What is Escape from New York?
{{italictitle}} '''''Escape from New York''''' is a 1981 [[Americans|American]] [[science fiction movie]]. It was released on July 10, 1981. It was directed by [[John Carpenter]] and written by [[Nick Castle]]. The film's total budget was estimated to be [[US$]]6 million. It stars [[Kurt Russell]]. The cast includes [[Donald Pleasence]] (as the [[President of the United States]]), [[Isaac Hayes]], [[Adrienne Barbeau]], [[Harry Dean Stanton]], [[Lee Van Cleef]], [[Ernest Borgnine]], [[Tom Atkins]], [[Charles Cyphers]], [[Ox Baker]], and [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] as introduction narrator (uncredited). A following movie was released called, ''[[Escape from L.A.]]''. {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Escape from New York}} [[Category:1981 movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by John Carpenter]] [[Category:American science fiction movies]] [[Category:Movies set in New York City]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Dystopian movies]] [[Category:American independent movies]]