Escape from New York

Carpenter, John, (film director.). Pleasence, Donald, (actor.). Borgnine, Ernest, (actor.). Dean, Harry, (actor.). Hayes, Isaac, (actor.). Russell, Kurt, (actor.). Van, Lee, (actor.). StudioCanal (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: 1997 - and Manhattan has become a walled prison for three million criminals where they are left to run loose. The plane carrying the American President crashes there, and he is taken prisoner by "the Duke." Sent in to rescue him from this land of hell is Snake Plissken, former war hero turned criminal. To ensure he does not abandon his mission, two devices are implanted in his arteries, primed to blow him to pieces if he fails to return on time.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: StudioCanal, 1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by StudioCanal in 1981.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.