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Escape from New York
11:20 pm - 01:25 am Friday, September 18
Escape from New York
Former special forces soldier Snake Plissken is sentenced to life on Manhattan Island, an anarchic penal colony for the most dangerous criminals. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes there, Snake is coerced into rescuing the US president from prisoners holding him hostage. John Carpenter's sci-fi action adventure, with Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Lee Van Cleef, Adrienne Barbeau and Isaac Hayes
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- Kurt Russell — Actor as Snake Plissken
- Lee Van Cleef — Actor as Bob Hauk
- Donald Pleasence — Actor as President
- Isaac Hayes — Actor as Duke of New York
- Adrienne Barbeau — Actor as Maggie
- Harry Dean Stanton — Actor as Brain
- Ernest Borgnine — Actor as Cabby
- Frank Doubleday — Actor as Romero
- John Carpenter — Director
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