Escape from New York

Genre: Action

Worldwide gross$50.2M

In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.

🏆 6 nominations total

Genres

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director

John Carpenter

Cast

Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine

Released

10 July 1981

Runtime

1h 39m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.1 / 10

Votes

171,215

Metascore

76

Rotten Tomatoes

71%

Box office

$25,244,626

Budget

$6,000,000

Edition

Base