Plissken evades capture and makes his way to the United States territory of New Vegas, Thailand, where he becomes a gunfighter-for-hire. Subsequently, Texas Mike is killed and Carjack is caught. In Kansas City around 1993, Hellman apparently let Plissken and Fresno Bob get cornered by police, at which time Fresno Bob was brutally tortured and killed by sadistic law enforcers within the United States Police Force.Īfter his daring escape from New York, Plissken finds himself in Cleveland, where he meets two new partners in crime - Jack "Carjack" Malone (later known as Hershe Las Palmas) and Mike "Texas Mike" O'Shay. Snake took up with partners Harold Hellman (later known as "Brain") and Bob 'Fresno Bob'. He traveled with his war buddy and only friend, Bill Taylor. Some time later, he turned to a life of crime due to the perceived betrayal of the United States government during the "Leningrad Ruse" (when he lost the use of his left eye) and when his parents were burned alive in their home by the United States Police Force, events described in the Escape from New York novelization by Mike McQuay. President for bravery during campaigns in Leningrad and Siberia in World War III against the Former Soviet Alliances and Eurasian United War Union. Army Lieutenant, serving under Special Forces Unit "Black Flight" stated by Hauk in Escape from New York, with two Purple Hearts, and the youngest man to be decorated by the U.S. 2.3 John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chroniclesįictional biography Background.Berge Garabedian is the executive producer.
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This episode of WTF Happened to this Movie is written and narrated by Dave Davis, edited by Juan Jimenez, and produced by Ben Cantler. In this instalment of WTF Happened to this Movie, we dig into the roots of Snake Plissken and what Carpenter had to go through in order to get his preferred leading man cast in the role that would make him a star.
The result was a cult classic that paved the way for one of the screen’s best actor-director collaborations, with Russell/Carpenter famously re-teaming on The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and 1996’s Escape from New York sequel, Escape from L.A. Carpenter, who was looking for launch an all-new action hero named Snake Plissken in his film Escape from New York, was eager to reteam with Russell for what would be a career changing role for the young actor.Īlas, the studio was far from convinced that Russell, who they viewed as lightweight, would be right to play Carpenter’s one-eyed anti-hero, with them preferring choices such as Charles Bronson, or Tommy Lee Jones, but Carpenter would not be swayed.
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All of that changed in 1979 when Russell teamed up with Carpenter to do 1979’s Elvis, a TV biopic that earned rave reviews and a theatrical run overseas. Going into this film, Russell was best known for a run of Disney films, such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The World’s Strongest Man and more. John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981) is the movie that made Kurt Russell a bad-ass.
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