| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Manhattan Island has become a maximum security prison. When the American President's plane is hijacked and crashed on the island, he is taken hostage by a gangland warlord. Sent to the rescue is Snake Plissken, former war hero now a convicted criminal. To ensure the safe return of the President, the police commisioner has had tiny bombs implanted in Plissken's neck. If he gets the President out in 24 hours, he gets a pardon, if not, the bombs will detonate and rupture his major arteries |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of FOX Classics broadcast February 20, 2008. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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A Debra Hill production |
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For mature audiences |
| Credits |
Photography, Dean Cundey ; film editor, Todd Ramsay ; writers, John Carpenter, Nick Castle ; music by John Carpenter in association with Alan Howarth |
| Cast |
Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Originally released by CEL (Distributor), 1981 |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films
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Science fiction films
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| Author |
Russell, Kurt
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Hayes, Isaac
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Pleasence, Donald
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Borgnine, Ernest, 1915-
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Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-
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Barbeau, Adrienne, 1949-
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Van Cleef, Lee, 1925-
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Franco, Larry J
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Carpenter, John, 1948-
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Hill, Debra
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Castle, Nick
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FOX Classics
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