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Escape from L.A.
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1996 film by John Carpenter
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5.9Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
Released: 1996-08-09101 minDir: John CarpenterAction, Thriller, Science FictionBudget: $50.0MBox office: $42.3MPart of: Escape From ... Collection
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Cast
- Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken
- Stacy Keach as Malloy
- Steve Buscemi as Eddie
- A. J. Langer as Utopia
- Bruce Campbell as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
- Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palamas
Themes
- prison
- martial arts
- showdown
- usa president
- war veteran
- dystopia
- anti hero
- post-apocalyptic future
- earthquake
- attempt to escape
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
85,418 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Official website
Escape from L.A. – The Official John Carpenter
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- Escape from New York
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Screenwriter
- Debra Hill
- Cast member
- Breckin Meyer
- Composer
- Shirley Walker
- Producer
- Debra Hill
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 436222
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- theofficialjohncarpenter.com/escape-from-la
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- publication date
- 1996-10-31
- title
- Escape from L.A.
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 25477365
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 54/100
- capital cost
- 50000000
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