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Escape From New York
'Crashed' Plane On Vacant City Lot Is Nothing But A Movie's 'Prop" Jet (St.
Louis Post-Dispatch/Aug 08/1980/US) By Juli Cragg
Old
Bridge Used For Filming 'Escape' (Granite City Press-Record/Aug
28/1980/US)
Just
For Variety
(Daily Variety/Sep 25/1980/US)
By Army Archard
'Escape'
Gives Us Liberty (New York Times/Oct 04/1980/US) By Dan Yakir
'Escape From N.Y.' Has All-Night Finale At Statue
Of Liberty (Daily
Variety/Oct 15/1980/US)
Carpenter, Hill
Plan 'Clue' After N.Y. 'Escape' (The Hollywood
Reporter/Oct 23/1980/US) By Sharon Lee Dobuler
On Location
(The Hollywood
Reporter/Oct 24/1980/US) By Robert Osborne
How Low Can
You Go? (And Beyond) Anti-Hero (The Philadelphia Inquirer/Jul 05/1981/US) By Desmond
Ryan
Where Manhattan Is A Jail: Step Into A
City Of Fantasy (The Courier/Jul 17/1981/US) By Bob Thomas
Film Fear: Three Directors Darkly: John
Carpenter
(Prevue 43/Vol 2/Issue 3/Nov-Dec/1980/US)
High Adventures In The
Future
(Starlog/Issue 41/Dec/1980/US)
By Steve Swires
Coming: Escape From New York (Cinefantastique/Vol
10/Issue 4/Apr/1981/US) By George Turner
Escape From New York (Rod
Sterling's Twilight Zone/Vol 1/Issue
1/Apr/1981/US)
On The Set With 'Escape From New
York' (Starlog/Issue 45/Apr/1981/US)
By Sam Maronie
Escape From New York/The
Making Of Escape
(Prevue 45/Vol 2/Issue 5/May/1981/US) By Ken Bruzenak
From
'Forbidden Planet'
To 'Escape From New York' (Starlog/Issue
46/May/1981/US) By Sam Maronie
Escape From New York (International
Photographer/Vol 53/Issue 7/Jul/1981/US)
A Snake's Progress (SoHo News/Vol 8/Issue 4/Jul 15-21/1981/US) By Seth Cagin
Starlog Interview: John Carpenter (Starlog/Issue 48/Jul/1981/US) By Steve
Swires
Escape From New York (Marquee/Vol 1/Issue 1/Aug/1981/US) By Larry Lankford
(Fanzine)
Escape From New York (Movie News/Vol 17/Issue 4/Aug-Sep/1981/AU)
Interview: Kurt Russell (Rona
Barrett's Hollywood/Vol 12/Issue 11/Aug/1981/US)
By Arthur Stern
A Starburst Interview With John Carpenter Part 1
(Starburst/36/Vol 3/Issue 12/Aug/1981/UK)
By Tony Crawley
The Official Poster Magazine Of The Movie (Starburst Poster Magazine/Vol
1/Issue 2/1981/UK) (Biographies of the stars, special effects secrets and behind
the scenes pictures and a 24 x 35 poster) Text By Phil Edwards
The Stars Of 'Escape From New York'
Kurt Russell & Adrienne Barbeau (Starlog/Issue
49/Aug/1981/US) By Steve Swires
One-Eyed Snake (US/Issue 112/Aug 04/1981/US) By Dan Yakir
John Carpenter's Escape From New York (Chillers/Vol 2/Issue
9/Sep/1981/US)
Kurt Russell Rides A New Wave In 'Escape' Film (Circus Magazine/Issue 259/Sep
30/1981/US) By
Richard
Hogan
Escape From New York (Continental Film and Video Review/347/Vol 26/Issue
11/Sep/1981/UK)
Panatar Lenses And Computerized Fire Effects In Escape From New York
(Filmmakers/Vol 14/Issue 13/Sep/1981/US) By Donald Chase
A Starburst Interview With John Carpenter
Part 2 (Starburst/37/Vol 4/Issue 1/Sep/1981/UK)
By Tony Crawley
Escape From New York (Films Illustrated/Vol 11/Issue 121/Oct/1981/UK)
Escape From New York (Fantastic Films/Issue 26/Nov/1981/US) By Blake
Mitchell and Jim Ferguson
Escape From New York (Future Life/Issue 30/Nov/1981/US) By Ed Naha
John Carpenter And His Escape From New York (Cinema Odyssey/Vol 1/Issue
1/US) By C.J. Henderson
Escape From New York/Nick Castle/Debra Hill/Kurt Russell/Donald Pleasence/Harry
Dean Stanton/Ernest Borgnine/Sur
Le Tournage De Escape From New York
(L'Ecran
Fantastique/Issue 17/1981/FR) By Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier
Escape From New York - The Big Depth
Profile! By Nazir A. Ali/Soundtracking On E.F.N.Y. By Jason Sidwell (The John
Carpenter File!/Issue 5/1988/UK) (Fanzine)
Filming The Original
(Cinefantastique/Vol 28/Issue
2/Sep/1996/US)
By Michael Beeler (Pages: 24-25)
Hideo Kojima At The Movies: Escape From New York (Official
Playstation 2 Magazine: 05/12/2002) By Hideo Kojima
Interview John Carpenter On
The Tools Of His Trade
(PDF)
(Barnes & Nobel: Dec/2003)
Scene Anatomy 101: Escape From New York
(PDF)
(411mania.com: Jun/2007) By George H. Sirois
John Carpenter Tribute
At The Aero Theater: 'Escape From New York' & 'Escape From L.A.' (PDF)
(Associated Content: Jun/2008) By Ben Kenber
KGW Chat, Kim Gottlieb-Walker Interview
(PDF) (I Heard You Were Dead: Snake Plissken fan site) (Jul/2008) By Kim August
Survival
Of The Streets - Snake Plissken, The Cro-Mags, And The Persistence Of Megatoilet Nostalgia (PDF)
(Vice: 2009) By
Sam McPheeters
A Snake In The Grass: Escape From New York Noir Fusion (Sinamatic salve-ation:
18/02/2011)
By
Sinaphile
Barbeau
Talks 'Escape From New York'
(PDF) (Timesonline: 04/11/2011) By
Scott Tady
VFX Veteran John Wash Details His Early Computer Animation Work On
Halloween
III And Beyond
(Art of the
Title: 10/31/2012) By Will Perkins
John Carpenter And Kurt Russell
Reunited - Exclusive: On
The Thing, Snake And More
(Empire Online: 26/05/2013) By Chris Hewitt
Kurt Russell Talks About Shooting Escape From New York At The EW CapeTown Film
Fest; Plus His Thoughts On The Remake
(Collider: 05/05/2013) By
Michelle Carlbert
John Carpenter Talks About
'Escape From New York' Then And Now
(The Wall Street Journal: 14/07/2013) By Bruce
Bennett
Left-Wing Fantasy 'Escape From New York' Turned Out To Be So, So Wrong
About Everything
(New
York Post: 24/03/2016) By Kyle Smith
"Snake Doesn't Want To Hang Out With You." (SnakePlissken.De: 08/06/2016) By
Alexander Büttner & Kai-Oliver Derks
Unpublished Articles
Escape From New York Interview With Kurt Russell (PDF) (Starburst/Unknown
Year/UK) By Whitney Scott Bain
Escape From L.A.
Apocalypse 2013 (Los
Angeles Times/Feb 04/1996) By Patrick Goldstein
For Russell,
No Escape From His First Action Role (USA Today/Apr 06/1996/US)
By Tom Green
Snake's Back In
'Escape From L.A.' (The Patriot News/Jul 15/1996/US)
By Ian Spelling
Role Haunts
Russell
(The Calgary Sunday Sun/Jul 28/1996/CA) By Louis B. Hobson
Carpenter Build An Anything Goes Plot
(Houston Chronicle/Aug 02/1996/US) By Lewis B. Parks
'Escape'
Artist
(San Antonio Express-News/Aug 02/1996/US)
By Larry Ratliff
The Escape Artist (Chicago Sun Times/Aug 04/1996/US) By
Bob Strauss
Here Snake Comes To Save The Day (Orange County
Register/Aug 06/1996/US) By Barry Koltnow
'Escape' Sequel Looks To Bury L.A.
(The Flint Journal/Aug
07/1996/US)
By Ed Bradley
This 'Snake's' Not Trying To Be A Charmer
(New York Daily News/Aug 07/1996/US) By Lewis Beale
Kurt Russell On Change,
Video And His
Role As Snake
(USA Today/Aug 07/1996/US) By Jack Garner
Hissssssstory Repeats Itself
(St. Paul Pioneer Press/Aug 08/1996/US) By Chris Hewitt
Carpenter Offers Another 'Escape' For
Sci-Fi Fans (The Star Ledger/Aug 08/1996/US) By Allen Barra
Wacko President Hails From
Virginia In 'Escape From L.A.' (The
Virginian-Pilot/Aug 08/1996/US) By Mal Vincent
Shake, Rattle
And Roll (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Aug 09/1996/US)
By Michael H. Price
'That Cool Bad' Guy Is Back
(The Kansas City Star/Aug 09/1996/US) By
Ward W. Triplett III
Apocalypse Here (Los Angeles Daily News/Aug
09/1996/US) By
Bob Strauss
A Great Escape
(The Morning Call/Aug 09/1996/US) By Paul Willistein
From Child Star To Action Hero
(The
Star-Ledger/Aug 09/1996/US)
By Henry Cabot Beck
Crafty Carpenter Enjoys Own
'Escape'
(The Tampa Tribune/Aug 09/1996/US) By Bob Ross
'Coolest
Bad Guy' Snake Is Back (Houston Chronicle/Aug 10/1996/US) By Louis B. Parks
There's Simply No Escape From The L.A. Jokes
(Los Angeles Times/Aug
10/1996/US) By Steven Smith
Carpenter
Laughs At The Apocalypse In His Latest 'Escape'
(The News Tribune/Aug 10/1996/US) By Soren Anderson
John Carpenter Indulges Himself With A Great
'Escape' (The Buffalo News/Aug 11/1996/US) By Jeff Simon
Carpenter Keeps
Same Focus Regardless Of Film Budget
(The Plain Dealer/Aug 11/1996/US) By Sheila Simmons
In
'Escape', Carpenter
Sets His Rebellious Nature Free
(USA Today/Aug 12/1996/US) By Elizabeth Snead
Escape From L.A. (Fangoria/Issue 153/Jun/1996/US) By Anthony C. Ferrante
Escape From L.A. (Cinefantastique/Vol
27/Issue 11-12/Jul/1996/US)
By Michael Beeler
Fires... Floods... Riots... Earthquakes... John Carpenter!
(DGA/Jul-Aug/1996/US) By
Ted Elrick
Escape From L.A. (Cinefantastique/Vol
28/Issue 1/Aug/1996/US) By Michael Beeler
Urban Renewal By
Dean Lamanna/Riding
The Wave
(Cinescape/Vol
2/Issue 11/Aug/1996/US)
By
Ron Magid
The Getaway
(Entertainment Weekly/Issue
340/Aug 16/1996/US)
By Tom Russo
To Live And Die In Escape From L.A./Rick Baker Cuts Up (Fangoria/Issue 155/Aug/1996/US) By
Anthony C. Ferrante
Escape From L.A. (Film Score Monthly/Issue 72/Aug/1996/US) By Daniel Schweiger
The Last Bad Boy (Sci-Fi Entertainment/Vol 3/Issue 2/Aug/1996/US) By Lisa
Stone Maccarillo
Snake's Newest Escape (Starlog Yearbook/Vol 14/Aug/1996/US) By Marc Shapiro
Escape From L.A. (Tribute/Vol 13/Issue 5/Aug/1996/CA) By Jim Slotek
Escape Artists By Michael X. Fererro/Effecting
A New Escape By Ron Magid
(American Cinematographer/Vol 77/Issue 9/Sep/1996/US)
Escape From L.A./Director
John Carpenter/Costume Design/Production Design/Trashing Los Angeles
(Cinefantastique/Vol 28/Issue 2/Sep/1996/US) By Michael Beeler
Hasta La Buena Vista (Cinefex/Issue 67/Sep/1996/US) By Mark Cotta Vaz
The Future Is Now (Cinescape/Vol 2/Issue 58/Sep-Oct/1996/US) By Ron Magid
Coming Back To Escape (Fangoria/Issue 156/Sep/1996/US) By
Anthony C. Ferrante
Escape From L.A.
(Infinity/Issue
2/Sep/1996/UK)
By Randy Christian
The Great Escape (Melody Maker/Vol
73/Issue 39/Sep 28/1996/UK)
By Allan Jones
Getaway Out West
(New Musical
Express/Sep/1996/UK) By Tommy Udo
Carpenter And Russell Reunite In The Eagerly Awaited Escape
From L.A. (Science Fiction Age/Vol 4/Issue 6/Sep/1996/US) By Dan Perez
Escape Clause By
Robert Meyer Burnett/Levelling
The Left Coast
By
Andrew O. Thompson
(Sci-Fi Universe/Vol 3/Issue 1/Sep/1996/US)
Escape Artist (Starburst/Issue 217/Vol 19/Issue 1/Sep/1996/UK) By Alan
Jones
Bad Man's World/Designing
Escapes (Starlog/Issue 230/Sep/1996/US)
By Marc Shapiro
Back In Snake's Skin
(Fangoria/Issue 157/Oct/1996/US)
By
Anthony C. Ferrante
Breaking Loose (Flicks/Vol 8/Issue 10/Oct/1996/UK) By James Cameron-Wilson
Kurt Russell On The Pliss (Loaded/Issue 30/Oct/1996/UK) By Jane Garcia
Flucht Aus L.A. (Cinema/Issue 11/Nov/1996/DE) By Heiko Rosner
Snake Charmer (Empire/Issue 89/Nov/1996/UK) By Ian Nathan
Escape From L.A. (Impact/Issue 11/Nov/1996/UK)
By Michael Stradford
(Includes an EFLA poster)
Los Angeles 2013/Kurt
Russell By Jean-Luc Vandiste/John
Carpenter By Luc Lagier & Jean-Baptiste Thoret/George Corraface
By
Jean-Luc Vandiste
(L'Ecran
Fantastique/Issue 155/Nov/1996/FR)
Un Citoyen Au-dessus De Tout
Soupçon By Samuel Blumenfeld
(Les Inrockuptibles/Issue 79/Nov 13-19/1996/FR)
(Also in: Mucchio/14-15 January/1997/IT)
Los Angeles 2013 By Christophe Lemaire/Kurt Russell By Jean-Christophe Tur (M6
Cine Video/Issue 7/Nov-Dec/1996/FR)
Flucht Aus L.A. (MovieStar/Issue 22-23/Nov-Dec/1996/DE) By Markus Tschiedert
LA Story - Interview With John Carpenter
(SFX/Issue 18/Nov/1996/UK)
(Includes an EFLA poster)
Los Angeles 2013/Les Effets Spéciaux/Entretien Avec John Stirber (S.F.X./Issue
40/Nov/1996/FR) By
Alain Bielik
Snake Eye
(Starlog/Issue 232/Nov/1996/US)
By Ian Spelling
(Includes an EFLA poster)
John Carpenter 'A Propos De Los Angeles 2013/Kurt Russell Retrouve La Peau Du Héros
De New York 1997 (Video 7/Issue 171/Nov/1996/FR) By Benjamin Janssens
Once A Snake... Kurt Russell Is Back In Snake's Clothes (Video Eyeball/Vol
2/Issue 6/Nov-Dec/1996/US) By Paul Sherman
Postcards From L.A. (Starburst Yearbook/Issue 30/Dec/1996/UK)
By Simon Bacal
Joseph B. Mauceri Makes His Escape From
L.A. With Director John Carpenter (World of Fandom/Vol 2/Issue
27/Summer/1996/US) By Joseph B. Mauceri
A Smoke Escape
(Smoke/Issue
9/Fall/1996/US)
By Dennis Hunt
John Carpenter AOL Chat (scifidominion.ning.com/1996)
Intervista John Carpenter Su "Fuga Da Los Angeles" (Mucchio/14-15
January/1997/IT) By Samuel Blumenfeld
(Also in:
Les Inrockuptibles/Issue
79/Nov 13-19/1996/FR)
Escape From L.A. - Snake's Alive (Screens/Apr/1997/UK)
Point Blank: John Carpenter The Total Film Interview (Total Film/Issue 4/May/1997/UK)
By Stephen Applebaum
Seeing With Snake Eyes (Talking Pictures/Issue 18/Spring/1997/UK) By Carol
Allen
Patchy Performer?/A Tale Of Two Cities (TV & Satellite Week/Apr 25-May
01/1998/UK)
Los Angeles 2013 By Jean-Michel Dupont/Kurt
Russell By Cyrille Giraud/John Carpenter By Jean-Baptiste Thoret/L.A.: K.O. By
Pascal Pinteau/New York 1997 Los Angeles 2013 By Jean-Baptiste Thoret/Comment Un
Film En Cache Un Autre By Jean-Baptiste Thoret (M6 Fantastique/Issue
12/Oct/1998/FR)
John Carpenter Interview (DougieThompson)
Frightening Similarity Between W. Bush &
The
President
In
'Escape From L.A.'
(PDF)
By
David McMillan, Lynn Schroehmann, Gwen Stanzel & Tom Gathe (Dec/2004)
John Carpenter Tribute
At The Aero Theater: 'Escape From New York' & 'Escape
From L.A.' (PDF)
(Associated Content: Jun/2008) By Ben Kenber
Snake Plissken, Psychic? How Accurate Is 'Escape From L.A.'s
Vision Of 2013? (Movies: 09/01/2013) By Amy
Nicholson
John Carpenter And Kurt Russell
Reunited - Exclusive: On
The Thing, Snake And More
(Empire Online: 26/05/2013) By Chris Hewitt
"Snake Doesn't Want To Hang Out With You." (SnakePlissken.De: 08/06/2016) By
Alexander Büttner & Kai-Oliver Derks
HDTGM: A Conversation with Coleman Luck, Original Screenwriter Of 'Escape From
L.A.' (Slash Film: 20/01/2017) By Blake Harris
Miscellaneous
Is The Snake Plissken From 'Escape From L.A.' More Cruel Than The Snake Plissken
From 'Escape From New York'?
By Mohammad A. Khan
Snake Plissken Should Not Die With Kurt Russell (PDF) By Mohammad A. Khan
Analysis
Of The Main Character In Escape from New York, LA
(PDF)
(Associated Content: Dec/2007) By T39