Film
Escape from New York
Sat, Feb 21, 2015
- 2PM
- 7PM
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RUN TIME: 99min
RATED: R
FORMAT: DCP
GENERAL ADMISSION: $14
MEMBERS: $9 (Movie Moguls free)
SENIORS/STUDENTS/VETERANS: $10 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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February 2015
Saturday February 21, 2015
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2015
series John Carpenter: Master of Fear
Directed by John Carpenter | 1981
With Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine
New York City, 1997: the floating cesspool of Manhattan is now a maximum-security prison. When Air Force One crashes on the island, grizzled convict Snake Plissken (Russell) has twenty-four hours to rescue the president—or that explosive implanted in his neck goes off. With its staggering CinemaScope visuals, ultra-tight narrative economy, and rat-a-tat action, this gritty dystopian nightmare is a virtuoso showcase for Carpenter’s stylistic chops.
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