Movie connections for
Escape from New York (1981)

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Followed by

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Remade as

Escape from New York (2009)

Edited into

Return to 'Escape from New York' (2003) (V)

References

"Bandstand" (1952)
Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

Referenced in

Mai nei dak gung dui (1982)
The Super Ninja (1984)
Jiang shi fan sheng (1987)
Metal Gear (1987) (VG)
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990) (VG)
"Married with Children: The Goodbye Girl (#6.22)" (1992)
 -  Al watches it as part of his 'holidays' on the couch.
Nemesis (1993)
 -  Alex is implanted with a bomb which will kill him if he refuses to do the assignment and it will only be removed if Alex completes the assignment.
"Mad About You: Escape from New York (#3.1)" (1994)
 -  title reference
Double Dragon (1994)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
"Wings: Escape from New York (#8.16)" (1997)
 -  The title is a reference to the title of the movie.
Air Force One (1997)
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998) (V)
Metal Gear Solid (1998) (VG)
Soldier (1998/I)
Angst (2000)
"Sex and the City: Escape from New York (#3.13)" (2000)
 -  title reference
Batoru rowaiaru (2000)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)
Meat Market 2 (2001) (V)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG)
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
Dead to Rights (2002) (VG)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) (VG)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
 -  The watch Juni wears is like the 24 hour countdown watch in Escape From New York.
'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003) (TV)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
 -  Daryl Hannah plays Califorinia Mountian Snake, she sports an eye patch and a smoking habit as well as attitude, a referance to Snake Plissken
The Last Shot (2004)
 -  Poster on Steven's wall.
Banlieue 13 (2004)
 -  Wall around part of a city, no police inside
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG)
 -  When he fights The Fear, Snake gets an arrow in his leg, just like Plissken.
Film Geek (2005)
 -  in Scotty's 'favorite John Carpenter films' list
Batman Begins (2005)
 -  "I heard you were dead"
Land of the Dead (2005)
 -  Walled off city, downed jet airliner, homing device, chopped 80's "woody" station wagon
Grindhouse (2007)
 -  Black Flight, the name of the Special Forces unit Snake Plissken served in, is featured on the back of a Humvee in "Planet Terror"
Planet Terror (2007)
 -  "Black Flight", the name of the Special Forces unit Snake Plissken served in, is featured on the back of a humvee'.
Cloverfield (2008)
 -  The famous movie poster from Escape From New York inspired the scene with the Statue of Liberty's decapitated head.

Featured in

John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004) (V)
 -  Clip
"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005) (mini)
 -  They showed clips of it.
Ispettore Coliandro: In trappola, L' (2006) (TV)
 -  the movie trombetti is watching in his home

Spoofed in

Six-String Samurai (1998)
"Tripping the Rift: Creaturepalooza (#2.11)" (2005)
 -  Chode gets 24 hours to rescue himself, like Snake Plisken.

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