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Certificate 15

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Directors John Carpenter

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Running Time 99 minutes

Escape From New York
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Plot
A former war hero turned convict is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President, whose plane has crashed in Manhattan, which is now a giant prison colony. The catch is that if our hero fails to rescue the leader of the free world, he'll be killed - and he doesn't have much time...

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