Escape from LA
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Release Date
- August 9, 1996
- Cast
- Peter Fonda , Pam Grier , Stacy Keach , Kurt Russell , Cliff Robertson , Steve Buscemi
- Writers
- Kurt Russell , Debra Hill , John Carpenter
- Runtime
- 101 minutes
- Budget
- $50 million
- Franchise
- Escape from New York
- Prequel
- Escape from New York
- Cinematographer
- Gary B. Kibbe
- Producer
- Debra Hill, Kurt Russell
- Production Company
- Rysher Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
- Sfx Supervisor
- Michael Lessa, Dale Ettema, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio
- Distributor
- Paramount Pictures
- Assistant Director
- Christian P. Della Penna
Summary
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
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