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Escape from New York

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

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.

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Info about Escape from New York

Studio(s): AVCO Embassy Pictures, Goldcrest

Originally Released: Australia, Oct 01, 1981

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Box Office Gross: $50,000,000.00

Budget: $6,000,000.00

Genres:Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure

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