Escape from New York (1981)

You Gonna Kill Me Now, Snake?

Hauk (Lee Van Cleef) offers Snake (Kurt Russell) another job, only to get a reply of “the name’s Plissken.”

Directed by John Carpenter.

Released in 1981 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Tough Guy
  • character-type: Police Officer
  • character-type: Anti-Hero
  • action: Threaten
  • editors-choice: Tuff Guys
  • primary-genre: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
  • primary-genre: Thrillers
  • primary-genre: Action and Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Action Thrillers
  • secondary-genre: Action & Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • mood: Tuff
  • prop: Cigarette
  • setting: New York
  • setting: Prison
  • theme: Authority
  • theme: Defiance
  • actor: Kurt Russell
  • actor: Lee Van Cleef
  • actor: Donald Pleasence
  • director: John Carpenter
  • producer: Larry J. Franco
  • producer: Barry Bernardi
  • producer: Debra Hill
  • cinematographer: Dean Cundey
  • composer: John Carpenter
  • composer: Alan Howarth
  • editor: Todd C. Ramsay
  • costume-designer: Stephen Loomis
  • production-designer: Joe Alves
  • role-name: Hauk
  • role-name: Snake Plissken
  • role-name: President
  • screenwriter: Nick Castle
  • screenwriter: John Carpenter
  • year: 1981
  • studio: MGM