Escape from New York by Mike McQuay
Books & Nachos
English - May 26, 2020 02:23 - 42 minutes - 98.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 157 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture fiction horror joe schreiber nonfiction sci-fi star wars stephen king books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Filmmaker John Carpenter scored a hit when his “Escape from New York” hit theaters in 1981, introducing the world to Kurt Russell’s eyepatch-wearing antihero Snake Plissken. But there’s more to the story than what audiences saw on the screen. This week Jakob and Jason (making his Books and Nachos debut) break down author Mike McQuay’s adaptation of Carpenter’s film, including the deleted scenes and backstory that add new dimension to the Plissken character and the authority figures that force him into a suicide mission on the prison island of Manhattan. PLUS, our hosts break down two additional Plissken stories in comic book form; “Adventures of Snake Plissken” and “John Carpenter’s Snake Plissken Chronicles.”