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Escape from New York | 1981 | Plissken Style | Japanese B2

25May2017

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Escape from New York | 1981 | Plissken Style | Japanese B2

Escape from New York is a 1981 film directed by John Carpenter. It was co-produced with Larry Franco and Debra Hill. The screenplay was co-written by John Carpenter and Nick Castle who collaborated with Carpenter previously by portraying Michael Myers in Halloween. Escape from New York stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau. The storyline is set in dystopian crime-ridden United States of 1997. Manhattan Island in New York City has been converted into the country’s sole maximum security prison. Following a crash involving Air Force One, the US President is captured by prisoners currently held on Manhattan Island. An ex-soldier and federal prisoner Snake Plissken is given 24 hours to find and save the US P...

Escape from New York | 1981 | Liberty Style | Japanese B2

23May2017

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Escape from New York | 1981 | Liberty Style | Japanese B2

Escape from New York is a 1981 film directed by John Carpenter. It was co-produced with Larry Franco and Debra Hill. The screenplay was co-written by John Carpenter and Nick Castle who collaborated with Carpenter previously by portraying Michael Myers in Halloween. Escape from New York stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau. The storyline is set in dystopian crime-ridden United States of 1997. Manhattan Island in New York City has been converted into the country’s sole maximum security prison. Following a crash involving Air Force One, the US President is captured by prisoners currently held on Manhattan Island. An ex-soldier and federal prisoner Snake Plissken is given 24 hours to find and save the US P...

31Mar2017

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The Cannonball Run | 1981 | UK Quad

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 film directed by Hal Needham. It was produced by Albert S. Ruddy with Brock Yates writing the screenplay. Cannonball Run features an all-star cast including Burt Reynolds, Jackie Chan, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dom DeLuise. The film is based on an actual cross-country road race, the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash an event where anything goes, all-stops-out - and very much illegal. The road race held four times during the 70s and starts at the Red Ball Garage on 31st Street, New York City and ends at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, Los Angeles. Later the start was held from the Lock, Stock and Barrel Restaurant in Darien, Connecticut. It was organised by Brock Yates to raise awa...

12Jan2017

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The Fog | 1980 | Final | Japan B2

The Fog (also known as John Carpenter's The Fog) is a 1980 film directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay and created the music for the film. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh and Hal Holbrook. It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps in over a small coastal town in California, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners who were killed in a shipwreck there exactly 100 years before. The Fog was Carpenter's first theatrical film after the success of his 1978 horror film Halloween, which also starred Jamie Lee Curtis. Although initially given mixed reviews, the film has gained a positive reception in later years and has achieved a cult following years since its release. A remake of the film was made in 2005. As ...