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Escape from L.A.
Year:
Duration:
101 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.6
Director:
John Carpenter
Awards:
2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1996-08-09
Filming Locations: Courthouse Square, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $50,000,000
Opening Weekend: $8,912,557 (USA) (11 August 1996)
Gross: $25,477,365 (USA) (17 November 1996)
Cast
Actor
Character
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Steve Buscemi
Map to the Stars Eddie
Peter Fonda
Pipeline
Cliff Robertson
President
Valeria Golino
Taslima
Stacy Keach
Cmdr. Malloy
Pam Grier
Hershe Las Palmas
Bruce Campbell
Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
Georges Corraface
Cuervo Jones
Michelle Forbes
Brazen
A.J. Langer
Utopia
Ina Romeo
Hooker
Peter Jason
Duty Sergeant
Jordan Baker
Police Anchor
Caroleen Feeney
Woman on Freeway
Paul Bartel
Congressman
Tom McNulty
Officer
Jeff Imada
Saigon Shadow
Breckin Meyer
Surfer
Robert Carradine
Skinhead
Shelly Desai
Cloaked Figure
Leland Orser
Test Tube
Kathleen Blanchard
Female Narrator (voice)
William Luduena
Mescalito
Gabriel Castillo
Mescalito
William Peña
Jacket Mescalito
David Perrone
US Cleric Justice
Greg Anthony
Armed Street Thug (uncredited)
Julien Cesario
Mescalito
Bojesse Christopher
Surfer
Nick Danger
Himself (uncredited)
Brian Freifield
Hanging Victim
Isaac Hayes
Guard at Basketball Court
Joseph B. Henry
Black Gang Member (uncredited)
Al Leong
Hershe Gang Member (uncredited)
James Lew
Hershe Gang Member (uncredited)
Deirdre O'Brien
Punker Girl
Angela Torrez Parker
Hooker
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Gang Member (uncredited)
Wyatt Russell
Orphan Boy
John Sencio
Skinhead in Alley
Aiden Starr
Surgeon General Nurse (uncredited)
Johnny Torres
Mescalito
Vivicca A. Whitsett
Bitch Gang Leader
Did you know?
Trivia
According to an interview with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell not only came up with but wrote the entire ending of the movie.
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During the hijacking, Utopia is wearing a big pin on her suit that says "True Love Waits", according to the virginity pledge of the TLW program.
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Kurt Russell's first and only writing credit.
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Goofs
No matter what the technology, an electromagnetic pulse will not damage a battery, as is claimed in the film.
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In the final fight scene between Snake and Cuervo, Cuervo's knife disappears occasionally from the ground.
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During the fight after the basketball game, Cuervo drops the black box twice.
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Quotes
Snake Plissken: You'd better hope I don't make it back!
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Snake Plissken: Welcome to the human race.
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Taslima: What are you doing here in LA?
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Faq
Q
Isn't Snake's decision incredibly selfish and illogical?
A
Depends on your point of view. Snake's decision is to essentially turn Earth's history back to the Victorian era, pre-electricity, where a man like him would flourish as a self-reliant gunfighter and despeardo. On the other hand it's suggested that humankind has deteriorated into tyranny so he essentially tears a corrupt society down and replaces it with a more egalitarian society 'Cabin in the Woods' style instead.
Q
What is "Escape From Earth"?
A
Director John Carpenter commented just before the release of Escape From L.A. (1996) that IF this movie was successful then he would consider a third movie and that the only place left for Snake to escape from would be Earth. "Escape From Earth" was just an idea - Carpenter never even gave that title, it's just something people assumed it would be called.Escape From L.A. evidentley was not a commercial success and so the idea of a third movie went no further than Carpenter's comment.
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