escape from new york was released on dvd twice by mgm usa and once by momentum pictures uk one mgm release is a barebones edition containing just the theatrical trailer another version is the collectors edition a two-disc set featuring a high definition remastered transfer with a  stereo audio track two commentaries one by john carpenter and kurt russell another by producer debra hill and joe alves a making-of featurette the first issue of a comic book series titled john carpenters snake plissken chronicles and the ten-minute colorado bank robbery deleted opening sequence