“ Escape From New York was kind of based in a way on a novel by Harry Harrison … it’s a science fiction novel where they send a bad man into a bad place, a bad planet,” Carpenter says. Carpenter says the idea for Snake's original escape came from classic pulpy sci-fi. Of course, before Snake ever dreamed about escaping from L.A., he had to make his bones (and bury a few) on the East Coast.
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Langer), steals the remote control to the "Sword of Damocles" doomsday weapon - and only reluctant Snake can save the day.Īlong the way, there’s a whole host of wacky characters, played by savvy vets like Stacy Keach (Commander Mac Malloy), Steve Buscemi (Map to The Stars Eddie), Pam Grier (Jack "Carjack" Malone / Hershe Las Palmas), Bruce Campbell (the plastic-faced Surgeon General of Beverly Hills) and Peter Fonda (Pipeline).
The newly created island serves as a last stop for all the deportees who dare to express themselves and defy the theocratic totalitarian president (Cliff Robertson) and his new "Moral America.” Amidst this debauchery is Cuervo Jones (Georges Corraface), a Peruvian revolutionary who, with the help of the president’s daughter, Utopia (A.J. kind of feel… all with an outrageous sci-fi bent.Įscape From L.A. takes place in an earthquake-ravaged, torn-from-the-mainland Los Angeles. There’s surfing, there’s basketball, there’s all sorts of stuff like that here… pretty girls,” Carpenter says, while noting that he was “always” trying to tap into that L.A. and the environs and locale what happens in L.A.
“There’s several things that are identifiable with L.A. things that writer/director John Carpenter ( Halloween) first thought of in order to bring Snake west, as the horror master told SYFY WIRE while promoting Escape From L.A.’s new 4K Ultra release. While it might seem like a stretch, Snake surfing and shooting hoops were two of the typical L.A. and he can surf! And not just casually surf, but surf tsunamis, as he does in 1996's highly underrated sequel, Escape From L.A. But, fans would have to wait another 15 years before they’d learn that Snake isn’t just tough, but he’s also got game.
Bob "Snake" Plissken, as the world found out in John Carpenter’s 1981 classic, Escape From New York. There just aren’t a lot of characters as tough as Kurt Russell’s Lieutenant S.D.
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