Experience the ultimate cyber-punk, action, and suspense spectacular with John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Set in a police state future, the island of Manhattan has been transformed into a maximum-security prison where once you're in, you don't come out. When the President of the United States crash lands into the city, a ruthless prison warden bribes ex-soldier and criminal Snake Plisskin to rescue him from the twisted world of New York and its demented ruler, The Duke.

This special edition includes a wealth of exclusive extras, such as the brand-new feature-length documentary Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, featuring interviews with the writer, cinematographer, composer, and more. Plus, a featurette on the iconic character of Snake Plissen, an intro by John Carpenter, and a deleted opening sequence with optional audio commentary.

With a photo gallery of behind-the-scenes moments and original trailers, you'll feel like you're part of the action. And with audio commentaries by Kurt Russell and John Carpenter, producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe Alves, and actress Adrienne Barbeau and DOP Dean Cundey, you'll get a true insider's look at this classic film.

Don't miss the chance to own this definitive edition of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, complete with big challenges in little Manhattan visual effects featurette and an interview with actor Joe Unger. Add it to your collection and experience the thrill of the ultimate prison break. Perfect for cyber-punk, action, and suspense enthusiasts alike!

The year is 1997 and in a police state future the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. The rules are simple: once you’re in, you don’t come out. But when the President of the United States (Donald Pleasance) crash lands an escape pod into the centre of the city after fleeing a hijacked plane, a ruthless prison warden (Lee Van Cleef) bribes ex-soldier and criminal Snake Plisskin into entering the hazardous Manhattan and rescuing the distraught president from the twisted world of New York and from the demented clutches of its new ruler The Duke (Isaac Hayes) in John Carpenter’s cyber-punk, action, suspense spectacular.

Extras:

Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: A brand new feature-length documentary featuring interviews with Writer Nick Castle, cinematographer Dean Cundey, composer Alan Howarth, production designer Joe Alves, special visual effects artist/model maker Gene Rizzardi, production assistant David De Coteau, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, Carpenter biographer John Muir, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys, and music historian Daniel Schweiger.

Snake Plissen: Man of Honor – featurette from 2005 featuring interviews with John Carpenter and Debra Hill

Intro by John Carpenter - an interview with director John Carpenter originally recorded for a French DVD release in 2003

Deleted Opening Sequence “Snake’s Crime” with Optional Audio Commentary

Photo gallery incl. Behind the Scenes

Original Trailers

Audio Commentary with actor Kurt Russell & director John Carpenter

Audio Commentary with Producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe Alves

Big Challenges in Little Manhatten: Visual effects featurette – from 2015, features interviews with both Dennis Skotak, Director of Photography of Special VFX, and Robert Skotak, Unit Supervisor and Matte Artist

I am Taylor - Interview with actor Joe Unger – from 2015

Audio Commentary with actress Adrienne Barbeau & DOP Dean Cundey

Certificate: 15

Actor: Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley

Director: John Carpenter

Region: B

Number of Discs: 3

Main Language: English

Run Time: 99 minutes

Studio: Studio Canal

Theatrical Release Year: 1981

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