Escape from L.A.
“Snake is back.”
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
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2 films
Cast
31 people
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Known for
The Hateful Eight
The Thing
Stacy Keach
Malloy
Known for
Prison Break
The Bourne Legacy
Steve Buscemi
Eddie
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
A. J. Langer
Utopia
Known for
My So-Called Life
The People Under the Stairs
Cliff Robertson
President
Known for
Spider-Man
Three Days of the Condor
Bruce Campbell
Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
Known for
The Evil Dead
Ash vs Evil Dead
Pam Grier
Hershe Las Palamas
Known for
Jackie Brown
The L Word
Peter Fonda
Pipeline
Known for
Easy Rider
3:10 to Yuma
Georges Corraface
Cuervo Jones
Known for
A Touch of Spice
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Robert Carradine
Skinhead
Known for
Revenge of the Nerds
Lizzie McGuire
Michelle Forbes
Brazen
Known for
The Killing
True Blood
Valeria Golino
Taslima
Known for
Rain Man
Hot Shots!
John Carpenter Director · Debra Hill Screenplay Kurt Russell Screenplay
Worldwide gross $42M · Budget $50M · United States release August 9, 1996
Box office
Budget
$50,000,000
Worldwide gross
$42,277,365
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Rysher Entertainment
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 9, 1996
Theatrical
United States · December 15, 1998
Physical · DVD
Australia
October 9, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 1, 1996 · Premiere
Czechia
November 21, 1996 · Theatrical
France
November 13, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
November 7, 1996 · Theatrical
Greece
November 29, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 29, 1997 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Italy
January 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Japan
September 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 7, 1996 · Theatrical
January 19, 2002 · Physical · DVD
April 4, 2002 · TV · V8
Portugal
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 21, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 20, 1996 · Theatrical
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