Escape From LA
Science Fiction, Thriller
Paramount Pictures  (1996) 100 mins R

5.1 (18,523 votes)
Snake is Back

The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what they did to the Big Apple in Escape From New York - with even more futuristic thrills and slam-bang action!
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken (Russell). His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device. Don't miss the excitement as Snake surfs Wilshire Blvd., shoots hoops at the Coliseum, dive bombs the Happy Kingdom theme park, and mixes it up with a wild assortment of friends, fiends and foes (Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Petter Fonda, George Corraface, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier and more)....

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Cast and Crew
Pam Grier  ......  Hershe Las Palmas
Steve Buscemi  ......  Map to the Stars Eddie
Stacy Keach  ......  Cmdr. Malloy
Kurt Russell  ......  Snake Plissken
Peter Fonda  ...... 
Bruce Campbell  ...... 
Director  .....  John Carpenter
Producer  .....  Debra Hill; Kurt Russell
Writer  .....  John Carpenter; David Hill; Nick Castle
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Snake is making his escape from Anaheim in the chopper, you can see the shadow of the wing-rotor blades under the body of the helicopter from a light source below it. (more)

Trivia:
The orphan in the cap that Snake Plissken makes eye contact with while being escorted down the hallway was played by Kurt Russell’s son Wyatt Russell. (more)

Filming Locations:
Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[last lines]
[after having shut down all machinery in the world]
Snake Plissken: Welcome to the human race.
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Awards:
2 nominations (more)