Escape from New York

Escape from New York1981

Director: John Carpenter
Stars: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 99 minutes

In the future, crime is out of control and New York City 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 warrior new to pris… more »



Bob Hauk:
[reading Plissken's file] S.D. Plissken... American, Lieutenant: Special Forces Unit "Black Light". Two Purple Hearts, Leningrad and Siberia. Youngest man to be decorated by the President. Then you robbed the Federal Reserve Depository... life sentence, New York maximum security penitentiary. I'm about to kick your ass out of the world, war hero...

Snake Plissken:
[calmly strikes a match against Hauk's desk to light his cigarette and in a bored tone of voice] Who're you?

Bob Hauk:
Hauk, Police Commissioner.

Snake Plissken:
Bob Hauk...

Bob Hauk:
Special Forces Unit "Texas Thunder"... we heard of you too, Plissken.

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