Escape from New York

The sci-fi thriller Escape from New York (1981) starred Kurt Russell as a convict tasked with rescuing the U.S. president from a New York City converted into a maximum security prison. It was a box-office hit that became another cult favorite. The Thing (1982), the first of several…

…appearing in such movies as Escape from New York (1981), I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), and It Could Happen to You (1994) and in various TV series, notably the animated hit South Park, for which he provided (1997–2006) the voice of the character Chef. In 1995 Hayes released two…

…subsequent films, perhaps most notably Escape from New York (1981). In that action thriller, Russell played Snake Plissken, a war hero turned criminal who is sent to Manhattan, which has become a maximum-security prison. Officials, however, vow to release him if he can save the U.S. president, whose plane has…