A thrilling landmark film that jolts along at a breakneck pace, escape from new york leapt to cult status with highoctane action, edgeofyourseat suspense and the mindblowing vision of lone warrior snake plissken kurt russell battling his way out of a postapocalyptic manhattan. Escape from new york main theme opening titles youtube. The film gives the year and the novelization reveals the full. Since i saw that no one uploaded the intro with the original theme track, i thought id do it myself. Reviewed in the united states on september 15, 2001. Escape from new york has arrived on bluray in a special collectors edition from our friends at shout factory. No doubt, foxs success with the current apes series has the studio thinking it. Neil cross, the acclaimed creator of the bbc crime series luther, has been tapped to pen escape from new york, 20th century foxs remake of the. Escape from new york 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Donotdothisathome stuff includes whiskey used as a firebomb. Escape from new york original motion picture soundtrack. The plot kicks off when air force one, carrying the. Escape from new york remake story details revealed. The main title from escape from new york may not be john carpenters and alan howarths most memorable movie theme that appellation goes to.
Original motion picture soundtrack is a soundtrack album composed and performed by john carpenter, featuring the score to the 1981 film escape from new york. Oct, 2015 an escape from new york remake has been drifting through the winds of filmdom for about eight years now. John carpenter has directed so many cult classic horrors and scifis over the years and escape from new york is certainly one of them, a very memorable scifi with an awesome cast, a great visual style and a cool story, kurt russell is the notorious snake plisskin and ex special forces soldier turned criminal who is sent into new york which is. Lee alligatographe alligator french allmovie matthew doberman evgeniy nefyodov russian. The film was nominated for four saturn awards, including best science fiction film and best direction. Thirty four years ago, escape from new york burst on to the screen. Escape new york city for a peaceful meditation retreat in the catskills. Nov 02, 2016 escape from new york with snake plisskens countdown watch. The last thing we did was actually the opening title sequence, because. I did one rough and one finished piece that took about two weeks. How did escape from new york become one of the greatest cult movies of all time. John carpenter is a rarity among film directors in that he is also a composer who writes the musical scores for his movies.
Escape from new york main theme opening titles on vimeo. It stars kurt russell, lee van cleef, donald pleasence, ernest borgnine, isaac hayes, adrienne barbeau, and harry dean stanton the films storyline, set in the nearfuture world of 1997, concerns a crimeridden. Escape from new york 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. John carpenter escape from new york opening title youtu. Jul 10, 1981 escape from new york is not to be analyzed too solemnly, though. May 28, 20 i would like to show how escape from new york similarly exposes the criminality underlying the state of exception. I havent seen it since the 80s when it came out on vhs. One must credit carpenter and cowriter nick castle for their ingenuity in devising the central. Factory have put together this twodisc special edition release of the movie, with a brandnew transfer, a porting over of most of the best bonus features from the 2003 dvd special edition, plus some brandnew material to boot. The story behind the soundtrack for escape from new york dazed. The fundamental contention of the superhero film and its comic book source is that the law alone is not a sufficient condition. In john carpenters films, the typeface choice in the opening sequence is quite consistent. For my graphic design studies i had to create a opening title sequence for a movie of my choice, so here is the final result. Escape from new york when youre working walltowall hours just to pay the rent, sometimes it helps to leave town.
An escape from new york remake has been drifting through the winds of filmdom for about eight years now. It was, in many ways, a return to his exploitation roots. The evidence john carpenter made escape from new york after the surprise success of halloween and the disappointing failure of his ghost story the fog. Carpenter, or whoever in john carpenters films, the typeface choice in the opening sequence is quite consistent.
The once great city of new york becomes the one maximum security. Shop escape from new york tshirts created by independent artists from around the globe. Now with 22 locations all across the country, escape the room has brought excitement, entertainment, and intrigue with the latest escape room puzzles and games for. Mar 24, 2017 the original escape from new york, which was released in 1981, is set in the year 1997 and finds the world on the brink of world war iii. Having established the year 1997 and manhattan as a prison, top cop hauk lee van cleef is introduced, nancy stephens the lone hijacker, donald pleasence the president, in john carpenters escape from new york, 1981 view the tcmdb entry for escape from new york 1981. This would be thursdayfriday according to the 1997 calendar. Escape from new york limited edition steelbook bluray.
See editing and specialvisual effects by charlie keil, kristen whissel p. When i heard david renericks idea i knew it was a winner. Escape from new york original film soundtrack john. Carpenters 1981 film escape from new york was a kind of genre hybrid, a science fiction crime thriller with suggestions of a spaghetti western thrown in. Compared to modern cinema, where so much can be accomplished with a computer, theres. I really love this reissue, i have the dagored vinyl reissue released in 2000.
Escape from new york the 1981 john carpenter cult classic, inspired this piece. There was a lot of competition to get the poster for escape from new york. It was sheer luck that this film even got made and a similar amount of luck was involved in kurt russell. Escape from new york to be written by luther creator neil. Factory have put together this twodisc special edition release of the movie, with a brand new transfer, a porting over of most of the best bonus features from the 2003 dvd special edition, plus some brand new material to boot. Everything you never knew about the making of escape from new. Albertus seems to be his favourite, appearing more. Kurt russells character bet his life he could beat it, but now fans can support a kickstarter campaign to make a. Kurt russell, lee van cleef, ernest borgnine, donald pleasence, harry dean stanton country. The special effects for the computerdisplay in the. Escape the room has been creating interactive and immersive games since starting in new york city in 20.
Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. Heres the problem with the majority of superhero films as todd mcgowan sees it. The special effects for the computer display in escape from. First this is a must for musicians that collect vintage synths and drum machines, i recognize some of the sounds from early 80s synths i have. The original escape from new york, which was released in 1981, is set in the year 1997 and finds the world on the brink of world war iii. Sound designer alan howarth was introduced to john carpenter by the picture. Escape from new york collectors edition bluray shout. Escape from new york 1981, directed by john carpenter. Escape from new york to be written by luther creator. New york times vincent canby the flick filosophers take. Escape from new york opening title sequence fan version. In the new escape from new york, new york city wont be a maximum security prison, well find out snake plisskens real name, and the bad guy will be totally different than the. The escape from new york reboot has a new plan cinemablend. The bluray features a 2k restoration from the original film negative plus is loaded with tons of special features.
No doubt, foxs success with the current apes series has the studio thinking it can aim for. Now with 22 locations all across the country, escape the room has brought excitement, entertainment, and intrigue with the latest escape room puzzles and games for more than 2,000,000 live gamers. Both in snakes refusal of the hero position and in the films presentation of the law in the form of the militarized government, escape from new york presents a superherolike narrative that critiques the heros exceptional position. Kurt russells character bet his life he could beat it, but now fans can support a kickstarter campaign to make a smartwatch version. Movie titles and typography from all feature films directed by john carpenter released on bluray, from dark star 1974 to the ward 2010 the movie title stills collection a collection of screen shots and captured images of movie title stills from feature films and trailers. Set in a near future when manhattan has been converted into a nomansland prison, the movie needed an appropriately. New york cycle club escape new york, new york, new york. Carpenter, or whoever was going to be his longtime credit typesetter colleague, knew there were some alternate capital letters, and made spontaneous use of them in escape from new york. Oct 12, 2015 neil cross, the acclaimed creator of the bbc crime series luther, has been tapped to pen escape from new york, 20th century foxs remake of the 1980s cult classic andrew rona and alex heineman.
Escape from new york seems to be the first and most playful of all. This is my short fan edit of the opening of escape from new york, reinserting the deleted bank robbery scene in a unique position before the. Escape from new york is the kind of movie that calls for an immediate suspension of disbelief. Aug 09, 2016 20 videos play all escape from new york 1981 full movie the amagi playlists kung fury official movie hd duration.
One of the more ingenious examples is escape from new york, which features a wireframe flight approach display constructed by adding reflective tape to all the building edges of a miniature city model. We print the highest quality escape from new york tshirts on the internet. Thats also the largest percentage loss of any statemore than 8 percent of new yorks 2000 populationeven beating out katrinaravaged louisiana. The reason escape from new york is important today is that it exposes the lie of the proliferation of superhero genre flicks overflowing from every cinema with a mind towards profit. Escape from new york chorus listen up son, niggas wanna talk the talk but can ya walk the walk new york, new york. Watch the trailer for escape from new york, directed by john carpenter and starring kurt russell. So i think maybe they did final wireframe scene as a computergenerated test, then. The escape from new york remake has found its director, and. Escape from new york 1981, directed by john carpenter and.
Postapocalyptic movies a list of 37 titles created 24 nov 2018 favourites every year from 1975 a list of 45 titles. Escape from new york was released in the united states on july 10, 1981. According to the credits, the titles are done by the company called pacific title. After a disappointing barebones release of escape from new york from mgm back in 2010, the folks over at shout. Escape from new york with snake plisskens countdown watch. The escape from new york remake has found its director. John carpenter in association with alan howarth escape. New york cycle clubs 24th annual escape new york september 22nd 2018. Escape from new york, john carpenter put on a clinic in what a filmmaker can do with a little bit of money and a lot of ingenuity. With kurt russell, lee van cleef, ernest borgnine, donald pleasence. Escape from new york by john carpenter on amazon music. Eyepatched mercenary snake plissken carpenter regular kurt russell gets tapped for the rescue. The special effects for the computer display in escape.
Escape from new york takes place over a 24hour period from october 2324, 1997. In the terrifying future of 1997, a hijacked air force one crashes on the island prison of manhattan, stranding president donald pleasance among murderers, terrorists, thieves and a drugdealing isaac hayes. Escape from new york extended opening sequence fan edit. I had even done other ideas for the poster for other design studios. The film gives the year and the novelization reveals the full dates of these events. Escape from new york opening credits with original theme. Hardware software necromancer, collector of weird stuff, maker of. Parents need to know escape from new york presents a bleak vision of the future and has violence including that violence gunfire, crossbows, thrown knives, land mines, and gladiatorial death bouts with fists and clubs though except for a severed head theres little explicit gore. Jul 02, 2012 watch the trailer for escape from new york, directed by john carpenter and starring kurt russell.
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