| Uniform Title |
Escape from L.A. (Motion picture : 1996) |
| Title |
Escape from L.A. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2020. |
| ©1996 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (96 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DC2290. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. |
| Based on characters created by John Carpenter and Nick Castle. |
| "Snake is back" --Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed by John Carpenter ; written by John Carpenter & Debra Hill & Kurt Russell ; produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell. |
| Performers |
Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, George (Georges) Corraface, Cliff Robertson. |
| Summary |
A chilling vision of the future, the film takes place in 2013, when Los Angeles has become a ruined landmark. Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9 (2.35:1). |
| Language note |
English, French, Italian, Castilian Spanish. Subtitles in English, French, European Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Croat, Slovenian, Castilian Spanish, Italian. |
| Subjects |
Penal colonies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama |
| Weapons of mass destruction -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Los Angeles (Calif.) -- 21st century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| Science fiction films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Carpenter, John, 1948- director, screenwriter. |
| Hill, Debra screenwriter, producer. |
| Russell, Kurt screenwriter, producer, actor. |
| Keach, Stacy actor. |
| Buscemi, Steve, 1957- actor. |
| Fonda, Peter, 1940-2019 actor. |
| Corraface, Georges, 1952- actor. |
| Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011 actor. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Paramount Pictures Corporation production company. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Buscemi, Steve, 1957- .
- Carpenter, John, 1948- .
- Corraface, Georges, 1952- .
- Fonda, Peter, 1940-2019 .
- Hill, Debra .
- Keach, Stacy .
- Paramount Pictures Corporation .
- Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011 .
- Russell, Kurt .
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