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60 of 228 · most liked firstFun film fact. In Escape from New York (1981) they used reflective tape on a miniature model of the city & filmed it under black light to approximate 'cutting-edge' wireframe CG, which would have blown the budget at the time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s film: “Escape From New York” (1981). What’s not to love? Kurt Russell swaggering around with a MAC-10 with a rifle scope. A supporting cast of stalwarts like Lee Van Cleef & Ernest Borgnine. Ubiquitous 80s punk baddies. A synthesiser score by the director himself, John Carpenter. Fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Now (re)watching: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is a look at my TMNT Turtlecom, with this screen animation I made a very basic environment and rendered it out with super bright materials just applied to faces to try to emulate the map from the film Escape from New York. #3dart #animation
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Escape From New York and I have reason to believe that Hideo Kojima has also seen this movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Escape from New York and Hideo Kojima must have watched this film like a thousand times
neutral · AI labelView post →I knew that John Carpenter Letterboxd account was fake once I saw Escape from L.A. rated lower than Escape from New York (Carpenter has said a few times he considers the sequel to be the superior film). Anyway, his response to this is, as usual, succinct and perfect.
neutral · AI labelView post →ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) * Watch 5? Decided to take the Criterion Channel transfer for a spin Gorgeous grain. A dirty movie with shafts of color I know what happens in this film, but whenever I watch it again...it feels new. Something about it refreshes my imagination
positive · AI labelView post →If you are a fan of Escape From New York and have never seen the introduction to Snake Plissken that was cut from the start of the film you can watch it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TSz...
neutral · AI labelView post →There are a bunch of movies I haven't seen Watching Escape from New York for the first time
neutral · AI labelView post →Escape from New York (1981) 🎬🖤 Directed by John Carpenter
neutral · AI labelView post →Zack Snyder is set to direct a remake of ‘ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK’. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Escape from New York (1981) By PhantomCityCreative
neutral · AI labelView post →The perfect Escape From New York movie exists without Zack Snyder. It's called Escape From New York (1981):
positive · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Escape from New York (1981) By Dave Merrell
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Escape from New York (1981) By Huan Do
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying Escape from New York, fav Kurt Russell Film?
neutral · AI labelView post →Nearby at a haunted drive-in, tonight's movie... Escape from New York #scifi #1980s
neutral · AI labelView post →This apotheosis of this Alien-wise was Alien Resurrection which is not good but has the 30 weirdest things in any alien movie happening in it where some people seem to have been told it’s an Alien movie and some others think it’s a Escape from New York movie and others were told “you are Daffy Duck”
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching Escape from New York. I'd forgotten about the chandeliers on the car. God I love this film
positive · AI labelView post →Poster for the movie, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981), directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau, et al. Poster art by Barry E. Jackson.
neutral · AI labelView post →James Cameron painting mattes for ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, 1980. He was a production underling for John Carpenter. Two years later he directed his first film, Piranha 2. And followed that up with a little film called The Terminator.
neutral · AI labelView post →After hearing MSX2 and C64 renditions of the theme tune so much last week, our choice for our weekly Tuesday movie for this week is... Escape from New York.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Escape From New York (81) - a warm comfort blanket of a movie The Fog (80) - looks more like sea fret Christine (83) - I think this Stephen King fella might do well. Hopefully he'll write more books Mandalorian and Grogu (26) - Gruff and Cute™ kick space arse
positive · AI labelView post →#FilmHistory On this day in 1981, John Carpenter introduced the world to Snake Plissken. Escape From New York turned a dystopian nightmare into pure cult-movie gold, with Kurt Russell creating one of the greatest antiheroes of the ‘80s. Russell has said Plissken is his favorite of all his roles.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie. Escape From New York
neutral · AI labelView post →John Carpenter (with scenes from his film "Escape From New York") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →I was just thinking the other day that "Escape from New York" is probably going to be the next remake of a Carpenter film, and somehow it's gonna be $100+ mil movie that is gonna be so much worse than its $6 mil counterpart. Now I don't even need to see it to be sure!
negative · AI labelView post →Enough with the reboots. The original Paddington 4: Escape from New York was already a perfect movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Zack Snyder has provided the first story details for his upcoming ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/396810...
neutral · AI labelView post →Escape from New York (1981) directed by master of gritty genre cinema John Carpenter, is a towering masterwork of dystopian action, cynical sci-fi, and razor-sharp urban pulp. This film heavily influenced decades of cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic pop culture. #dystopian #scifi #action
unlabelledView post →Whether it's a sequel, remake, reboot, re-imagining or a rehash of Escape from New York, Studio Canal announced this week that Snake Plissken was returning. Let's get back to the 1981 classic and see why John Carpenter's thriller still kicks so hard. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/04/15/e...
unlabelledView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Escape from New York (1981) By Dave Merrell
unlabelledView post →OTD 7/10/1981: John Carpenter's sublime ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK opened in theaters! Will never not love: Set in dystopian 1997 🤣, NYC is walled-off prison wonderland. Hunky Snake Plissken must rescue president. Kurt Russell leads great cast, relentless action, offbeat humor. Perfect! #filmsky 📽 1/2
unlabelledView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #329 "Escape from L.A." (John Carpenter/1996) Carpenter's super campy and super fun sequel to Escape from New York. Great cast having a blast with this one. Don't listen to the haters, check it out for yourself!
unlabelledView post →Actually I take it back, I'm morbidly curious to see what a version of Escape From New York looks like that's firmly on the side of the police state because Snyder's movie are always accidentally "oops, I made a pro-fascism."
unlabelledView post →The sci-fi LOCKOUT made by Europa is an unofficial remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK that actually rips, ever see it? youtu.be/BQ4hZqrIM9w
unlabelledView post →Commission painted character miniatures from 'Escape from New York' board game. Based on the film that I've not seen, so a heavy duty internet deep dive for the for the right look on each.
unlabelledView post →I have concluded that ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is the film to watch tonight, will not be taking questions at this time
unlabelledView post →Huh. The dystopian United States Police Force officers in the movie Escape From New York are less heavily armed and armored than the federal paramilitary agents occupying my city this past winter.
unlabelledView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #327 "Escape from New York" (John Carpenter/1981) Carpenter's awesome dystopian adventure film set in the not so distant future of 1997. Classic stuff here folks, you've probably already seen it. Check it out again!
unlabelledView post →Day Five of Halloween Advent 🎃 John Carpenter I got addicted to Carpenter films through The Thing and Escape From New York. Between the western sensibility he brings to horror, the remarkable characters, the settings and of course the music - what a vibe! Made this They Live brooch a few years ago.
unlabelledView post →John Carpenter (with scenes from his film "Escape From New York") - BOTD
unlabelledView post →Next video is called Crime City: 1997. Pieced together The Warriors, Escape from New York, and their low budget Italian knockoffs 1990: Bronx Warriors and Escape from the Bronx to make a new film/narrative in the post-Watergate/early Reagan "fuck authority" grindhouse style. And some more surprises.
unlabelledView post →For my first Christmas Movie A Day video, I passionately discuss the Escape From New York, But With Christmas banger: RIOT (1996) Link to the full video below:
unlabelledView post →movie idea: Escape From New York except the prisoners work together and build a paradise; the rest of the world crumbles and the survivors try to break into the prison
unlabelledView post →THREAD: A movie poster history of one the greatest post-apocalyptic action films of them all - John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. /1
unlabelledView post →upcoming in-house film fest here: Born Yesterday The Birds Night Moves Foreign Correspondent Escape from New York Crossing Delancey F For Fake Snowpiercer Cool Hand Luke Night of the Hunter Sullivan's Travels The Beguiled
unlabelledView post →ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK AWESOME MOVIE
unlabelledView post →Debbie Harry and Kurt Russell at an event, about a month before the release of the film Escape from New York, 1981
unlabelledView post →Escape from New York (1981). John Carpenter Cinematography: Dean Cundey Photo by Kim Gottlieb
unlabelledView post →#DirectorsRunJohnCarpenter #NowWatching Film 7 of 10. Escape From New York.
unlabelledView post →Watched the movie Escape from New York and it was good. Man I miss when movies had cool lighting
unlabelledView post →Does ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK have the most stacked cast in a movie ever? Maybe.
unlabelledView post →It's always an interesting mix on physical media day, with 2 of us picking movies. Here's my #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday : Resident Evil: Apocalypse Escape from New York Wonder Woman The Warriors
unlabelledView post →Sometimes, you just need to watch a great #JohnCarpenter film. #NowWatching Escape From New York
unlabelledView post →Paddington Bear 4 Escape from New York would go hard as a movie for real
unlabelledView post →Replace a character in a movie with a wrestler: Jon Moxley is Snake Plissken in Escape from New York 🤼♂️
unlabelledView post →Friday afternoon film: Escape From New York. Not so much a review as an observation: boxd.it/aTVved
unlabelledView post →Alt text: scene from film Escape from New York. Snake Plissken is speaking while sitting in a leather office chair wearing a battered brown motorcycle jacket. Subtitle Caption has been altered to read: "I don't give a fuck about your ballroom or your president"
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