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2003, Escape From New York finally got the Special Edition DVD
treatment. It seems a little weird watching this movie today,
because the events of the "future" depicted are now
very much in the past. We now know that Manhattan was not walled
off and turned into a prison in 1991. And the plane crash in
Manhattan takes place in 1997 in this movie, as opposed to the
2001 real-life tragedy. For some reason the difference between
the future vision and real-life hit me harder when watching
Escape From New York than other movies, such as 2001: A Space
Odyssey. That said, this was one of the premier action B-movies
of the 1980s, and there is plenty of competition in that category.
This DVD will help you forget that the movie was originally
made for a relatively-low $5 million. Even adjusted for inflation,
that's pretty cheap, and there are plenty of special effects
that most likely consumed much of the budget. |
Escape From New York
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