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On This Day: July 10, 1981 – Escape from New York Premiered in Theaters

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On This Day: July 10, 1981 – Escape from New York Premiered in Theaters.

On this day July 10, 1981, Escape from New York premiered in theaters and introduced audiences to one of the most iconic antiheroes of the decade. Directed by John Carpenter, the dystopian action film starred Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, a grizzled former soldier tasked with rescuing the President of the United States from a Manhattan Island that has been turned into a massive maximum security prison.

The cast also featured Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes...
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