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 »



Snake Plissken:
[radioing a pullout request] All right, get your machine ready, I'm coming out.

Bob Hauk:
18 hours left, Plissken!

Snake Plissken:
Listen to me, Hauk. The President is dead, you got that? Somebody's had him for dinner!

Bob Hauk:
Plissken, if you get back in that glider and fly back here without the tape or the President, I'll shoot you down myself! You try to climb out, I'll burn you off the wall! Do you understand that, Plissken?

Snake Plissken:
[pause] A little human compassion.

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