Escape from New York

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action film dystopian film film science fiction film

Escape from New York is a 1981 dystopian science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter, set in a future where Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison and a criminal antihero must rescue the U.S. president.

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Label	Occurrences
Escape from New York canonical	22
Escape from New York (1981 film)	1
Escape from New York film series	1
Rehme in Escape from New York	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action film ⓘ dystopian film ⓘ film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay by John Carpenter and Nick Castle ⓘ
character	Bob Hauk ⓘ Brain ⓘ Cabbie ⓘ Maggie ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ Snake Plissken ⓘ The Duke of New York ⓘ
cinematographer	Dean Cundey ⓘ
composer	John Carpenter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	John Carpenter ⓘ
distributor	Embassy Pictures ⓘ surface form: AVCO Embassy Pictures
editor	Todd C. Ramsay ⓘ
filmRating	R ⓘ
genre	action ⓘ dystopian ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasSequel	Escape from L.A. ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Snake Plissken ⓘ
plotSummary	In a future where Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison, a criminal antihero must rescue the U.S. president. ⓘ
portrays	Adrienne Barbeau as Maggie ⓘ Donald Pleasence as the President of the United States ⓘ Ernest Borgnine as Cabbie ⓘ Harry Dean Stanton as Brain ⓘ Isaac Hayes as The Duke of New York ⓘ Snake Plissken ⓘ surface form: Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken Lee Van Cleef as Bob Hauk ⓘ
producer	Debra Hill ⓘ
productionCompany	Embassy Pictures ⓘ surface form: AVCO Embassy Pictures
protagonist	Snake Plissken ⓘ
releaseDate	1981-07-10 ⓘ
releaseYear	1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	99 ⓘ
setIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
settingTime	1997 ⓘ
starring	Adrienne Barbeau ⓘ Donald Pleasence ⓘ Ernest Borgnine ⓘ Harry Dean Stanton ⓘ Isaac Hayes ⓘ Kurt Russell ⓘ Lee Van Cleef ⓘ
writer	John Carpenter ⓘ Nick Castle ⓘ

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Dean Cundey → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

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Kurt Russell → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

John Carpenter films → hasWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: Escape from New York (1981 film)

Donald Pleasence → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Harry Dean Stanton → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Harry Dean Stanton → appearedIn → Escape from New York ⓘ

Carol Traynor|Adrienne Barbeau → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

subject surface form: Adrienne Barbeau

Larry Franco → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Larry Franco → workedOn → Escape from New York ⓘ

Tom Atkins → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Tom Atkins → portrayed → Escape from New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rehme in Escape from New York

Ernest Borgnine → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Lee Van Cleef → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Debra Hill → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Debra Hill → producerOf → Escape from New York ⓘ

Joe Alves → workedOn → Escape from New York ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → sequelTo → Escape from New York ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → partOfSeries → Escape from New York ⓘ

this entity surface form: Escape from New York film series

John Carpenter → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

John Carpenter → directed → Escape from New York ⓘ

John Carpenter → composedMusicFor → Escape from New York ⓘ

Season Hubley → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ

Snake Plissken → appearsIn → Escape from New York ⓘ

Adrienne Barbeau → notableWork → Escape from New York ⓘ