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* ColbertBump: The amount of people who discovered this movie due to being ReferencedBy the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' franchise probably rivals the amount who saw it in theatres.
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* ColbertBump: The amount of people who discovered this movie due to being ReferencedBy the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' franchise probably rivals the amount who saw it in theatres.
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* UncreditedRole: The voice of the female narrator in the opening sequence is left uncredited. Some websites and magazines claim that Creator/JamieLeeCurtis performed uncredited voice work for the intro (and, in tandem with this rumor, for the uncredited "Operator" in ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'', another Creator/JohnCarpenter-produced film), but this has never been definitively proven. Other crew members (including Carpenter himself, who officially denied the suggestion years earlier) state that the narrator is an uncredited "Kathleen Blanchard", who ''is'' officially credited in the sequel, ''Film/EscapeFromLA'', and does exist (though she is not known to have any public presence, fueling rumors that the name is a pseudonym for Curtis).
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://snakeplissken.wikia.com/wiki/Snake_Plissken_Wiki The Snake Plissken Wiki]].
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* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/JohnCarpenter always had Creator/KurtRussell in mind for Snake Plissken. At the time, Russell was trying to overcome the "lightweight" screen image conveyed by his roles in several Creator/{{Disney}} comedies.
** The roles of Maggie and Cabbie were written with Creator/AdrienneBarbeau and Creator/ErnestBorgnine in mind.
** Creator/JohnCarpenter always had Creator/KurtRussell in mind for Snake Plissken. At the time, Russell was trying to overcome the "lightweight" screen image conveyed by his roles in several Creator/{{Disney}} comedies.
** The roles of Maggie and Cabbie were written with Creator/AdrienneBarbeau and Creator/ErnestBorgnine in mind.
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* TomHanksSyndrome: Together with ''Film/TheThing1982'', this was the movie that turned Creator/KurtRussell from "clean-cut Disney kid" to "rugged roughneck badass". He was eager to break out of his family-friendly typecasting, and with this film, he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
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* ContractualObligationProject: The second in a two-picture deal Avco Embassy had with John Carpenter, the first being ''Film/TheFog''.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.Creator/SeasonHubley.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/JohnCarpenter always had Creator/KurtRussell in mind for Snake Plissken. At the time, Russell was trying to overcome the "lightweight" screen image conveyed by his roles in several Creator/{{Disney}}comedies.comedies.
** The roles of Maggie and Cabbie were written with Creator/AdrienneBarbeau and Creator/ErnestBorgnine in mind.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.
** Creator/AdrienneBarbeau was married to Creator/JohnCarpenter at the time.
* DeletedRole: Joe Unger is listed in the end credits as playing the character of Taylor, although his scene (the bank robbery/escape prologue) was deleted.
** Creator/JohnCarpenter always had Creator/KurtRussell in mind for Snake Plissken. At the time, Russell was trying to overcome the "lightweight" screen image conveyed by his roles in several Creator/{{Disney}}
** The roles of Maggie and Cabbie were written with Creator/AdrienneBarbeau and Creator/ErnestBorgnine in mind.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Before ''Escape from New York'' and ''Film/TheThing1982'', Creator/KurtRussell was best known for doing Creator/{{Disney}} comedies and other lightweight fare. The studio was surprised when Carpenter picked him, instead of someone like Charles Bronson or Creator/TommyLeeJones.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.
** Creator/AdrienneBarbeau was married to Creator/JohnCarpenter at the time.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.
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* OnSetInjury: Ox Baker struck Creator/KurtRussell very heavily with some of his blows during the boxing ring fight scene. Russell had finally had enough and asked Baker to take it easy, tapping him in the groin to let him know he was serious. Baker then calmed down.
* PlayingAgainstType: Before ''Escape from New York'' and ''Film/TheThing1982'', Creator/KurtRussell was best known for doing Creator/{{Disney}} comedies and other lightweight fare. The studio was surprised when Carpenter picked him, instead of someone likeCharles Bronson Creator/CharlesBronson or Creator/TommyLeeJones.
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** The girl in the Chock Full O' Nuts is played by Creator/KurtRussell's then-wife, Season Hubley.
** Creator/AdrienneBarbeau was married toSavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/JohnCarpenter at originally wrote the time.script between 1974 and 1976 as a reaction to the Watergate scandal. No studio wanted to make it because it was deemed too dark and too violent. That changed after the success of Halloween
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* StuntDouble: Dick Warlock was Creator/KurtRussell's stunt double on the film.
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** Co-writer Nick Castle wrote the role of Cabbie for Creator/MickeyRooney.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Filmed in East St. Louis and St. Louis to keep the budget low. Entire areas were in such a state of neglect -- urban fires had severely damaged them only a few years earlier -- to the point where sets didn't even have to be built. Four years later, the scene of the BatterUp BloodSport (see above) was renovated into a hoity-toity shopping area -- visual MoodDissonance.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Filmed in East St. Louis and St. Louis to keep the budget low. Entire areas were in such a state of neglect -- urban fires had severely damaged them only a few years earlier -- to the point where sets didn't even have to be built. Four years later, the scene of the BatterUp BloodSport (see above) was renovated into a hoity-toity shopping area -- visual MoodDissonance.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JohnCarpenter always had Creator/KurtRussell in mind for Snake Plissken. At the time, Russell was trying to overcome the "lightweight" screen image conveyed by his roles in several Creator/{{Disney}} comedies.
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* AllStarCast: In addition to being a StarMakingRole for Creator/KurtRussell, the movie features six of the most famous and recognizable character actors of all time: Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/ErnestBorgnine, Creator/HarryDeanStanton, and Music/IsaacHayes.
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* AllStarCast: In addition to being a StarMakingRole for Creator/KurtRussell, the movie features six five of the most famous and recognizable character actors of all time: Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/ErnestBorgnine, Creator/HarryDeanStanton, and Music/IsaacHayes.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An extrapolation of TheBigRottenApple into a dystopian 1997 where Manhattan Island has been evacuated of its law-abiding residents and turned into a maximum-security prison.
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** Austria and Germany: ''The Rattlesnake''
** France: ''New York 1997''
** Italy: ''1997: Flee New York''
** Austria and Germany: ''The Rattlesnake''
** France: ''New York 1997''
** Italy: ''1997: Flee New York''
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** The role of Brain was written with Creator/WarrenOates in mind, but he was seriously ill at the time, so he suggested Creator/HarryDeanStanton for the role.
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** The final shot of the film was supposed to have Snake [[spoiler:lighting up the cassette with the secret to nuclear fusion]] with his cigarette, holding the burning pile of tape in his hands for a moment before dropping it. This was changed in the final product to have Snake tearing out the tape as he walks off.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Snake Plissken's eyepatch was suggested by Creator/KurtRussell. Also, it's possible he channeled Creator/ClintEastwood somewhat in his performance because he was acting opposite Creator/LeeVanCleef.
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* ActorInspiredElement: According to the DVD commentary, a large number of actors in the film got in on this:
** Snake Plissken's eyepatch was suggested by Creator/KurtRussell. Also, it's possible he channeled Creator/ClintEastwood somewhat in his performance because he was acting oppositeCreator/LeeVanCleef.Creator/LeeVanCleef.
** The Duke's eye twitching was suggested by Isaac Hayes, which was done whenever Snake was in the character's presence.
** According to Carpenter, Creator/DonaldPleasence created his own internal backstory for the President, suggesting that the character was the result of a world where Margaret Thatcher had become a world leader and the U.S. reverted back to being a colony. The humiliating blonde wig the President wears during his torture was also an element suggested by Pleasence.
** Snake Plissken's eyepatch was suggested by Creator/KurtRussell. Also, it's possible he channeled Creator/ClintEastwood somewhat in his performance because he was acting opposite
** The Duke's eye twitching was suggested by Isaac Hayes, which was done whenever Snake was in the character's presence.
** According to Carpenter, Creator/DonaldPleasence created his own internal backstory for the President, suggesting that the character was the result of a world where Margaret Thatcher had become a world leader and the U.S. reverted back to being a colony. The humiliating blonde wig the President wears during his torture was also an element suggested by Pleasence.
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** In the finished film, Snake's trip down through the World Trade Center isn't seen. There was originally planned to be a sequence where Snake would encounter a group of Native American prisoners living on the ground floor of the building who were roasting an animal. When he eavesdrops on them, one of the tribe members sneaks up behind and tries to strangle him, forcing him to flee. The sequence also would have set up why they sabotaged the glider later on in the film).
** The car chase around the city just before the 59th Street Bridge sequence was intended to be longer, with Snake causing several of the cars driven by The Duke's entourage to smash into each other. This explains why Duke is the only one to follow them over the bridge at the end of the film.
** The car chase around the city just before the 59th Street Bridge sequence was intended to be longer, with Snake causing several of the cars driven by The Duke's entourage to smash into each other. This explains why Duke is the only one to follow them over the bridge at the end of the film.
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** In the finished film, Snake's trip down through the World Trade Center isn't seen. There was originally planned to be a sequence where Snake would encounter a group of Native American prisoners living on the ground floor of the building who were roasting an animal. When he eavesdrops on them, one of the tribe members sneaks up behind and tries to strangle him, forcing him to flee. The sequence also would have set up why they sabotaged the glider later on in the film).
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** The car chase around the city just before the59th 69th Street Bridge sequence was intended to be longer, with Snake causing several of the cars driven by The Duke's entourage to smash into each other. This explains why Duke is the only one to follow them over the bridge at the end of the film.
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* DeletedScene: The film was intended to open with a bank robbery detailing how Snake got captured. There was also an excised sequence about Snake encountering a group of Native American prisoners living on the ground floor of the World Trade Center, who would have attacked Snake as he fled from the building (the sequence also would have set up why they sabotaged the glider later on in the film).
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* DeletedScene: [[https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/escape-from-new-york/272124/what-we-learned-from-the-escape-from-new-york-novelization Several scenes were planned but ultimately cut from release]]:
** The film was intended to open with a bank robbery detailing how Snake got captured. The sequence was cut after test screenings, as it was judged that it ran too long and was better explained by the sequence where Hauk details Snake's life of crime later in the film.
** In the finished film, Snake's trip down through the World Trade Center isn't seen. There wasalso an excised originally planned to be a sequence about where Snake encountering would encounter a group of Native American prisoners living on the ground floor of the World Trade Center, who would have attacked Snake as he fled from the building (the who were roasting an animal. When he eavesdrops on them, one of the tribe members sneaks up behind and tries to strangle him, forcing him to flee. The sequence also would have set up why they sabotaged the glider later on in the film).film).
** The car chase around the city just before the 59th Street Bridge sequence was intended to be longer, with Snake causing several of the cars driven by The Duke's entourage to smash into each other. This explains why Duke is the only one to follow them over the bridge at the end of the film.
** The film was intended to open with a bank robbery detailing how Snake got captured. The sequence was cut after test screenings, as it was judged that it ran too long and was better explained by the sequence where Hauk details Snake's life of crime later in the film.
** In the finished film, Snake's trip down through the World Trade Center isn't seen. There was
** The car chase around the city just before the 59th Street Bridge sequence was intended to be longer, with Snake causing several of the cars driven by The Duke's entourage to smash into each other. This explains why Duke is the only one to follow them over the bridge at the end of the film.
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** The studio was not initially keen to hire Creator/KurtRussell as Snake Plissken due to his past work as a Disney kid and tried to counter-pitch director John Carpenter on either Creator/TommyLeeJones or Creator/CharlesBronson (an idea Carpenter shot down on the grounds that Bronson was too old). Other candidates for the role of Snake included Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/JeffBridges and Kris Kristofferson; Nolte and Bridges declined because they just weren't interested and the latter was declined by the studio due to the failure of ''Film/HeavensGate''. But Carpenter fought for Russell and he eventually won.
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** The studio was not initially keen to hire Creator/KurtRussell as Snake Plissken due to his past work as a Disney kid and tried to counter-pitch director John Carpenter on either Creator/TommyLeeJones or Creator/CharlesBronson (an idea Carpenter shot down on the grounds that Bronson was too old). Other candidates for the role of Snake included Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/JeffBridges and Kris Kristofferson; Creator/KrisKristofferson; Nolte and Bridges declined because they just weren't interested and the latter was declined by the studio due to the failure of ''Film/HeavensGate''. But Carpenter fought for Russell and he eventually won.
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* AllStarCast: In addition to being a StarMakingRole for Creator/KurtRussell, the movie features six of the most famous and recognizable character actors of all time: Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/ErnestBorgnine, Creator/HarryDeanStanton, and Isaac Hayes.
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* AllStarCast: In addition to being a StarMakingRole for Creator/KurtRussell, the movie features six of the most famous and recognizable character actors of all time: Creator/LeeVanCleef, Creator/DonaldPleasence, Creator/ErnestBorgnine, Creator/HarryDeanStanton, and Isaac Hayes.Music/IsaacHayes.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/JohnCarpenter originally wrote the screenplay in 1976, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. Carpenter said, "The whole feeling of the nation was one of real cynicism about the President. I wrote the screenplay and no studio wanted to make it "because, according to Carpenter, "it was too dark, too violent, too scary, and too weird." He had been inspired by ''Film/DeathWish1974'', which was very popular at the time. He did not agree with the film's philosophy but liked how it conveyed "the sense of New York as a kind of jungle, and I wanted to make a science fiction film along these lines".
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An extrapolation of TheBigRottenApple into a dystopian [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 1997]] where Manhattan Island has been evacuated of its law-abiding residents and turned into a maximum-security prison.
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* BillingDisplacement: [[RealLifeRelative Season Hubley]] (the "girl in Chock Full O'Nuts"} is credited sixth in the end titles, above Creator/HarryDeanStanton (Brain) and Creator/AdrienneBarbeau (Maggie), who both have more important roles in the film. In comparison, Hubley's character only appears in a single scene.
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* BillingDisplacement: [[RealLifeRelative Season Hubley]] Hubley (the "girl in Chock Full O'Nuts"} is credited sixth in the end titles, above Creator/HarryDeanStanton (Brain) and Creator/AdrienneBarbeau (Maggie), who both have more important roles in the film. In comparison, Hubley's character only appears in a single scene.
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** The studio was not initially keen to hire Creator/KurtRussell as Snake Plissken due to his past work as a Disney kid and tried to counter-pitch director John Carpenter on either Creator/TommyLeeJones or Creator/CharlesBronson (an idea Carpenter shot down on the grounds that Bronson was too old). Other candidates for the role of Snake included Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/JeffBridges and Kris Kristofferson; Nolte and Bridges declined because they just weren't interested and the latter was declined by the studio due to the failure of ''Films/HeavensGate''. But Carpenter fought for Russell and he eventually won.
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** The studio was not initially keen to hire Creator/KurtRussell as Snake Plissken due to his past work as a Disney kid and tried to counter-pitch director John Carpenter on either Creator/TommyLeeJones or Creator/CharlesBronson (an idea Carpenter shot down on the grounds that Bronson was too old). Other candidates for the role of Snake included Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/NickNolte, Creator/JeffBridges and Kris Kristofferson; Nolte and Bridges declined because they just weren't interested and the latter was declined by the studio due to the failure of ''Films/HeavensGate''.''Film/HeavensGate''. But Carpenter fought for Russell and he eventually won.
