Escape from New York

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Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security prison. Ex-soldier Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is given 24 hours to find the President of the United States, who has been captured after the crash of Air Force One.

Carpenter wrote the film in the mid-1970s as a reaction to the Watergate scandal, but proved incapable of articulating how the film related to the scandal. After the success of Halloween, he had enough influence to get the film made and shot most of it in St. Louis, Missouri.

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• Harry Dean Stanton, 'Twin Peaks,' 'Alien' and 'Pretty in Pink' star, dead at 91
• John Carpenter working on 'Tales for a Halloween Night' series for Syfy
• Jane Lynch to host new 'Hollywood Game Night' game show
• R&B singer and 'South Park' actor Isaac Hayes dies at age 65

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