FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Escape from New York
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Scores
- IMDb7.1/10as of 2026-03-23
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer86%as of 2024-10-10
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.2/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic76/100as of 2025-08-30
What it is
Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent science fiction action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter. It stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, and Adrienne Barbeau.
At a glance
- Genres
- Action / Thriller / Science fiction
- Original language
- English
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