#Escape from New York (1981)

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Australian One Sheet (27" x 40") | ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) | x

Set in the not-too-distant future world of 1997, John Carpenter's hugely entertaining sci-fi envisions Manhattan Island as a high-security prison: one which one-eyed criminal Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) must infiltrate to rescue the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence).

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Kurt Russell - Escape from New York (1981)

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Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981) Alternative Poster by Gokaiju

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Escape from New York (1981) co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter

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John Carpenter - Escape from New York (1981)

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another @hurtmuscle big brain moment inspired drawing… we call this one “the big thing in new york” and you know what that’s absolutely amazing

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1981

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Escape from New York (1981) - Deleted intro scene -

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Escape from New York

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Escape from New York (1981) John Carpenter

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Adrienne Barbeau, Escape From New York, John Carpenter, 1981

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Escape from New York (1981) Art by Gokaiju.

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Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken in 1981’s Escape from New York—co-written, co-scored, and, yep, directed by John Carpenter—shared the screen with some seriously cool cats: Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, and Harry Dean Stanton, for starters.

Carpenter first penned the script back in 1976, taking cues from real-life shenanigans—like everyone’s post-Watergate distrust of the President—and from the gritty vibes and vigilante swagger of Charles Bronson in Death Wish.

Production ran from August to November 1980, and—plot twist—it all went down in East St. Louis, Illinois. Why there? Because rebuilding a crumbling New York in the Midwest was way cheaper, and the local landscape already had that perfect “urban decay” look.

When Escape from New York hit theaters in the summer of ’81, it raked in over $50 million on a lean $6 million budget. It’s still one of the coolest flicks ever, marking Kurt Russell’s full-blown emergence as a Hollywood leading man—a mantle he’s totally crushing to this day.

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want to draw a snake and jack burton piece eventually so this was kind of a warm up for drawing snake :)