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
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.
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.
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 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B1Br69iC8gw.html
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?"
@@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
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**
@@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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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😊
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B1Br69iC8gw.html
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
@@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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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
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
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.
