Escape from New York Extended Opening Sequence (Fan Edit)

[@morganstorey6380]

Very, very well done. Carpenter should have never cut this scene. Really lends itself to the overall darkness of the film.

[@MrCarpen7er]

Morgan Storey he had to. Audiences at the time on screen tests were confused, so he cut it

[@JaySports644]

@@MrCarpen7er Plus it gave away his humane side that we see at the end with Cabbie, Brain and Maggie's eventual death, when he begs her to keep moving. He unwraps like an emotional onion throughout the movie and his dismay at Taylors death would have spoiled that. Good scene never the less.

[@carlogiga]

The scene is wonderful, but removed due to a simple reason: for making Snake's character more darker, presenting him in the scene where he is chained and then he talks with Hauk. Introducing Snake at this point was perfect to create more tension (in my opinion, obviously).

[@michaeloneale1267]

Absolutely agree. Never seen that before. Thank you.

[@mikegarrens5286]

This was incredible!!! I don't know why they deleted it. I must have seen escape from New York over 50 times. Literally this is the first time I've ever seen this. They should have put this in right after they ran the opening credits

[@lmanher]

John Carpenter would be proud. Wonderful job.

[@bradsexton2315]

The thing that always stuck out in this movie for me was it's main score theme. I haven't watched this movie in decades but that theme is still fresh in mind. 80's films did have some catchy scores.

[@ursa_margo]

It's John Carpenter, the director. He also wrote the music. His style is very individual

[@josephtiernan622]

Exactly as it should be. This scene should never have been cut.

[@sbrute66]

Agreed. I watched EFNY a million times when it first aired on HBO in the early 80's. It definitely felt something was missing at the beginning.

[@romero329]

The scene humanizes Snake too much. And makes him seem like a dummy for escaping on a subway car that could easily be tracked. John Carpenter and Kurt Russell agreed that this sequence detracts from the overall story.

[@brionbraziel7968]

Absolutely goddamn right, it should have stayed. It shows his loyalty and later why they needed him, balance, and integrity of instincts of survival. Still human, hates the system of humans.

[@shermanstewart1524]

I strongly agree with you on that.

[@patriotide8750]

In a way I understand why they cut it to give snake more mystery but I still wish it was put in

[@seeker406]

"San Francisco ain't bad" That's how you know this isn't really the future.

[@normanred9212]

Yep lol

[@thepassionofthegoose5472]

Great job, but I love how the final product turned out. The movie takes place over one day. It has a pace to it that few films since have managed.

[@DeathBringer769]

I do like though how with this version he starts and ends the movie by basically saying "I'm too tired" in different contexts, lol. He says it to Taylor about counting the money, and he also says it to Hauk at the end of the movie about being too tired to kill him, comes full circle ;)

[@MEBoisv]

Thank you for doing this. Some fan edits have legitimate value.

[@wealthmaterialized]

When you see those opening credits and John Carpenter's name and then that signature synth music kicks in you know you're in for one hell of a ride🗽

[@cynicaloptimist970]

This is the way I always watch "Escape from New York"; first I look up the deleted scene and then start the movie. I really hope they'll update the movie eventually; with this opening-scene, more modern computer screens at the police headquarters, and maybe (just maybe) remove the year completely and say something like "7 years from now"...

[@DeathBringer769]

Yea, I always do the same thing and watch this right before I watch the movie ;)

[@MarcosLopez-yz2wr]

LMFAO, I need to try that. Thx

[@admiralackbar1286]

I don't mind it being alternate universe and set in 97 with 80's tech (there was a war with Russia going on in this timeline after all). I would like a better explanation for the lack of a nuclear war though. You read a timeline history on this series and it says something like "and everyone decided not to". That works up until someone's losing...

[@stephenandrzejewski6765]

*cough* 3 months from now

[@ursa_margo]

No, director cuts scenes for a reason. This long sequence is not needed in this movie

[@Watermellowable]

This is the edit I always hoped for: incredible.

[@MegaJetJaguar]

The rules are simple. Once you go in, you don't come out. Unless you're Snake Plissken, that is.

[@wealthmaterialized]

ie Solid Snake👈 ie Sam Fisher👈🗽

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

"SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE"!!!

[@williamr3840]

BRILLIANT film! 10 out of 10. Thanks for posting! :0)

[@SnakeMovies]

Congratulations. You're a billionaire. This should be the Extended Version of EFNY. First the deleted opening scene, then the credits and main movie!

[@michaelr4750]

thanks for uploading that scene.

[@Frogo64]

This should be made a option in home video releases -Theatrical Cut -Extended Cut We get options for other settings -Aspect Ratio -Language -Subtitles -Commentary It would honestly be a easy addition

[@trissloan2340]

Only saw 20 seconds of this on a VHS Director's Cut from 1994. Fantastic!!!!! It is like never before released JFK Dealey Plaza footage from another angle and extended.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@noahahlstrom3834]

Still holds up. 4th of July, 2020, in an age of riots and disease

[@Chunkboi]

Man, Jack O’Neill fell on hard times after the StarGate program. First that incident in Antarctica, now this.

[@chrismitchell4808]

Yup, I'd definitely put this in the start before the movie introduction credit title starts

[@SIKE01]

one of the most iconic action heroes

[@benjaminmartinez6139]

Love this .never had an idea this existed I'm 39 as of 2020 . Bought the dvd over 10 years ago . Thank u so much for posting. I'm on the fence of whether it should be in the movie or not but should have been on the dvd . We knew snake was a convicted bank robber and war hero so no I dont think it makes snake look bad but I like the quick start of the movie without . The 3 people(bizarros imo )who gave this a thumbs down must really think otherwise is my faintest guess I can think of for a thumbs down

[@samuelglass6805]

First of all, I had no idea that this deleted scene was finally available! Second, I had no idea that STEVE RAILSBACK was cast as "Taylor!" Great job on integrating the sequence into the movie as it should've been, before the main credits.

[@petervidovich8351]

Actor is Joe Unger

[@SciFi65]

Well done :)

[@sbrute66]

I watched Carpenter's 2nd best movie, EFNY, a million times when it first aired on hbo in the early 80s. I'm just now finding out about this deleted scene. I knew back then something important was missing from the movie. This was it..😂

[@lordvader282]

A true classic.

[@Anomalous602]

You could tell snake liked tanner and even trusted him.

[@jacoballen3267]

Thank you! This is how it should be

[@troyc4250]

Jamie Lee Curtis announcing the bank robbery...

[@JimAllder11]

I don't know who keeps putting that on imdb, but it has been confirmed by Jamie Lee Curtis herself that the voice of the narrator in this film, along with Escape From L.A., is actually Kathleen Blanchard.

[@ryang790]

and the start saying ' once you go in u dont come out..'

[@187mrsmith]

At least you know he is a go friend although that's Ultimately what got him caught was coming back to check up on us friend!

[@fluffdegoss]

I like this a lot. Very well done.

[@SylvainMiron]

Best opening ever Russell...heat deniro 😂

[@jamesalvarado3961]

They don't make movies like this anymore.

[@onlyme219]

If ever a movie deserved a prequel its this one

[@onlyme219]

@@ElleDriver300 ok grumpy

[@vampyrelycan99]

What's that synth music from 5:58 to 7:15?

[@JimAllder11]

Precisely what I've always had in mind.

[@rileytuhoski1775]

So, you’re the Duke!!!!

[@genghispecan]

I did not realize this deleted scene was filmed in Atlanta's MARTA system.

[@mydv9305txdied]

Very good.

[@JKeays100]

Watched it two.time Great movie

[@ursa_margo]

People who claim that deleted scenes should be shoehorned back into movies have no taste in cinema

[@Bipolarvideos]

Should've left his disguise on

[@lukejaywalker777]

Well done.

[@jedi1josh]

While I applaud what you did here, after watching it I realize that this scene wasn't necessary and the decision to cut it was the right one.

[@GLORIOUSCHONK]

In my opinion, it's a good idea to watch the actual movie, then this deleted scene, then watch it again.

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

this opening reminds me of scanners or day of the dead.

[@Buck3366]

One of my top ten films. The ultimate anti hero. 😎

[@Buck3366]

nickys34 Thankyou very much Jesse Ventura.

[@MrCarpen7er]

nickys34 lol go fuck yourself asshole

[@kirkplissken8454]

If someone accused Plissken of worshiping the Dark Lord, he'd light a smoke, smile and say "Dark lord of what?" Snake is CLEARLY an atheist, and certainly not the type to worship any higher power. He is an island unto himself. He'd 'Texas switch' the Necronomicon with a vintage copy of Col. Rex Applegate's KILL OR GET KILLED and say to Satan "You better start reading...your gonna need the edge, asshole."

[@julianbudde2228]

What is the music in the Background?? This music is Not on the escape from new York OST.

[@KFXG]

I've never seen this movie before, so this fan edit is my first exposure to this. No clue what's different from the original, but so far I like it.

[@jimthomas777]

KFXG , the first 8 minutes of what you seen right here is not in the original movie when it was released , the first time we get to see Snake Plissken is when he is getting off the prison bus and we are only told that he robbed a bank , here we got to see them Rob the bank , Do you know what they did to Fresno Bob ?

[@user-ug1yq6zt5t]

"let's go! QUICK!!" *Proceeds to run to furthest door* 3:12 He missed TWO open doors!! Not one... But fucking TWO! THAT'S probably why this scene got deleted.. Dead eye didn't see em comin.

[@Atomykpimp]

If there were a Mount Rushmore of action Heroes. Snake would absolutely be on it!

[@natanmandala]

Who is the actor in green? This is so awsome. I can't get enough of Kurt Russell and John Carpenter...SBN RESONATE

[@S_C_O_R_P_I_O_31]

Why don't they remake this movie?

[@jimthomas777]

same voice in the bank , subway and at the prison , jobs were hard to find in 1997 unless you made President Pods

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Automation is a bitch when it steals jobs.

[@mfuji02]

3D remaster please John

[@mk.1175]

It's here now

[@Joeyblackblue1408]

Where is car Jack

[@jamesmorant1406]

Great Scene But John Carpenter felt it gave to much Backstory For Snake

[@koalabrownie]

No, in an interview Carpenter said that he screened the movie for some of his director friends and the movie didn't hit hard with them- they were confused as to what the movie was about. So he cut the sequence and it went over a lot better.

[@devildogg061]

Was that Fresno Bob that got killed?

[@jamessullivan4391]

devildogg061 yeah, not Taylor. It’s Fresno Bob, dammit!

[@rogerlpeterson5536]

Why would you switch into that outfit if you did not want to draw attention to yourself. I'm just wondering

[@Retro-Future-Land]

It may have had a tracker embedded in it?

[@olorinmithrandir8536]

call me Snake

[@kathleankeesler1639]

Thank you for this fine entertainment- 2020 COVID 19 staying at home here in politically surged Olympia Washington

[@tomaszsadowski1515]

i don't know , why Witold Gadowski mentioned this film, but kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGbcp6CsZdJ1j8U

[@Cacowninja]

0:34

[@chazzlucas6395]

Is Snakes partner Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs ? It sounds like him

[@TheAdge50]

Ted Levine was also the dad in the hills have eyes and the chief police officer in the fast and the furious

[@chrissmeaton719]

Wwwoo😢😢😢

[@jacquesdelafetedelahathcoa3681]

Some secrets you take to your grave. The John Carpenter way.

[@ursa_margo]

I can clearly see why they cut this cold open. It is completely unneccessary and destroys the pacing of the movie.

[@plissken94th57]

I personally believe Escape from New York inspired Kojima on the creation of solid snake and metal gear solid

[@Mabus16]

Personally believe? He's talked about the influence at length, the opening cutscene of Metal Gear was a direct homage to this scene, too.

[@messiahmozgus]

@@Mabus16 I personally believe that Duke Nukem took tons of quotes from Aliens, Dirty Harry, Evil Dead II, Full Metal Jacket, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, and They Live. But that's just my personal belief.

[@robertsbud3226]

Your early

[@robertsbud3226]

Where's the exited people

[@AtticTapes14]

ESCAPE FROM LA WAY MORE FUN AND EXCITING. NEE YORK DRAGS ON WAY TOO LONG

[@wegotlumpsofitroundtheback5065]

Wow. I have a copy of the shooting script but I didn't know he actually shot this.