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The movie was a notorious failure on release, making around $25 million (just half its budget) at th [...]	D
The film could've had three possible endings: In the first, the Plutoxin 7 virus was no hoax, and th [...]	D
Kurt Russell was paid $10 million.	D
Bruce Campbell has a cameo in the film as the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills. Campbell and Kurt Ru [...]	D
The gunfire was added optically.	D
Hershe claiming that the Plutoxin 7 virus is a lie foreshadows Snake learning that he didn't have th [...]	D
When developing the sequel, John Carpenter and Kurt Russell felt Los Angeles was right for Snake Pli [...]	D
It took over 150 computer-generated effects to create one underwater sequence.	D
The film takes place in 2013.	D
White Zombie contributed the track "The One," written specifically for the soundtrack. White Zombie' [...]	D
President of Paramount Pictures Sherry Lansing was a fan of 1997: fuga da New York (1981), and wante [...]	D
John Carpenter based many themes and ideas in the movie on I sette samurai (1954).	D
Snake's real name is revealed as Bob Plissken.	D
Happy Kingdom was supposed to be Disneyland, but Disney didn't give them permission.	D
Kurt Russell was 45 when he made this film. He worked out for several months to get back into Plissk [...]	D
John Carpenter and Kurt Russell had talked about making another Snake Plissken movie in 1986, and it [...]	D
Kurt Russell trained with famed martial arts trainer Thomas Jeffery to prepare for the role. Russell [...]	D
The climatic battle occurs at the "Happy Kingdom", an obvious reference to Disneyland in Anaheim. Se [...]	D
Lawrence G. Paull placed piles of rubble in strategic locations to block the Los Angeles skyline.	D
When Snake travels underwater to L.A. and passes over Universal Studios, the shark from Lo squalo (1 [...]	D
To get into character as a transgender woman, Pam Grier would put a sock in her pants during shootin [...]	D
John Carpenter says the film remains a favorite on his resume and considered it "underappreciated".	D
For one sequence, the filmmakers brought in 200 crashed cars from a demolition yard.	D
Sometimes Kurt Russell wore a slightly transparent eye patch to avoid getting headaches.	D
AJ Langer, who played Utopia, married the (then) Lord Charles Courtenay in 2004, and became the Coun [...]	D
A scene from the film was played in open court during a 2001 murder trial. Wayne Montanio, who brief [...]	D
John Carpenter later reflected: "Escape from L.A. is better than the first movie. Ten times better. [...]	D
The Plutoxin 7 virus hoax was originally going to be part of the first movie, but was never used.	D
Snake's line to Malloy near the end of the movie, "Got a smoke?" is the same line that Napoleon Wils [...]	D
Features many co-star attendees of the most densely packed (UK non-Award), celebrity event "Save the [...]	D
Kate Hudson auditioned for the role of Utopia.	D
On the internet website Imagine Casting, a member of the website had made up the plot of the abandon [...]	D
Kurt Russell wanted Goldie Hawn to play Utopia, but she was hospitalized at the time with a bad case [...]	D
John Carpenter's Fantasmi da Marte (2001) was originally intended to be a third Snake Plissken film [...]	D
John Carpenter was able to lower Hershe's voice by an octave and a half in post-production.	D
Shot over a period of three months.	D
Kurt Russell's Jack Russell terrier Schindler supplied the growling effects, dropped an octave, for [...]	D
At the beginning of the film, Kurt Russell wears his costume from the original film. It still fit af [...]	D
During the final escape, when Cuervo Jones fires the rocket at the helicopter, just after it's hit, [...]	D
Steve Buscemi took the part in this film to help fund his directorial debut, Mosche da bar (1996).	D
This film was caught in development hell for eleven years. A script was first commissioned in 1985, [...]	D
This is the fifth and, as of 2020, final collaboration between Kurt Russell and John Carpenter. They [...]	D
One whole sequence was inspired by the flying monkeys attack in Il mago di Oz (1939).	D
Donald Pleasence didn't reprise his role as the President due to his declining health. He died in 19 [...]	D
Plissken's new costume was inspired by the Stealth Bomber. Costume designer Robin Bush said, "We act [...]	D
This is the only sequel John Carpenter ever directed. He co-wrote Il signore della morte (1981) with [...]	D
Production designer Lawrence G. Paull used 29,000 pounds of rubble to create Sunset Boulevard.	D
Kurt Russell's only writing credit.	D
Wyatt Russell: The orphan in the cap, with whom Snake Plissken makes eye contact while being escorte [...]	D
Pam Grier acquired her role as a transgender woman by stuffing a giant sock in her pants and doing w [...]	D
The building Plissken crashes into is the "black tower" at Universal Studios, where movie executives [...]	D
At approximately 29:15, Snake walks by a yellow taxicab door, labeled "Taxi." The style of the label [...]	D
The movie was filmed almost entirely at night. The production went 70 days without a daylight shoot.	D
Jeff Imada, Al Leong, Leo Lee, Stuart Quan, and James Lew worked with John Carpenter in Grosso guaio [...]	D
The scene where Snake and Eddie are on the Queen Mary walking toward their meeting with Hershe was f [...]	D
Filmed on the Paramount backlot.	D
Shirley Walker composed Batman (1992), which starred Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter's ex-wife, as [...]	D
The character of the President was Kurt Russell's idea. He based him on televangelist Pat Robertson.	D
The last 20 minutes of the film are effectively in real time.	D
There are several references to Snake Plissken and the city of Cleveland. This is an in-joke referen [...]	D
According to an interview with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell not only came up with, but wrote the ent [...]	D
The film is known for having rather poorly produced CGI. This was due to the fact that the employees [...]	D
Aside from the Japanese and Slovak TV versions, Pam Grier's character was dubbed by male voice actor [...]	D
On opening weekend, August 10, 1996, a power outage hit seven states in the American west. Many thea [...]	D
During the hijacking, Utopia is wearing a big pin on her suit that says "True Love Waits", according [...]	D
The Plutoxin 7 being revealed as flu is a nod to John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's earlier film Gros [...]	D
The car Eddie is cruising around in is a 1959 Cadillac Series 62, in production from 1940 to 1964.	D
Neighbors started complaining about the noise while this scene was being shot on the Universal Studi [...]	D
One of the ribbons on Cuervo Jones jacket is a non-commissioned officer development ribbon.	D
During the climactic battle scene, as Steve Buscemi's character is hanging off the helicopter, sever [...]	D
Filming began on December 11, 1995.	D
Kurt Russell practiced playing basketball between scenes as he wanted to make all of his shots legit [...]	D
This Happy Kingdom set was actually the town square from Ritorno al futuro (1985) at Universal.	D

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