Escape From New York - Part 3

My reading between the lines on that statement is this: studio executives chose NOT to see the parallels and obvious crowd appeal that EFNY has. Needless to say, no studio would even blink an eye at the script, not until Carpenters overnight success with Halloween. Most of the film was shot in St. Louis, and NOT in New York City as one might be led to believe. Back in the days before CGI technology, on-location filming in NYC, while certainly doable, probably would have been cost prohibitive ...
Author: 21stcenturyfilmdocs; Tags: Escape From New York Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Isaac Hayes Harry Dean Stanton Sci Fi John Carpenters 1981 dystopian future prison Adrienne Barbeau Donald Pleasence part


















