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Press - Info - Escape From New York

AKA: John Carpenter's Escape From New York
Year: 1981
Runtime: 99 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby
Certification: Australia: M/Canada: 14A/Finland: K-16/Norway: 15/Norway: 16 (original rating) /Sweden: 15/UK: 15/USA: R/West Germany: 16 (w)/Singapore: PG/UK: AA

Business Data
Budget: $6,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,162,000 (USA) (12 July 1981) (579 Screens)
Gross : $25,244,700 (USA)
Copyright Holder: Avco-Embassy Pictures Corp. 1981

Release Dates
France: 24 June 1981
USA: 10 July 1981
Sweden: 27 July 1981
West Germany: 3 September 1981
Finland: 26 November 1981
Norway: 26 December 1981

Locations
Locations: Indian Dunes, California, USA; New York City, New York, USA; Sepulveda Basin, Los Angeles, California, USA; St Louis, Missouri, USA; Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Assistant Location Manager: Frank Capra III

Technical Specifications
Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm
Cinematographic process: Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed film format: 35 mm
Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1

Awards and Nominations
1982, Production Design: Joe Alves (Apex Scroll)
1982, Achievment In Sound Effects (Apex Scroll) (Fennecus Award)
1982, Achievment In Stunt Co-ordination (Fennecus Award)
1982, Best Costums: Stephen Loomis (Nominated)
1982, Best Director: John Carpenter (Nominated)
1982, Best Make-Up: Ken Chase (Nominated)
1982, Best Science Fiction Film (Nominated)

Summary
By 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison for the worst criminals in the USA. When the President's aircraft crashes on the island and he's taken hostage by the self-styled Duke of New York, the authorities send war hero turned criminal Snake Plissken in to get him out.

Poster Tags
1997. New York city is now a maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.

Alternate Titles
New York 1997 (Canada (French title)/France
Die Klapperschlange (Austria/Germany)
1997: Rescate en Nueva York (Spain)
1997: Fuga da New York (Italy)
Apodrasi apo ti Nea Yorki (Greece)
Bekstvo iz Njujorka (Serbia)
Briha M'New-York, Ha- (Israel) (Hebrew)
Escape de Nueva York (Venezuela)
Flugtaktion New York (Denmark)
Flykten från New York (Sweden)
Fuga de Nova York (Brazil)
John Carpenter's Escape from New York (USA) (complete title)
Menekülés New Yorkból (Hungary)
New York'tan kaçis (Turkey)
Nova Iorque 1997 (Portugal)
Pako New Yorkista (Finland)
Ucieczka z Nowego Jorku (Poland)
Flygten Fra New York (Norwegian)
1997 Escape De Nueva York (Mexican)

Escape From L.A.

AKA: John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.
Year: 1996
Runtime: 101 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe)
Sound Mix: Dolby
Certification: Australia: M/Canada: 14A/Finland: K-16 (video premiere)/Germany: 16 (w)/ Netherlands: 12/Norway: 15/Portugal: M/12/Spain: 18/UK: 15/USA: R/Canada: 13+(Quebec)/ Singapore: PG

Business Data
Budget: $50,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $8,912,557 (USA) (11 August 1996) (2,312 Screens)

Gross
$25,407,250 (USA) (10 November 1996)
$25,329,895 (USA) (3 November 1996)
$25,164,531 (USA) (27 October 1996)
$24,940,101 (USA) (6 October 1996)
$24,901,770 (USA) (29 September 1996)
$24,828,263 (USA) (22 September 1996)
$24,723,832 (USA) (15 September 1996)
$24,321,918 (USA) (8 September 1996)
$23,695,941 (USA) (1 September 1996)
$21,281,286 (USA) (25 August 1996)
$17,106,662 (USA) (18 August 1996)
$8,912,557 (USA) (11 August 1996)
£842,883 (UK) (20 October 1996)
£754,384 (UK) (13 October 1996)
$42,277,365 (Worldwide) ( 1997)
$16,800,000 (Non-USA)
AUD 1,107,658 (Australia) (31 October 1996)
HKD 1,296,735 (Hong Kong) ( 1996)
ITL 2,441,603,000 (Italy) ( 1996)
¥131,401,000 (Japan) (8 December 1996)
¥9,040,640 (Japan) (1 December 1996)

Admissions
267,987 (France) (3 December 1996)
145,135 (Germany) (3 November 1996)
69,972 (Portugal) (21 November 1996)
55,734 (Portugal) (14 November 1996)
36,304 (Portugal) (7 November 1996)

Release Dates
USA 9 August 1996
UK 20 September 1996
Australia 10 October 1996
Hong Kong 10 October 1996
Spain 16 October 1996
Argentina 17 October 1996
South Africa 25 October 1996
Germany 31 October 1996
Portugal 1 November 1996
Switzerland 8 November 1996
Belgium 13 November 1996
France 13 November 1996
Japan 23 November 1996
Poland 29 November 1996
Italy 20 December 1996
Hungary 2 January 1997
Sweden 18 October 1999 (TV premiere)
Italy November 1999 (Turin Film Festival)

Locations
Locations: Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; Miami, Florida, USA; New Braunfels, Texas, USA
Location Manager: Gregory Alpert

Technical Specifications
Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm
Cinematographic process: Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed film format: 35 mm
Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1

Awards and Nominations
1997, Production Design - Fantasy: Lawrence G. Paull (Fennecus Award)
1997, Best Costumes:  Robin Michel Bush (Saturn Award) (Nominated)
1997, Best Science Fiction Film (Saturn Award) (Nominated)

Summary
In the year 2000, a massive earthquake devastates southern California and Los Angeles is torn from the mainland and isolated as an island. A right-wing President uses the island of L.A. as a dumping ground for those who don't meet up to the high moral standards he has imposed on the country. Thirteen years later, terrorist Cuervo Jones brainwashes the President's daughter, Utopia, and has her steal a secret super-weapon. With Jones and Utopia hiding out in L.A., Snake Plissken is again forced back into action to get get the weapon back.

Poster Tags
Snake is Back.
Plan Your Escape.

Alternate Titles
John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.
Escape From Los Angeles
Flucht aus L.A. (German)
Pako L.A:sta (Finish)