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Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'

(2018)

November 26, 2018• 0h 53m
20%
TMDB Score

Overview

A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with writer Nick Castle, cinematographer Dean Cundey, composer Alan Howarth, production designer Joe Alves, special visual effects artist/model maker Gene Rizzardi, production assistant David De Coteau, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, Carpenter biographer John Muir, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys, and music historian Daniel Schweiger.

Daniel Griffith

Director

Top Billed Cast

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Nick Castle

Self

DC

Dean Cundey

Self

AH

Alan Howarth

Self

JA

Joe Alves

Self

GR

Gene Rizzardi

Self

DD

David DeCoteau

Self

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Kim Gottlieb

Self

JM

John Muir

Self

JH

Justin Humphreys

Self

DS

Daniel Schweiger

Self

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