The Making of Escape From New York

[Misfit]

http://io9.com/everything-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-escape-fr-1579170866

Chuck Norris and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the Role of Snake Plissken.

Lee Van Cleef had suffered a knee injury prior to filming Escape From New York, an injury he wasn't fully recovered from when it came time to film his scenes. His wife was on set to make sure the actor could get through his scenes, especially those that required him to walk and act at the same time. Carpenter notes Van Cleef told him the scene with Hauk and Snake Plissken walking down a hallway discussing the mission was the toughest he shot for the film.

Jamie Lee Curtis (uncredited) was the voice of the computer

The famous eye patch was in fact Russell's idea. To which Carpenter replied according to Russell," 'That's great! I don't think anybody's worn an eye patch since John Wayne in True Grit!" Russell actually wore two different patches for filming, one that was opaque and one that was see-through—- to make the action scenes a bit easier to film.

 

[mudpuddle]

thank you for this!
I thought it was interesting!
I haven't seen that movie in decades!
I am a Kurt Russell fan, so I liked him in the role...I also like Tommy Lee Jones, but no way would I see him in that part. I think he would have been too old, even back then! lol

 

[Misfit]

I make my wife watch this a few times a year and then call me Snake all day. She hates it.

 

[Larry Gude]

Chuck. Tommy Lee. That movie couldn't be any cornier if Pee Wee Herman was Snake.

 

[czygvtwkr]

"St. Louis - unbelievable!" says Carpenter. "We went there because, well, there were certain sequences we just couldn't do in New York; they would have tied up the whole city too much. And St. Louis, due to a major fire they had there in 1977, now has just the right amount of emptiness in the downtown area. Also the right architecture. So much of the city looks vacant and dead; perfect for our needs since we couldn't use anything looking new or fresh.

Damn nothing has changed in St Louis.

 

[mudpuddle]

the only thing I like about St. Louis is the Arch! I lived there very briefly....