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VHS Pasta Night: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

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Come early! 6-8 PM Amazing Vendors in our lobby! Film Synopsis: In 1997, a major war between the United States and the Soviet Union is concluding, and the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president (Donald Pleasence) is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom. Directed by John Carpenter R ‧ 1981 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 39m