Escape From New York Opening Credits (With Original Theme & Prologue)

Since I saw that no one uploaded the intro with the original theme track, I thought I'd do it myself.
DO KNOW, I TAKE NO CREDIT IN MAKING THIS OTHER THAN CUTTING OUT THIS SEGMENT FROM THE MOVIE; MOVIE MADE BY JOHN CARPENTER

[@johnnymidnight2982]

One of my colleagues in grad school went to high school in Kentucky. He hated Math, but his Math teacher was pretty cool. One day, his teacher called him after class about his poor grades and gave him a lecture. The teacher said, "I once had a student much like you. He never paid attention and drew comics and wrote bizarre stories in his notebook. He ended up directing movies in Hollywood." My friend asked, "Who was that?" The teacher answered, "Have you ever heard of John Carpenter?"

[@anibalsalcedo3907]

read this lines bro is the best ! thx for this history !! hugs

[@anibalsalcedo3907]

Carpenter for me is a hero and Snake is the salvation of the world!

[@royalerathcliff5703]

😎👍

[@ericsantana1184]

That should be part of a John Carpenter biopic.

[@miguelthenyfan0363]

When did this happened, and what was Carpenter's film at that time?

[@abdulqudz89]

breaking out is impossible. breaking in is insane. love this movie.

[@JBM39-b5u]

Totally insane

[@druunderwood5602]

With all due respect Mr President you're both fucking idiots.

[@druunderwood5602]

Now get me out of this god damn bio bed!

[@mikegarrens5286]

Still on my top ten films of all time!

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

This is like Kurt Russell's Escape From North Korea example reference. Kathleen Blanchard: The entire North Korean nation becomes the new worldwide maximum security prison. Imagine such a Korean banned movie.

[@greglaplante7593]

You knew this was going to be a bad ass movie with this opening score .

[@donberry6079]

Amen!

[@axel4196]

Indeed!

[@alphabarre9096]

Right away indeed.

[@waseem23]

All of John Carpenters movies have a great score.

[@richardsmith8790]

It just reeks of that 80's magic

[@Mater-Suspiriorum]

My heart soars whenever I hear this track.

[@rojaws1183]

Indeed. One of the best intros ever.

[@Bhatt_Hole]

My bowels soar.

[@aurex8937]

Same. Wait, that might be a stro-

[@demon-ui8ui]

Reminds me of the good old 80s

[@MRJK87.]

Hopefully in a stealth glider

[@ConcreteSurfer420]

any remake of this would be inferior to John Carpenter's original 1981 Classic!! I mean this film is perfect!!

[@davidnetterwald1846]

No argument here. Escape From New York is my favorite John Carpenter movie of all time. The movie is an absolute masterpiece.

[@musicmanfelipe]

Maybe you can think of Escape from LA as a remake, since it’s the exact same plot.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

@@musicmanfelipe I really think the reason why its basically a remake is cause of the high ups at universal started sticking their nose in to much and basically nuttered John and told him basically remake New York with CGI cause john and kurt had an idea for Escape from Las Vegas and it was gonna be animated never happened now kurt helped with the screenplay for LA but I think it was for Snake so I cant blame him to much

[@willnovak4173]

It’s by no means a perfect film, but it doesn’t need to be because it excels at having a captivating atmosphere and a tone that couldn’t be replicated if they tried to remake it. I could see some people finding the film boring, that’s fair enough, but the thought of somebody remaking this to cater to those people is terrifying, especially since it’s rumoured they’re remaking Big Trouble in Little China with The Rock... **shudders**

[@cptkerafreen3872]

Yeah..nobody can remake a classic like this!

[@MegaCrocosaurus92]

For some reason, I love John Carpenter's opening title sequences. Not just for the music (which is awesome) but just how simple and slow paced they are. No fancy graphics or effects, just the names and crew positions. Nothing more to set the tone.

[@ScreamingScallop]

True. Compare this to the opening of Escape From L.A., which tacks on a bunch of pointless and annoying green-vector graphics, wipes and sound effects that suggest a video game from over a decade prior.

[@Don1970]

Always liked the font style too. And of course his name come up followed by movie title.

[@mikemcglasson1286]

I get what you're saying. I like Kubrick's opening title sequences for the same reason

[@johnnymidnight2982]

@@Don1970 That font is Albertus MT. Epic specimen.

[@evanfehr3819]

Reminds me of law and order

[@FrankNFurter1000]

'There are no guards inside the prison, only prisoners and the worlds they have made. The rules are simple: Once you go in, you don't come out.' - So wonderful how so few words can haunt our imaginations with the nightmare that New York becomes in this film.

[@jerryr3752]

Once you go into Central Park at night, you don't come out!!!!

[@el-kiote]

@@jerryr3752 I almost did that last time I was there to test the theory. Glad I didn't.

[@markelijio6012]

That was Jamie Lee Curtis (Mrs. Christopher Guest), who did the narration for the 1981 hit film.

[@robertcarmosino6563]

WAIT

[@zippymufo9765]

​@@markelijio6012That's just a Internet rumor. Carpenter has always denied that it's Curtis, and she's never been asked AFAIK.

[@Rcdvst808]

Brilliant film. Dark gritty 80s shit at its finest.

[@mynameisawesomeman]

Still feel it could have been a bit more gritty, but I guess it was already pushing it for the early 80s... still a great film

[@DEthe5150]

@@mynameisawesomeman *grittier. And I wholeheartedly agree.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

@@mynameisawesomeman No, just put in more action scenes à la Rambo and it would have been perfect. This could easily have been a "Rambo in the city"- franchise and it could have been actually good.

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

I love late 70 early 80’s movie when they deal with the future they never bothered to sugarcoat the possibility of a shitty future for us

[@nathancoleman7921]

New York is not the same without The 2 towers of the world trade center.

[@44excalibur]

I know. What's Snake supposed to land his glider on?

[@stephenlynch2193]

TOATLY agree with u. Nathan Coleman..

[@odinr0xx]

King Kong

[@robzilla730]

I heard they were due to be condemned when they went down.

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

@@robzilla730 maybe see someone about your hearing... 🤔

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Oh gosh this takes me back to my childhood. Seeing this in '82, aged 10 blew me away. Just love Snake.

[@kenweser4773]

Nicholas Dickens My all time favorite movie, saw it in 82 and it blew me away. Wonderful music too, love it.

[@planetofthegapes]

Happy 50th

[@dtvjho]

Saw it in the theater in Philly at the time. I was an older teen. The graphics and music were very futuristic for the time, music synths weren't common, neither were vector graphics.

[@patwiggins6969]

Probably one of the last movies I saw in a drive-in. Good times!

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

... The name's Pliskin!

[@kingvillechannel5411]

One of the greatest movie themes of all times!

[@markcastelletti483]

It is the ringtone on my phone

[@user-ng4wt9bg4w]

@@markcastelletti483Brilliant ringtone 👍

[@daviddrake6875]

@@markcastelletti483hey I like that where can I get that for my iPhone 11?

[@clank4001]

Jamie Lee Curtis uncredited cameo in this opening reading the intro

[@007beck9]

clank4001 Jamie Lee Curtis also did the the voice on the telephone operator and the curfew speaker in Halloween III Season of the Witch

[@clank4001]

ah nice did not know!

[@hipsterdoofez8558]

clank4001 everyone knows that duh

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

clank4001 I didn't know either, so we must not be as "hip" as some ppl think they are

[@janesgems7]

Sounded like Jamie Lee to me.

[@TheYorkshireDigger]

As that ominous tone starts we all become Snake Plissken

[@juliaturrentine2278]

The Yorkshire Digger I thought we all were dead.

[@cptkerafreen3872]

LOL!!!

[@erickhart5741]

Whispxering grass

[@irwinisidro]

President of what?

[@DomPeriod]

@@irwinisidro That's not funny, Plissken.

[@chination1796]

John Carpenter was way ahead of his time with this one

[@johncreasy8752]

CHI Nation ikr, lightyears

[@ryan4ever956]

Amen

[@Kamandi1971]

oh yes

[@Andor2022]

Hell yes ..I have spoken

[@TotallyGoodatGames]

Can he truly be ahead of his time when no other movie themes sound like this even now?

[@MyAkira88]

Once you go in you don't come out.

[@DragonBall-vg9dy]

Nicole Leopoldine Staudigl Awesome!

[@KManXPressTheU]

That is one BIG Roach Motel...

[@danpettis1675]

just like a roach motel

[@M1tjakaramazov]

Jamie Lee Curtis sounds cold as fuck... 😍

[@PSS521]

This is basically what Australia was for the British

[@danpettis1675]

exactly

[@danpettis1675]

so...if you really think about it .most Australians 6 times great grandfathers were criminals

[@dceufan]

@P S - RRRRRROOOOOOOFFFFFFLLLLLLLL

[@Ugh000]

It was

[@Ugh000]

2100 the Manhattan Republic rises

[@deanmccauley1356]

I will never stop loving this movie. Ever. I feel privileged to have watch Carpenter play this live. Only realised about 5 years back that Jamie Lee Curtis is the narrator here too😊

[@sparky_boomstick]

John Carpenter denies it's Jamie whenever he's asked. Jamie has never confirmed it and she gets no credit in the movie. So it's nothing more than a rumor.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I feel lucky just to have seen it at a theatre at a retro screening even if some asshole brought their kid to a violent R-rated movie

[@etienneleroi9515]

She’s also in Halloween III on the phone

[@daviddrake6875]

Yes I like all of that. A synergistic combination.

[@Marco_MM7]

After the Cuomo and DeBlasio administration...

[@llg3pe]

All I know is whoever did Adrienne Barbeau’s wardrobe in this movie gets my thumbs up.

[@aurex8937]

HAHAHA, would give you a thousand thumbs up if I could. Seriously though, Carpenter probably had something to do with that... him and Adrienne Barbeau were still married in 1981.

[@BB-fd2rf]

Tits! 👍

[@albundy774]

@@BB-fd2rf HOOTERS!!!

[@davecoalwood9487]

It's not My thumbs that are up!

[@GFSagredo]

🤣man Adrienne was hot! So long for hot, badass, well-written female characters, now we have the She-Hulks and the Reys.

[@clank4001]

I remember this when I was a kid. the film was built up as this ominous, futuristic thing (I would come to learn was called a dystopian future) and this music, for then this came out ('81ish?) the style of it, the plodding credits, etc. totally set the tone. timeless yet specific to the early 80's. The music transcends what ultimately is not so much an action film as is this drama with a little violence. Snake is a boss in this.

[@gochem3013]

clank4001 You brake the law.

[@brianmuir8783]

Jamie Lee Curtis does the narration in case anyone was wondering

[@ANDRE1mang]

Wow just noticed that! So cool.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

Wasn't she also the voice on the town (Santa Mira) loudspeaker in Halloween 3?

[@olengagallardo8551]

John Carpenter was right,this is the future of America..

[@kyleshiflet9952]

And the president of the United States from Escape from LA sums up Trump's idea of America

[@wildmanbeyond]

We need a Snake Plissken right now🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@Taztiger7272]

The more I think this movie is exactly what is about to happen soon. NY is wrecked per the Pres'. It's ruined he moved to FL this can happen we already Have the USPF next a wall a wall around Manhatten.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

@YoMama get lost you racist asshole

[@snackoman1577]

@YoMama rent free

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

THIS is how you open a movie, Hollywood!! A truly lost artform.

[@PastorinoOlivier]

Big John is the Man not only in movies but in music. This man is a genius so underrated in his own country. My little tribute to this great song if you have 3 minutes to spare : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGKlo2lvnqhrndk

[@kyleshiflet9952]

I totally agree

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

80's flicks are still the best !

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Theres a Genesis game called Subterrania that has very similar mission briefings maybe it was inspired by this or they just happened to use the same formula

[@vincecommando7575]

John Carpenter is one of those filmmakers that is very much like an artist. He paints such visually compelling worlds that you can't bear to tear your eyes off they for a second. That's one of the reasons why he is a pure genius.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Just like how the THING had no women just men. He cut all the bullshit and just made uncompromised movies without worrying about demographics

[@jorgeldejesus8465]

1981 NY fictional state 2020 NY reality state Sadly,we don't have a Bob Snake Plissken

[@daviddrake6875]

Or a Jack Bauer.

[@2439vloe]

Not many people know that is Jamie Lee Curtis' voice.

[@stagehand113]

Great music...great movie.....great cast! I absolutely love this film. Everything about this film is great!!

[@AdorationChapel]

Some of you may be wondering what the 80's were like. And if you had a time machine, you might pick a time to go back to. Well movies were popular. We had a lot more movie theaters. Chances are you had a local movie theater and could walk to one. Music was big. Bruce Springsteen drew a big crowd to his concerts. Popular movies included: _Top Gun,_ _Aliens,_ and _Batman._ The first _Batman_ was so popular, and part of which made it so, was in reality because wherever you went, someone was wearing a Batman tee shirt. Camouflage pants were also popular, and were often seen being worn. Denim jackets were generally in vogue. Quiet Riot was a popular band. Billy Martin was the manager of the Yankees. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred. Mortin Downy Junior was spinning things up. Maury Povich had a popular news broadcast, for awhile. The _Wheel of Fortune_ and _Family Feud_ were even popular game shows back then, and are still on the air. Barbara Eden became more and more popular with her famous TV show being rebroadcast again and again and again. We had TV remote controls, but not everybody as yet then had them (worth mentioning that TV remotes were not a new technology, however). TV's still had a dial knob. Record players were standard equipment. Billy Joel was big. Yes, the 80's were a good time and, for me, the year was 1985. And yes, we still had Black and White televisions and the C-64, Atari 2600, and Coleco Vision were big with each new system progressively more popular. Our games were in 2-D. I could list some titles, but one of the big ones was PAC-MAN. As you can see, _Escape from New York_ was a memorable film. Cell phones existed, but nobody you knew had them -- too expensive. Perhaps the only way you knew such technology existed was because of Johnny Carson. Stallone and Schwarzenegger were making hit, money-making movies which are still popular and reinvigorated today. The Vietnam War did not end long before the 80's, so there was an interest in MIA soldiers and what happened to them. And some soldiers, who were in Vietnam, were in the first Gulf War in Iraq - liberating Kuwait. And I can't forget Chuck Norris. His _Delta Force_ film was a real force, because it was based on actual events. We were in the theater having had seen the _Delta Force_ .There was a real fight brewing in the movie house over respect for the actual soldiers portrayed in the film - he was probably a soldier (in retrospect). Some people thought it was a joke, it wasn't. Remember 9-11. Those things above were part of the 80's. I was there! *Addendum:* you can a see cell phone being used in the first _Lethal Weapon,_ an 80’s film.

[@AgeofPC]

Thanks for this man, thank you so much!

[@dionlicciadone8151]

nailed it .

[@barryserra2176]

Don't forget Reaganomics, star wars ( the movies AND the anti-missile defense system), the iran hostages. The fall of the wall in berlin, the original MTV, Simon says, you know, the one with the brain? Robocop, all those one hit wonders we heard on the radio. When texting was taking a pen and a piece of paper and writing a letter to someone and networking was a bunch of friends and relatives getting together and hanging around socializing ( or shootin' the shit) your choice. Playing tag and hide n seek, even in the dark. Yeah, it was a damn good time and this younger generation has no idea what its missed. Damn shame!

[@doctorx2105]

Well done dude.

[@Micktaylorify]

Ahhh ... shades of my youth! I had a helluva GOOD time. Don’t forget “The Lost Boys”, “Monster Squad”, “The Hidden”, “Weird Science”, “Back to School” and on and on. Only in the ‘80’s could a band like Oingo Boingo make it big. If I had a crystal ball to see what the future was like I would have doubled down on living life back then before it was over. Before REALITY stepped back in ... Edit: Honourable mention for “The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine” with Andrew “Dice” Clay. Yes, it came out in 1990 but it was made in the ‘80’s.

[@chrisfinch8637]

2:53 Narrator (Jamie Lee Curtis): In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent. The once great city of New York, becomes the one maximum security prison, for the entire country. A fifty-foot containment wall is erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem River, and down along the Brooklyn shoreline. It completely surrounds Manhattan Island. All bridges and waterways are mined. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped around the island. There are no guards inside the prison, only prisoners and the worlds they have made. The rules are simple: once you go in, you don't come out.

[@nmgn]

John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma made me proud to have grown up in the 80s! Boy, i miss those days!

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

spielberg, cameron, lucas, john mctiernan, clint eastwood, stallone, john hughes, scorsese, oliver stone

[@No-Lie-I-Want-To-Die]

​@@jameswilliams-zr8coThe Breakfast Club 👌🏻

[@DP-hy4vh]

George Miller (Mad Max films)

[@mikecotto1167]

Undoubtedly my favorite movie ever. I’ve seen this movie so many times that I know every single line of dialogue in the film. I can even listen to the original score and tell you when that piece is played in the film and exactly what’s going on in the film. I can’t honestly answer why it’s my favorite over other movies in my library other than the fact that I love dystopian films. They give it an Erie feeling in your psyche, making you feel uneasy. EFNY does all that.

[@daviddrake6875]

Yes I agree.

[@sosidecop64]

In 2022, inflation rises 400 percent.

[@Buddycoop1]

This is to good, as Escape from L.A. is bad. Wasteless sequel but this film was way ahead of it's time. Doesn't hurt to have one of the best main characters ever.

[@ADCC-qp2gk]

New york ran by democrats now city falling apart as we speak,this movie almost seems like it was a sign of trying to tell us something.

[@Concrete-xe5uc]

New York still has a long way to go, it’s not Baltimore or Detroit after all

[@russelmurphy4868]

"President of what?"

[@MarcusSinclair2]

You know i never thought growing up this would ever happen. After 9-11 The miltary actually did close off Manhattan for a couple days. They blocked all bridges and tunnels, there was no way in or out. For a brief moment it did feel like we were closed off.

[@K1ng1995]

I read somewhere that Marvel was going to treat the aftermath of the first Avengers movie as post 9/11 but that fell through, and that they were going to make an in universe mockumentary about how the world has changed both good and bad since the aliens invaded

[@erickus36]

This should be made into a video game! Play as Snake trying to Escape from NY! It would be awesome!

[@zanzalot]

It's called Metal Gear Solid.

[@bonglesnodkins329]

We actually approached Kurt Russell about the idea when I worked at Radical Games in Vancouver.

[@skylinefever]

Batman Arkham City could be considered similar to Escape From New York.

[@atiqurrahman4034]

@@bonglesnodkins329 have any idea what happened? The entire premise could be an excellent for a cyberpunk themed game.

[@bonglesnodkins329]

@@atiqurrahman4034 Wasn't my sub-team that pitched the project. My understanding is that we just couldn't put a deal together for it.

[@jasoncamp483]

The intro conveys the greatness of this movie well.

[@C-TOS]

Jason Camp your avatar conveys the greatness of the 80's. 👍

[@jasoncamp483]

Crurned Travels and Other Stories Thank you. It's hard to represent such a decade. There is so much to choose from! It was a different world then but one I loved with very fond memories.

[@JamesSmith-si7ts]

Escape for COVID NYC 2021

[@davidtroutman4483]

If John Carpenter hadn’t made movies like these Stranger Things would never have existed

[@davidtroutman4483]

John Carpenter is a great filmmaker there are others I love like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas Peter Jackson Christopher Nolan Ron Howard Martin Scorsese Francis Ford Coppola Stanley Kubrick Alfred Hitchcock Roger Corman David Cronenberg Wes Craven Orson Welles Hayao Miyazaki Isao Takahata Akira Kurosawa Mamoru Hosoda but to me John Carpenter is the man he is the filmmaker that pushed the boundaries of filmmaking he pushed it with this film I mean New York a maximum security prison they don’t imagine stuff like that anymore that’s why I love John Carpenter he pushes the boundaries of filmmaking he is the person that sparks my imagination and creativity and I think the best film he made that has sparked my imagination and creativity more is none other than Escape From New York this was Hollywood y’all this is Hollywood and I’ll love this movie as long as I live

[@angelotero7729]

Metal Gear Solid Snake was inspired by Snake Plissken for the game

[@bannanas117]

Should be reclassified as non-fiction at this point

[@P5kr]

It was proven that you can't land a pane on top of the World Trade Centre.

[@daviddrake6875]

No, future history without Yeshua of Nazareth. What Satan plans for the World. “As in the days of Noah” man’s imagination was violence all the time.

[@michaelhurt8679]

Carpenter's newer versions of this always leave out or minimize too much that incredible crescendo / high note that comes in on the 2nd chorus. Always gives me chills.

[@FilmsAtDusk]

Agreed! Managed to find a limited release of the soundtrack with both the original and remastered soundtracks. Always loved that high note. Just so perfectly executed

[@daviddrake6875]

Damn! Me too!

[@MasterMindWC]

Who's watching this in 2020 as people are literally escaping from New York?

[@afrules9097]

Here!

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

A bunch of northern refugees has come to my state as well

[@kellyedwards1635]

Yep me

[@DanielA-lb8td]

Yo I'm obviously watching this

[@daviddrake6875]

@@fratercontenduntocculta8161Hope they don’t bring New York with them.

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

The characters were so bad ass in this film they didn't leave a shadow, from Lee Van Cleef's 'Halk'' to Russell, Borgnine,Pleasence, Issac Hayes, Dean Stanton, Tom Atkins, Charkes Cyphers, Adriana Barbeau, Frank doubleday and even Season Hubley...brilliant casting...Carpenter ruled the 80's..ahh fond childhood memories

[@ルパン5世-m1o]

この映画は、俺が大学一年生の時に公開された。何回もシアターに通ったよ。NYを刑務所にするアイデアが、仰天モノだった。誰もこの映画のリメイクは出来ない。

[@Lurvy1963]

This movie may not have been well reviewed by critics during its release back in 1981. But today, I would consider Escape From New York a cult classic and up there with the first Halloween (1978), as one of John Carpenter's better films.

[@DC322]

John and Kurt team up with The Thing. Also a good classic horror film.

[@kendallrivers1119]

All of Carpenter's amazing classic were poorly reviewed at the time and then went on to become considered classics that now everybody loves. Just proves how stupid critics were then and can still be now.

[@kevinzachary9824]

2020....NOW.....

[@JamesSmith-si7ts]

Escape for COVID nyc 2020

[@fredbloggsreturns9200]

And now it's slowly happening,John Carpenter has warned us many times....Stacey Keach's dialogue with Snake in the sequel movie (escape to L.A.).."America is no smoking,no drinking,no red meat no sex out of licensed marriage.....".....don't say Carpenter did not warn us

[@spogeo45]

Thanks for adding this. I love this movie. Kurt Russell was great as Snake,

[@leestamm3187]

If ever an opening theme perfectly captured the feel of the movie, this is it.

[@americarsqueensland1667]

yes, it does indeed.

[@No-Lie-I-Want-To-Die]

Top Gun?

[@daviddrake6875]

Yes very haunting.

[@paddybear6995]

One of my fondest memories was on Christmas day in 1998 I got a portal TV with a VHS player as my gift, along with a few films. There was Total Recall and Escape from New York. I had watched AOP13 the previous year on BBC2 with my parents, who absolutely love John Carpenter's films, and always spoke about the music. I saw this not knowing what it was, watched it and loved it as a kid. Such a classic film and I'm so thankful for my parents being cool and introducing me to JC's films from an early age. For me, my top five films would be Christine, AOP13, Big Trouble (again, this was on one night and they remember the music and the big hats and love it), Escape from New York, and The Thing of course (which I watched with my older brother back in the early 2000s, and became one of my favourite films of all time. I hope that when I have children one day, I can introduce them to some amazing films.

[@RealDaveTalk]

With all the riots going on sadly it’s going to be the end of America this kind of reminds me of this movie

[@macantonioc]

Gonna have to build some walls around the hardest hit cities

[@aidanmercer9422]

It won’t be long before this movie becomes non-fiction.

[@daviddrake6875]

@@aidanmercer9422Yes what the father of lies wants.

[@frankdoe4940]

This is exactly what we need today in my opinion

[@romiboise]

2020 anyone?

[@samuelbarber6177]

Holy Jesus, this film was written by The Shape!

[@johnbaker7184]

The only thing wrong with it was it shouldn't have given the date when all this happened. Should have just said in the future.

[@glypharte375]

The COVID-19 pandemic gives a whole new meaning to Escape From New York

[@daviddrake6875]

Plandemic

[@djdefk2]

Basically this is England...NOW!

[@daviddrake6875]

Yes a rotten shame, and although my name is Drake and illustrious, I am American. I feel for you.

[@ooooo3999]

Thank you Cuomo and De Blasio for making this film reality 🥰

[@Marco_MM7]

You're goddamn right.

[@pablopaul6371]

Thank trump and pandemic even more

[@hank35682]

@@pablopaul6371 why do you people have to bring trump into everything like literally trump has nothing to do with ny whatsoever cuomo single handedly ruined New York State and same with the mayor of nyc

[@DieErzherzoginen]

And that, my friends, is a CAST

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

The future then was 25 years ago. Jesus.

[@swarnski8uu]

The best intro film narration ever, in my opinion.

[@mitchellwilliams2726]

Saw this movie when it came out. Thought wow could it get that bad, naugh...... now it sounds like a solution

[@davidnetterwald1846]

Coolest opening to a movie ever! Change my mind.

[@bentramer682]

Halloween 1979

[@jaimerosado4254]

I tell you Ridley Scott should’ve commissioned John Carpenter to do the music for Blade Runner instead of Vangelis.

[@まるこめつるぴかさん]

このオープニングめっちゃ好き！ でもタイトルがニューヨーク1997だけど､ 2022年の今になっても､この映画の様な 科学が発達した未来社会には全然なって無いw

[@mr.nibblenips4231]

The rules are simple...once you go in... you don't come out.

[@shanej.w4822]

"Once you go in, you don't come out". Not if you're a Badass like Snake Plissken, my favourite Anti-Hero of all times!

[@gochem3013]

Kurt Russell. The enemy of Chris Pratt.

[@gochem3013]

If you watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, you know what I mean.

[@anwarphilip7460]

There WILL be a remake.. I can feel it... 1 thing I MUST suggest... The ORIGINAL theme song MUST stay in the remake. NOO redo of the ORIGINAL theme song.

[@litten2133]

I think this describes america at the moment

[@daviddrake6875]

Yes Paradise lost and even infiltrating “ flyover country”. What you get without the “ Beatitudes” and Yeshua of Nazareth.

[@luqas99]

Watching this as a New Yorker when it first came out must have been hilarious.

[@daviddrake6875]

No, I would think for a middle aged New Yorker, chilling.

[@tipigi3570]

A mostly unknown fact: Jamie Lee Curtis' voice is that opening scene dialog (as well as the computer's voice later in the movie).

[@drlight6677]

She also supposedly did the "Curfew! Curfew!" voice as well as telephone operator voice in Halloween III Season of the Witch, but it's never been confirmed.

[@ANDRE1mang]

Recently bought the 4K blu ray to this film. Been obsessed with it ever since !l Update: This opening sequence on the 4K blu-ray is legendary. Especially if you have a sound system. The bass and surround sound is so good.

[@erickyle5604]

Send me your copy and I'll confirm this. 😂

[@ANDRE1mang]

Lmao i got the 4K blu ray from Best Buy. My speaker system is a Vizio 5.1.2 soundbar dolby atmos set up haha@@erickyle5604

[@daviddrake6875]

Get a pair of Von Schweikert Audio VR-4 Second Generation speakers and an Audio Research SP-9 Preamplifier through an Emotiva XPA 200 power amplifier, and be blown away!!! Flat to below 20 Hz and up to 28 KHz for that sweeping high note and a few background sounds you won’t hear with other speakers.

[@NerdyMatt]

This is one of my all time favorite movies so much fun to watch from beginning to end. The begging credits may be simple but the music just made it so much more interesting.

[@arcmov24]

I can't help but think of the fall of this country whenever I hear this...

[@wadewilson8011]

My dude was like Thanos on this upload.... "Where's EFNY intro on KZbin? No one has it." Sir A: "Fine, I'll do it myself."

[@kyleshiflet9952]

When you see John Carpenter's name anywhere on a movie (except a few) it's a stamp of good quality filmmaking

[@PapiElric]

Badass for ever : hello from France.

[@ericdevries3974]

Escape from... Oakland, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Camden, Stockton, Albuquerque, Philadelphia, New Orleans.

[@SydneyCarton2085]

LA, Miami, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore.

[@daviddrake6875]

So many rotten cities.

[@daviddrake6875]

@@SydneyCarton2085San Fransicko and other dirty violent cities as prophesied.

[@keelanjohnson4808]

Fucking best intro and intro song ever! Dam 80s movies retrospective of the future were awesome

[@afrules9097]

They should put in Snake Plisken as new mayor of NY.

[@DEthe5150]

Snake Plissken was originally sentenced to go there as punishment for a crime he committed; he would've tried to escape one way or another. What, in all honesty, makes you *think* he would want to be MAYOR of that shithole?

[@youwayo]

This movie predicted New York’s rise in crime.

[@daviddrake6875]

History repeats NY pre Guliani.

[@cptkerafreen3872]

Snake Plisskin vs Mad Max. Who will come on top???

[@johnhaughey8346]

You can always tell it's a John Carpenter film, not only by the music and his name above the titles, but his use of the widescreen panavision camera, he had his own unique style.

[@RealityTrailers]

Interesting. A precursor for today's New York?

[@daviddrake6875]

Maybe if you don’t get involved. Recall your idiots.

[@solreavir]

"Snake......SNNNNAAAAAKKKE"

[@sir_potoo]

No.

[@snakeplissken2396]

The names' Plissken.

[@djangofettt]

Played like a fiddle

[@mmccarthy9458]

Starring Bill de Blasio

[@parkergirard4915]

Don't forget Cuomo

[@morelenmir]

Absolutely *amazing* track!!! I remember seeing this for the first time as a really young kid one dark and rainy Saturday evening in early Autumn, 1981. I can't recall if the modern film censor ratings were in effect back then or not, but I went with my dad to see loads of early-eighties SF and no one ever stopped us going in. I think back then the small local cinemas in Britain were just glad to get paying audiences on seats and so long as it wasn't a really notorious 'video nasty' style title they turned a blind eye. I wish so much that Carpenter hadn't become disillusioned with Hollywood and just stopped caring. In my opinion he had more genuine talent then either Spielberg or Lucas, a true artist with an amazing eye for cinema. Maybe he'll make a comeback one of these decades!

[@jackiegoodrich1351]

I hate copies of escape from N.Y. that lower or almost mute the screaming synth. or moog in the background!! That scream woke me up in the movies!, and I almost missed my forever favorite movie! It has been extended and changed so many times and they all stink! Go listen to the 33 version by Mr. vinyl! That is THE REAL ORIGINAL THEME! Try it! you will be amazed at how much greater the ORIGINAL THEME IS! Thanks mr. vinyl! RJ

[@DixiePokerAce]

We need a prison like this today. Manhattan Island would be the perfect place for it.

[@nataliemintz6507]

Long live John Carpenter

[@georgegreenberg3784]

When Kurt played major league baseball b4 his career in movies he made the greatest catch in baseball he jumped on the left fielder s back and catapaluted into the air to catch a sure game winning homerun

[@999TU]

A film that brings together those who were John Carpenter's two favorite actors: Kurt Russell and Donald Pleasance. If the latter was often a very good actor in most of his roles, here, in this case, physically in any case, he does not, however, appear very credible as President of the United States (in any case My opinion).

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Prologue and Computer Voice by Jamie Lee Curtis. Yes, you read that correctly.

[@appropriatelyinappropriate13]

Happening now. Manhattan is relatively empty and filled with prisoners roaming the street after being released and no discernible options given by government to house them. Billionaires row?

[@Americus22]

Never cross the Duke, everyone knows that!

[@thecocktailian2091]

The Stark simple intro, the crisp font, the semi futuristic driving melody, reading the cast, enter the VoiceOver. You know instantly that this movie is going to be something you have to see.