Cinematic background from Escape from New York 1981 - In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan 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 lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.

Escape from New York

1981

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Directors:
John Carpenter
Writers:
Nick Castle, John Carpenter
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Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A view of a city at night from a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people in black suits and helmets; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a beard is standing in front of a crowd of people; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A car is driving down a dark street at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man smoking a cigarette while standing in the dark at night; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman in a bra and jacket standing next to a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A shirtless man standing in front of an audience; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a black shirt is talking to another man in a black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a black suit sitting in the driver's seat of an army jeep; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – People standing in a boxing ring at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a yellow shirt is talking on a cell phone; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man standing in front of bullet holes in a wall; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman walking through a library holding a camera; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An american flag hanging from a bridge over a river; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a eye patch; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man in a black shirt is in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man and a woman sitting on a red chair; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman sitting on a chair holding a gun; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a eye patch; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a eye patch; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A view of a city at night from under a bridge; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man standing in the middle of a parking lot at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An airplane flying through the night sky; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – Two men are standing next to each other in an abandoned building; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man is being examined by a doctor; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people sitting on a bench playing a guitar; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person with a eye patch; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a eye patch; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a bandaged eye stands next to another man; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A car that is sitting in the dirt; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A car is parked in a dark parking lot; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a black shirt holding a rifle; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A view of a city skyline from the water at dusk; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a bandage on his eye and a man with a bandage on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people standing in a field with buildings in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of men sitting next to each other on a bench; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a eye patch; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a eye patch sitting in a leather chair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a beard and a hat is in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a black tank top holding a gun; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a eye patch; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man sitting at a table looking at papers; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man holding a gun in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man sitting in a chair wearing a jacket and tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a suit and tie standing in front of a microphone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A night time scene of a building and a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – Two men standing next to each other in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman holding a gun in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing sunglasses; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man with a bruised eye stares at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman is smoking a cigarette in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – Two men in a room with graffiti on the wall; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man and a woman face to face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A large american flag hanging in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a blindfold is standing in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – Two men in suits sitting at a table; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a beard and a red bandanna; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man sitting at a desk with a camera; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a chain around his neck and chest; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man wearing a military hat in front of a wall with graffiti; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a black shirt is holding a book; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man is making a funny face for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man standing on a railing at night; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An old man holding a suit case in front of a wall; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman talking on a cell phone in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A couple of people that are in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman walking up a flight of stairs with torches; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person laying on a bed; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man hanging from a rope in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – Two men in black suits and helmets are welding together; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – An older man looking in the reflection of himself in a mirror; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A view of a city skyline at night from the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of men standing next to each other holding guns; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man and a woman standing in front of a train; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people walking down a street at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man and a woman standing next to each other in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man and a woman standing in front of a wall; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A dark picture of a manhole cover in the dark; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people in a room watching something on a screen; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a pair of sunglasses; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people standing in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A woman is holding a cigarette in her hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man standing in the middle of an area with lights; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man in a black shirt and a flag in the background; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man and a woman standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man with a shaving cream on his face and another man with a shaving cream on his face and another man with a shaving cream on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man sitting in a chair with his hands on his neck; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of people walking inside of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man standing in front of a fire place; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man standing next to an atv in a parking lot; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A man sitting in a chair next to another man; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – View of the presidential seal on the back of a car; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Escape from New York” (1981), directed by John Carpenter – A digital clock that reads 3 : 3 5 : 2 5; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle