh made a great decision back then to pick up Kurt. And everyone else in the cast too: Brain, Maggie, the President, Romero! They are all 100% believable. Maybe Cabbie/Borgnine was a little bit 'comical', but he was playing the relaxing part, just for easing the tension i think...
@@-Runo Yup! Even "The Duke" was very much believe able!
Isaac Hayes was good, no doubt. I like him both in EfNY and as South Park's Chef lool. But i think he wasn't perfect for that role. I mean: i'd like to have "The Duke" more 'evil'... he just seems 'lazy' to me. Brain and Romero are more evil then him... maybe bc he's not as bad as a person, idk (knowing he's in Scientology makes me doubt alot... xD).
I didn't even mention Lee Van Cleef... there was no need. That man is another legend! :D
Saw it at theatre.long time ago.still awesome.
Sir, i envy you now :D I was a kid in the 90s, i was too young to see it in a cinema, as long as alot other masterpieces...
Luckily for me, Carpenter's works are so good i didn't need to go to a theatre to enjoy his movies. I loved them at first sight later on xD
Great movie soundtrack 👍👍👍👍
*THE* movie soundtrack!! To me, there's no other :D:D
These movies have already happened. John Carpenter isn't an artist. He's a Snake.
He's a "Legend' to me :D:D (what do you mean with 'already happened'? he took inspiration from already existing movies?)
@@-Runo He's reporting on fact, as if it hadn't happened.
"I don't give a fuck about your war or your President!"
"Is that your answer?"
"I'm thinking about it"
"Think hard"
Dude, Hauk could be a cynical profiteer or something, but he's got a personality! xD
@@-Runo
Lee Van Cleef was the perfect choice for playing Hauk. He brought truck loads of natural gravitas.
Can you imagine the nerve of the regular people who said fuck no I'm not moving this is my neighborhood and they are still there. Those are New Yorkers.
Ahahah!! Dude i don't know, never been in NY. Don't tell me the city is really what it looks like in the movie... c'mon not gonna believe it! :D
The novelization, which I strongly recommend for fleshing out the context with a lot of surprisingly plausible detail about the war, the crazies, the USPF, etc., stresses this in particular with Cabbie. What else could he do with his life but drive his cab in NYC? The poor bastard even dies in his ideal casket, the driver's seat of his cab.
You meet the duke once then your dead. Ha. Great F ing film. Favorite for years. Saw at drive in. Unreal.
Dude now i envy you for seeing this masterpiece in a drive in lol xD Only two people can survive the Duke, Snake and the President.
(Snake, ofc, doesn't give a f*ck about the President... :D)
@Spike16 They must be the Skulls (or the Turks... xD). Just cover your smoke with the hand, and everything'll be fine :D
Epic film
Epic film indeed! You're among those who love Snake and John :D
@@-Runo I grew up with this. Timeless classic 😄
don't make films like this anymore...great film
Damn true man, damn true.... people are different nowadays... Maybe Snake was right in EfLA to shut down the Earth xD
I think we need another John Carpenter. And another Snake!! :D
Iconic ending that was!
@@73edg that's how an anti-hero ends his story: walking away without giving a damn! (not before pointing out what's his name xD)
Frank Doubleday stole every scene he was in.
Dude he was just spectacular... his acting was so immersive i have the distinct feeling he wasn't acting at all, he was just himself being 'mad'...
You can feel a real tension when he's around, just over the top. Nice catch btw! 100% agree with you, he stole all the scenes xD
@@-Runo Sad to see he died a few years ago, always remember him shooting the kid at the ice cream truck in Attack on Precinct 13.He didn't have to open hismouth but Christ, what a presence.Think I remember him saying John Carpenter gave him permission to play the character as he wanted.
The name is Plissken! 💪🏼
"we'd make one hell of a team, Snake" -Bob Hauk ;-)
Once you go in....you don’t come out....
"you go in, find the president, bring him out in 24h, and you're a free man". "....Bullshit!"
:D:D love ya!
Sounds like Florida
@@maxmeeks9910 brutal :D:D
edit: dude, nice books you wrote (judging just by the titles and the short descriptions...), both sound appealing to read to me.
Shipping from usa to italy aside, if i can get my hands on them i'll read both. Expecially now that the world order seems to be really shaking. Good luck man!
John Carpenter's prophetic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
Is it really that bad living in NY atm?? I grew up in late 90s, and NY was kinda the centre of the world xD
@@-Runo that was GIULIANI TIME when he turned no man' land Times Square into DISNEY WORLD
@@SIKE01 dude ...western world is going to hell. Rome is in the same condition, can you believe we have boars roaming the roads... (just google: rome boars).
Sorry to hear NY's today state, but at least when you hit the bottom you can only go up xD
@@-Runo You're from Rome? I gotta get there before it all falls apart, I guess.
@@Musicvidsetc nah it's ok, Rome is still fine i guess xD After covid tourism decreased alot, pretty much the same everywhere...
(if you ever get here, try to catch a boar or two: wild boar sausages are exquisite :D:D)
Thank you, Thank You, thank you.
It's just my little tribute to Carpenter's work
He did it all...!! :D
@@-Runo I will just keep saying the same thing to you and John, Thank You Thank You Thank You..........
I didn't know to do so much good to you Cathey! I thank you... my deepest appreciation for you! :D
My absolute favourite movie of all time. Growing up most of my friends wanted to be Luke Skywalker or Rocky, not me. I was always Snake Plissken.
Kick ass music.
Can't agree more man!! Snake Plissken is the best anti-hero hero of all time xD I'd like to see his legacy continue over time, but at least we have Carpenter's movies and (for me) Metal Gear Solid's games... :D
When asked by a floozy who he was the Snake replied to her "I'm an a$$hole" - what a self-recognition 😄
Did you really want to be one?
By thecway in the final scene when he destroyed the tape with scientific research data on nuclear fusion he fully lived up to his own description of himself - by destroying for no reason the humanity's hope for better future
Yeah, but why he did it? He destroyed the nuclear fusion tape in the first movie, and reset the tecnology level by shooting with the satellite's system in the second. For me, he did it because he was seeking a way to bring back tecnology down to a human level. Bring back the future to human level. Not the hypertecnological bullshits ppl started to see back in those days. I sincerely don't know if he was right or wrong. He was just doing what he thought was right. That's what a$$holes do... an anti-hero goes his way no matter what! :D
edit: far from me pushing thoughts into someone, but just after my answer to your comment, i got the notification about a video of a channel i follow. Now, if you can spare10 minutes of your life, it will depicts exactly what i was talking about. Here's the link at the time we're interested in: ua-cam.com/video/nI5I6p14ng0/v-deo.html
@@-Runo In EFNY, Snake is never concerned with right or wrong he is only focused on survival. This is made clear in his iconic conversation with Hauk in the office. We see that Plissken is world weary, been through too much and has lost faith in humanity.
When Snake destroys the cassette it underscores what he stated earlier that he doesn’t “give a fuck about your war”. What will be will be. Snake is not convinced that humanity deserves to survive.
As for Escape From LA… Well, I try to pretend that film was never made.
@@StaticMachines I fully understand that EFLA is conflicting and divisive... but in its ending, when Snake shuts down the Earth, finds a pack of cigarettes with "american spirit" on it, lights one up with a match, looks straight to the camera and says: 'welcome to the human race'... well i see there a clear message. Both of you guys are right in saying that Snake is world weary, disillusioned and has lost faith in humanity. But maybe he's also weary of dealing with ppl that give importance to tech bullshits instead of humans, human feelings and stuff. I mean, humanity is the most important thing, not Iphones TikTok and whatelse... if a machine can do a human's job, what's the purpose of the human race? I don't know if that's what Carpenter wanted us to understand, but i do agree if that is the message. Don't get me wrong, not that I have that much faith in humanity... i think we're all like Snake here, that's why we love the character. I just think maybe we gave us hints to build back to a better world... or to underline when we started to do wrong at least.
One of the best movie themes ever
Really, can't agree more with you!! :D Sometimes i leave this theme on for hours while doing something else, and i never get tired of it xD
@@-Runo He also did theme for Halloween and you can hear the similarities.
@@rodneyvoshell9296 Dude, Carpenter to me is a living legend! Of course i love Halloween's theme, it's so damn iconic... each one of his movie has beautiful soundtrack.
Take for instance "Coming to LA" from 'They Live', i love it... (the only exception i think is 'The Thing' soundtrack, which was made by Morricone xD).
Not to mention the "Pork Chop Express" theme... c'mon, i feel like smiling when i hear that :D:D I love his movies and musics xD
Shame John hasn't made more movies as most of them are classics with a great soundtracks by John.
Can't agree more! Guess he followed his passions, his good ideas, and not just milking content only for making money (with the sole exception of Escape from Los Angeles xD).
I love every John's movie and music :D He's a living legend to me!
@@-Runo Agreed , Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Been owned by John and that movie ever since , albeit i was only 11 when it was originally released here in the UK 👍👍👍
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo that movie is so awesome! It's got the perfect Carpenter's 'style' 5 years before EfNY... The actors played so well in it too, the movie is actually very underated to me (i haven't watched it in a while, feel like it's too long atm lol xD)
Snake plisken in my cab wait till I tell Eddie
"You can't meet the Duke, are you crazy? Noboby gets to meet the Duke! You meet him once and then you're dead!" :D
(still puzzled who's that Eddie tbh xD)
Britt doing her thing shes just so fit and full of good energy shes kind of past time great gold medalist (nadia comaneci) and finishing off with strength and determination. More power to you.RC
Dude, Britt who?
The rules are simple: Once you go in, you don't come out.
The only ones exempt:
1) The President
2) Snake
:D
President of what?
"That's not funny, Plissken!"
-Bob Hauk xD
I only know of The Duke. He's A Number 1. No President, here. NOT IN MY HOUSE
@@labrador-fx3fb well, to be honest i think pretty much the whole world would say 'no' to the actual president of the US... :D
@@-Runo "call me snake" ;-)
@@enricorigon1925 "The name is Plissken..."
(too easy man! :D)
That is still,by far, the greatest movie poster of all time!….
Dead right!! Idk what's with that picture, but it's almost 'magical'... so captivating xD
@@-Runo it tells so much with so little…….you can look at it and create a whole film in your head ………the Statue of Liberty head wasn’t in the film but it drew me in……still does bro……..u got the street gangs running a muck…u got a hot babe with a gun….u got the hero smiling with a automatic gun, carrying the president …….it’s like a fever dream…….it speaks volumes……..I would love to write the prequel………with lots of synth keyboards and of course the master John Carpenter scoring it……..Robert Rodriquez directing it……..we get to see Snake in World War III and his fallout that leads to the great federal bank robbery that goes bad……..how Brain screws him over and how Manhattan becomes a giant prison…….how the Duke became the shot caller………..with Tom Adkins cameo …….Kurt Russell will still play an older Snake Plissken telling his story of how the war came about …..the kills….his eye……and the heist……describing what mistakes he made to his one and only son……bombs going off in the background…….he gears up one last time due to the beginning of WW4….his son tells him “father you can’t go out there it’s too dangerous!” …..Snake breaks the 4th wall…. looks at the camera and says “ Call me Snake!” and vanishes into a sea of destruction with his theme playing………
@@thegiftedone man, no freaking way you can achieve all this.... but if you do, you'll be my hero :D
The story is on point, the plot is beautiful, and the roles are perfect... just too much... I mean, we *could* be at the beginning of a World War... imagine if it goes off for real xD
I apologise if I sounded flippant with the comment as I had a few beers when I commented. I think the picture is brilliant. I like how there's the connection with 'The Planet of the Apes' imagery with the head of the Statue of Liberty.
Dude absolutely not! Why 'flippant', i liked your comment... Fitting perfectly with Snake's character, i might add! :D:D And you're totally right about the link to 'The Planet of the Apes' imagery. They are visually really close. Maybe in EfNY the Statue of Liberty has more to do with a lost freedom, more then a lost civilization like in PotA. But nonetheless it's a nice catch. I didn't think about it before, but it was in plain sight now that you told me lol :D
If the rents go any higher in NY it will be mass exodus from NY instead
"Escape from The Rent", a sequel annunced for 2024! :D
if the crime rate goes any higher, you'll be able live rent free in prison NYC
My name is plissken !
*Call me Snake*
Wyatt Earp to Douglas Mortimer
Ahahah dude.... It's all in the mustache!! The bigger the mustache means you're the one rescuing the president :D
(very nice link btw, good call xD)
i enjoyed that
Dude thank you!! This is just a tribute to Carpenter's work :D
Remembering escape from new York originaly at My theater forme and you deserve the only Best humanely possible provide for you Christina Rivas scabbia
Dude thank you!! It's been long since i listened Lacuna Coil... nice tip! I loved their music, can't believe i forgot about them for so long. Thank you again my friend :D
" i knew when i was found this i was the president"......
"where did you get it?"
"I woke up, and there it was. Just like a miracle!"
Dude that scene is so funny... you gotta be a geious to think of something like that lol :D
@@-Runo i saw this movie for the very first time it came up. i remember every dialog. this and the thing are my fav....
@@thkount5851 yep my fav too, those are the very best two... i also love "They Live" (few shots from that movie are so damn iconic). Those are my top three. EfLA and Big Trouble are a bit comedian, nonetheless i love them loo :D Where're talking about Carpenter c'mon... he's a legend to me :D
@@-Runo i agree!!! they live is also my 3rd fav. when i saw escape in a Greek theater, the next day i found a t-shirt similar to Snake's with a small zipper up in the arm...lol
@@-Runo They live has by far the best one on one "all in" fight scene EVER .. this shit so sooo realistic it gives me goosebumps every time i watch it .. i can literally feel every blow landed and the pain with it .. bravo!
Been a fan of the movie but lately I wanted to make a cosplay of Snake plissken dtill a few pieces to get and it will be ready as I am working on his gun Im listening to the music.
Can’t wait to finish it and do pics and conventions
Dude awesome :D Don't forget to take pictures or shot a video! I'm gonna be curious of your creation... You'd be very very peculiar if you manage to recreate the moment when Snake gets shot in his leg by the crossbow. You'll be limping around the whole time! Anyway, let us know any progress xD Best wishes man!
Thanks
I will try
Very soon it will be called Escape from U.S.A But it's not going to be as amusing.😎♥️
Dude idk really... xD I've got flamed when i said something about NY or USA state right now... so let me step aside from this topic!
I just say that the more things get worse, the more they look like EfNY (at least there's a positive side :D)
I saw this movie i think over 50 times ,he is a perfekt masterpiece also music everything
Welcome to the club! :D Russell and Carpenter did something magic, and we still love their work xD
The
President
Of What?
I AGREE
GMP
Dude what do you mean, i don't understand lol...
(partially due to the fact i use gmp when i play mgsv xD)
watch the movie, dude....and u will know what snake is saying
U-Tube: Escape from New Jersey
@@Greggee100 dude i just saw EfNJ part 1... that's really really awesome! The low budget 'atmosphere' somehow adds up to the whole thing...
Can't believe i knew nothing about that. Gonna watch the full movie asap. My biggest "Thanks!" for letting me now man!! :D
Call me snake, Jack Burton.
"It's all in the reflexes!"
-Snake Plissken :D
@Runo don't do it snake..
@@Paul-pf1ic "I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win you lose.
The more things change, the more they stay the same..."
-David Lo Pan :D:D
This movie is becoming more of a reality very day.
Bad news and good news together... we can call this: 'when Hollywood gets real' :D
Anyway, maybe it's just a change. Let's be optimistic!
@@-Runo Oppression reaches way beyond Hollywood, my friend.
@@FarmersAreDummies we can only observe things my friend... in my country there's a saying that goes like this: a fish stinks from the head. Meaning, problems arise top-down: if the Elite is doing well, we'll benefit, if the Elite is doing bad (or worse) we'll be fucked, but at lest we'll know....
@@-Runoanother maga ,how patetic😂.
👍CoooL Man, CoooL !!!!
Dude thank you!! This is just my humble tribute to a masterpiece :D
And you tubes whole family. Enjoy that!
There are quarrels and fights in every family... and UA-cam is a 'mirror' of what's going on in our society as a whole (tiktok even more then youtube tbh).
We normal people are in the middle of a rotten-elite wrong-choising madness that's struggling to survive at the expense of the weaks... enjoy the view! (from the inside :D)
call me snake
No! NO!! This is too *easy* :D:D Just kidding man, the name is Plissken!!
One of the best movies ever made for a mere 6 million dollars
Only a genius could get so much out of such a small budget :D
That time was really blessed... that's why we're still here loving this masterpiece!
Beyond question.
I Love...👈!!!☺
*I* love U ❤❤
I wonder what the "D" in S.D.Plissken stands for? Derek? Del boy Plissken. See that would work lol.
Dude lol this is a very good question!! I think you're asking about the D bc you assumed the S stands for Snake, but it's actually not the case.
The full name is: S.D. Bob "Snake" Plissken...
There are sites (here for instance: snakeplissken.fandom.com/wiki/Snake_Plissken ) saying that its meaning was never revealed... idk to be honest xD
Apparently Carpenter said he knew a man, and this guy had a friend who had a schoolmate with that name, I wonder if that's true...
I can make a guess thou. Carpenter said that both he and Russell took inspiration for Snake from the 'Man With No Name', the Clint Eastwood's character in many Spaghetti Westerns
(here: screenrant.com/escape-new-york-kurt-russell-clint-eastwood-snake/ ). Now if you go on the Wikipedia page for the 'Man With No Name'
(here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_No_Name ) you can see that one of his aliases is 'Mister Sudden Death'. Maybe that's what's behind SD?!?
If anyone's a clue about this, pls post something here! :D:D
Darius...
@@robzilla730 Dude it's fine if it's a guess, but we need proofs... :D (tbh, Darius doesn't really sound about right to me... even if i still don't have a clue lol)
@@-Runo I was kidding, Brah...
@@robzilla730 loool :D:D You know, to be honest, you kinda shocked me for a second. Since i love the old 'Highlander' serie, as soon as i read Darius for quick instant in my mind the two characters (Snake and Darius) merged in a weird way loool... you managed to bring up so old memories about another serie i loved, *thank you* xD
Great movie..even better soundtrack. This is first thing I taught myself to play on the ol Yamaha synth. I also have to laugh how the actual Escape from New York started during Covid and is continuing daily... who would want to live in that over-priced, crumbling leftist utopia.? It looks like the set of an 80s post apcolyptic movie and more.
Just awesome dude! By the way you guys are descibing NY's state, it sounds intersting having a trip there right now.
For a EfNY fan, there must be alot to see that resembles the actual movie :D
"Leftist utopia". This is so outrageously stupid i can't even.
@@archangelsystem careful man, you can't roam around here and call ppl stupid cos they don't think like you do (providing that you think in the first place).
None denies you room to talk, but i'd like less insults from you, and more reasoning, cos till now you just brought nasty words without content or points.
The apes will take over
President of what?
That's not funny Plisken!!
"I don't give a fuck about your war...
...or your President"
- Snake Plissken
Call me Snake.
your name is Plissken!! :D
Essa música cria um clima de suspense muito boa era bom se os produtores produzissem fuga de Atlanta e fuga de Detroit ia ser da hora
É a música perfeita para o filme, cria suspense mas também é dinâmica para as cenas de ação. Para os outros filmes, teria sido bom vê-los produzidos, mas pelo menos temos dois, é o suficiente para mim :D
What synth was used for this track
Let John Carpenter himself answer you: theofficialjohncarpenter.com/escape-from-new-york-soundtrack/ :D
A Zaccaria flipper too, made in Italy
Neanche sapevo che esisteva! Immagino somigli più o meno a questo: ua-cam.com/video/m9CzE1Fnlq8/v-deo.html ?
@@-Runo no. Ma bello pure questo
@@michelelaraia7358 ma si trova un video per vederlo? Anche io adoravo i flipper negli anni 90, ma quello di 'Fuga da New York' non l'ho mai visto... ed è pure italiano...
Anche se devo ammettere che non ci facevo caso alle marche dei flipper. Mi sa che mi sono perso qualche cosa di importante xD
@@-Runo Su Google immagini e con altro nome che mi sfugge..
What's next escape from shake and bake la California
The Named Plisken.'
Call me Snake! :D
@@-Runo Touche' (smile)
Next escape from the titanic and Bermuda triangle
wtf happened to this comment section? A couple of months ago it was people talking about how cool the movie and soundtrack are- now its full of nutcases and putin sympathisers:(
I know man.... xD It all started few weeks ago with people commenting about New York's state today.
I leave room for everyone's comments here, and (in a way) they're still talking about the movie xD
We should start complaining about the state of LA next :D:D
@Klemheist dude i know almost nothing about Putin and Russia (partially due to the war). But one thing struck me few years back: apparently he set himself 'big boss' of the Moscow mafia (that's where all the Putin-boss memes were from years ago xD). Idk if it's true or not, but if it's true, that's brilliant. Not only can he control what's going on in the underground of the city, but he can rule things as he wants, like a boss!
If we compare this to the movie, he is now both Snake *and* the President at the same time! Kudos to him :D:D
@Klemheist you sound like someone who bought western propaganda. I, for one, am neutral to this war. Yes, Russia invaded Ukraine, no doublt about it, but NATO put missiles reaching Moscow to Russia doorstep. Is that something russian ppl should not react to?!? What if Mexico or Canada start placing missiles aiming at NY or Washington on their borders tomorrow morning... wouldn't you start worrying?? But there you have Propaganda telling you Putin is evil... right??
you actually made this yourself???
No no! xD The picture was done back in 1981 for the theatrical release of the movie.
I just clipped the intro and the outro, faded in the poster with the mid-song zoom then fade it out, and extended the theme.
The 'Legendary' *John Carpenter* made the good parts: the movie and the theme! :D
edit: a guy named Barry E. Jackson made the poster back then xD
In italian he says : chiamami jena ( call me jena) ...
In effetti 'Jena' fa molta più presa di Serpe / Serpente, oppure Serpico come l'altro film con Al Pacino! Un po un peccato stravolgere il senso del nome, ma capisco la scelta... :D
@@-Runo Probabilmente lo hanno chiamato Jena nel doppiaggio in italiano a causa del labiale, dato che la pronuncia di "snake" non poteva essere abbinata a quella ben più lunga di "serpente".
@@morenobevilacqua6669 Si verissimo! Labiale estremamente combaciante ed in più Jena si abbina perfettamente al personaggio. Era veramente ispirato chi ha preso la dicisione... Nei Simpson lo hanno chiamato 'Serpe' xD Cmq sia Snake in inglese che Jena in italiano per me sono perfetti! :D
@@-Runo Avrebbero potuto mantenere il soprannome Snake nel doppiaggio italiano. Ma a quei tempi credo ci fosse la tendenza a doppiare *tutti* i termini. Oggi invece si tende a preservare quelli piú riconoscibili (vedi spiderman, non piú doppiato come "uomoragno").
@@nooan79 si vero, oramai l'inglese è penetrato talmente tanto nella nostra cultura che si tende a lasciare il termine originale. Guarda, non lo so se è un bene o un male. Da un lato aiuta a sentirsi 'globalizzati' (passami il termine) e a omologare la reazione a quel supereroe ovunque, ma dall'altro lato secondo me si perde un pochino la specificità di una cultura... l'italianità, mettiamola così. Io francamente sono cresciuto con quasi tutti i nomi italianizzati e (quando fatta bene) la cosa non mi ha dato nessun problema.
The Bible says love thy neighbor but the guy who wrote this didn't live in this neighborhood,love thy neighbor but locketh thy door
Where did the static cartoon like picture come from?
The original was a theatrical release poster illustrated by Barry E. Jackson
here's a link: www.impawards.com/1981/escape_from_new_york_ver2.html
The image is magnetic, i love it! :D
Funny how in the movie there's no reference to a fallen Statue of Liberty inside Manhattan Island, but Jackson put it in, creating a timeless masterpiece xD
The Statue head is an homage to Planet of the Apes, I think.
@@arthurchadwell9267 yep, i think so too... surely there's a fallen society in both movies (maybe Carpenter was a PotA fan, who knows... xD)
Watched this film many times as a young man. Who could have thought the title would end up being true? but then with a trans-alien Mayor I am not surprised it destroyed the sh.thole it already was becoming and now is!
Dude i'm sorry to hear that. Can't really believe how many of you are complaining about NY state right now. I blame Leftism/Dem for immigration, unemployment and drugs abuse... maybe i'm wrong but the same sh*t is also happening to Europe... Someone is doing terribly wrong on top of the power, the Elite's dystopian plan is at full throttle.
Nonetheless you're are making me laught so hard. Dude, a trans-alien Mayor destroying a city is *literally* the plot of 'They Live'.... seriously :D
Not only Carpenter was right all along, but now he gets real too! :D:D
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This theme is actually from his first one, Escape from New York. The second theme, Escape from Los Angeles, is a bit different, even if resembles the original...
I'm fine with the second, but EfNY is unbeatable imo :D
Jeffrey Dahmer looks like a saint compared to the residents in this pic
Il est terrrible ce kurt russel
No... I think he's perfect! Wait, you mean in the movie or in the poster?
edit: cos, in the poster he has kind of a weird face i admit it, but in the movie he's just perfect. Really, can't think anyone else with his 'rebel attitude' (so to speak xD)!
Wait till French fries go up to a dollar then ull be fighting roaches for food i too am wondering who would win
Want to escape just dance on the Subway and scream out i have STDs for everyone that will give you 10 seconds to live
What's next covid more subway riders winding up on tracks more smoky air from canada higher rents inflation a black hole coming towards us?
If God felt safe in a small wooden ark covered by two cherubim imagine what he would need in NY today probably a 50ft thick bullet proof sarcaphogus equipped with laser guided missiles
we do if we believe ancient jewish novels
@@-Runo God will run away you realize he will send other guys rather than come to poor rats city he always comes prepared as appropriate
keep it real!
The character and concept great. The actual movies 🤢👎
I respectfully don't agree with you. I don't know what makes you say so, but remember the movie was made in 1981, lifestyle, life-pace, and lots of things were different back then. And you have to consider the movie is about an anti-hero, meaning someone who goes his way, his style, his timing, no matter what. To me, the perfect example of this way of thinking is summed up by the scene when Snake is clueless about where to go and what to do, and he grabs a chair among garbage stuff, and just sits there waiting for an idea or something to happen. You don't see this kind of stuff in mainstream movies or high badget production. You need a genius to do that...
Anyway, i'm curious about your point. Can you explain?
@@-Runo.. There's more to it... but effects. The effects are horrible even of the time. I have always thought if you can pull things of, making it look believable, ok. Do it. 👍
But if you can't, go another way, change the scene, story and what not. To make it all make sense, look believable and good.
Even today stupid mistakes and poor work is being done in movies. Fight scenes with close up of hands, legs and faces cut together in a mashup of fast paced clips, where you have NO idea what is going on, even for a person with insight into martial arts. Lighting is another hugh problem. A majority of movies has such dark scenes that your unable to see little to anything. I reasonly watched a movie (or didn't watch) because half of the movie was all black. Not to mention the stupid nonsense Hollywood style explotions, stupid plot twist, and overpumped hard core sensless action just to please a crowd of people with low IQ.
Sorry for my english.
@@PpAirO5 You have a good point and your english is fine :D (i hope mine is too! i'm not native). I don't know what to say... I do agree some scenes look a bit cheap, but i never cared much about that. There's something more 'human' (sort of speak) in having things not done perfectly or seemingless. To me, characters have so strong personalities, they 'overcome' the effects, and i end up more attached to the story... About the Hollywood nonsense in movies, i can't agree more with you. After the three big trilogies we had in the early 2000 (Star Wars, Matrix and Lotr) Hollywood went downhill (in freefall lol :D)
@@-Runo.. I totally agree with the last part.
Lotr, is a f@%# masterpiece if you ask me.... though there are still a few scenes like Legolas almost flying unto a horse back from a standing position (looks really odd and stupid) and In The Hobbit Legolas running across bricks from a falling bridge (if i remember correctly) it just looks waaaay out there 🤦♂️
Most movies have a little something not working well for it.
I'm none native either 😄🤝 Your english is outstanding 😉👍
Ohh, and Disney destroyed Starwars. THANKS Disney 😠😒
@@PpAirO5 "Ohh, and Disney destroyed Starwars. THANKS Disney" the TRUTH finally spoken!! :D ...also, some scenes in Lotr are a bit off i do agree. I, for one, don't like the fact that starting from mid-The Two Towers on, there's someone crying every ten minutes xD But no movie is perfect!
Call me Snake !
The name is Plissken! (...actually, the full name is S.D. Bob Plissken xD "Snake" is just for friends :D:D)
@@-Runo I m a very good friend from him!! ^^
@@MrFrenchy68 ahaha... Dude that's impossible!! Snake had two friends in his life: Fresno (they did terrible things to him sadly), and Harold (Brain died on a bridge mine after he went left, the mine was on the left side...). You still ought call him Bob :D:D