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

Nov 26, 2018

0h 53m

★ 2.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Ballyhoo Motion Pictures

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

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Cast

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Nick Castle

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Dean Cundey

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Alan Howarth

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Joe Alves

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Gene Rizzardi

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David DeCoteau

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Kim Gottlieb

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John Muir

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Justin Humphreys

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Daniel Schweiger

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