Escape from New York (1981)

Deathmatch: Snake vs. Slag!

Snake (Kurt Russell) brutally slays Slag (Ox Baker) in a fight to the death. Meanwhile, Brain (Harry Dean Stanton) and Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau) rescue the President (Donald Pleasence) from his captors.

Directed by John Carpenter.

© MGM 2012

Released in 1981 by MGM.

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  • editors-choice: Weapons
  • editors-choice: Fight Scenes
  • editors-choice: Tuff Guys
  • primary-genre: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
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  • primary-genre: Action and Adventure
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  • secondary-genre: Action & Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • mood: Violent
  • mood: Dark
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  • prop: Hat
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  • setting: Boxing Ring
  • theme: Survival
  • theme: Violence
  • actor: Frank Doubleday
  • actor: Kurt Russell
  • actor: Harry Dean Stanton
  • actor: Adrienne Barbeau
  • actor: Ox Baker
  • actor: Isaac Hayes
  • 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: Maggie
  • role-name: Brain
  • role-name: Romero
  • role-name: Snake Plissken
  • role-name: Slag
  • role-name: The Duke
  • role-name: President
  • screenwriter: Nick Castle
  • screenwriter: John Carpenter
  • year: 1981
  • studio: MGM

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