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One man against three million convicts
The city of New York is now a maximum security prison.
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Film facts for the 1981 Action / Adventure movie starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Joe Unger, Frank Doubleday, John Strobel, John Cothran Jr., Garrett Bergfeld, Richard Cosentino, Robert John Metcalf, Joel Bennett Update Cast
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Concerning the "Metal Gear Solid" aspect, Hideo Kojima (the game's creator) based his first game on one of his favourite films, "Escape From New York"...the game's storyline apes some of the events of the film...missing president; rescuing president; lead character called 'Snake'...amongst others. A fitting tribute and one that was indeed realised in the sequel, "Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons Of Liberty, when Iriqois Plissken does make an appearance..he does resemble Solid Snake, but Solid Snake himself only has a cameo in the first part of MGS2 (the tanker level).Thanks to David Evans
By the time Escape from New York was filmed, Lee Van Cleef was unable to walk without a substantial and painful limp. When his wife first saw the completed film, she commented that the scene which most surprised her was the one where Lee is shown walking to the USPF helicopter without his usual limp. She commented that Lee must have been in great pain shooting this brief walking scene, but he nonetheless pulled it off...Rewind Archive
Snake meets a young woman and they share a quick scene before she's killed. The actress is Season Hubley, who was married to Kurt Russell at the time.Rewind Archive
Snake Plissken was an actual person, a bully who went to John Carpenter's high school.Rewind Archive
Maggie is played by actress Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter's lifelong girlfriend.Rewind Archive
Carpenter's script for Escape From New York was written with Nick Castle, a U.S.C. friend who played the masked killer, "The Shape" in Halloween and went on to direct features like "The Last Starfighter" & "The Boy Who Could Fly" himself.Thanks to Many Of You
In the Playstation 2 game "Metal Gear Solid: Sons Of liberty" The main character is called Snake Plisskin. His appearance and voice match Kurt's as well.Bogus Trivia
There's often fake stuff floating round, y'know? -Like the 'ghost boy' that can allegedly be seen in "Three Men And A Baby".
But, nothing bogus that we know yet for "Escape From New York".
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