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Language

Audio:

English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles:

English French

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

Trailer

Info

Description

1997 The entire island of Manhattan is one large maximum security prison. The Third World War has been going on for many years. The President is captured by a group of revolutionaries and imprisoned. War veteran Plissken must rescue the president from this zone of boundless cruelty, and he has very little time. If he does not save the president on time, he will die himself. He has been given a lethal drug and will receive the antidote upon his return.

Director & Cast

Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Sison Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers