Escape From New York Movie Facts

4 of the most interesting Escape From New York facts you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Escape From New York movie message.

981, the scenes tracking Plissken (snake) gliding over New York was made to look like computer graphics but was really made with wire frame models & UV-florescent tape along the edges of the buildings to simulate computer graphics.
981, the scenes tracking Plissken (snake) gliding over New York was made to look like computer graphics but was really made with wire frame models & UV-florescent tape along the edges of the buildings to simulate computer graphics.
The digital display from Snakes glider is actually a scale model outlined in white and changed to green in post. This is because computers at the time that could accomplish this were "reserved for research work at large corporations and universities'- J.C. Wash
The digital display from Snakes glider is actually a scale model outlined in white and changed to green in post. This is because computers at the time that could accomplish this were "reserved for research work at large corporations and universities'- J.C. Wash

Escape From New York Movie Trivia Facts

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  1. Jamie Lee Curtis has a cameo as both the narrator and voice of the computer.

Escape From New York Easter Eggs

Hidden objects, characters, easter eggs, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.

  • 1 - The girl that Snake Plissken hides out in the Chuck Full O'Nuts with is played by his then wife Season Hubley.
    The girl that Snake Plissken hides out in the Chuck Full O'Nuts with is played by his then wife Season Hubley.
Escape From New York poster
Escape From New York poster

Escape From New York Plot

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Cast and Details

Here are the full cast and crew of Escape From New York. The goofs, crazy credits, and trivia they have performed may have not taken your attention. Some are hidden for a reason, while others randomly forgotten.

Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director John Carpenter
Stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
IMDB score 7.2

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