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The Great 'Escape'? [New York Daily
News/Jan 11/1996/US] By A.J. Benza & Michael Lewittes
Apocalypse 2013 [The Los
Angeles Times/Feb 04/1996] By Patrick Goldstein
For Russell,
No Escape From His First Action Role [USA Today/Apr 06/1996/US]
By Tom Green
Mark and Brian Get Bits From Kurt Russell
[Arizona Daily Star/May 15/1996/US]
By Fred Shuster
Snake's Back In
'Escape From L.A.' [The Patriot News/Jul 15/1996/US]
By Ian Spelling
Role Haunts
Russell
[The Calgary Sunday Sun/Jul 28/1996/CA] By Louis B. Hobson
Carpenter Build An Anything Goes Plot
[Houston Chronicle/Aug 02/1996/US] By Lewis B. Parks
'Escape'
Artist [San Antonio Express-News/Aug 02/1996/US]
By Larry Ratliff
The Escape Artist [Chicago Sun Times/Aug 04/1996/US] By
Bob Strauss
'Escape'
Premise Absurd [The Sentinel/Aug 04/1996/US] By Scott Collins
Here Snake Comes To Save The Day
[Orange County
Register/Aug 06/1996/US] By Barry Koltnow
'Escape' Sequel Looks To Bury L.A.
[The Flint Journal/Aug
07/1996/US]
By Ed Bradley
This 'Snake's' Not Trying To Be A Charmer
[New York Daily News/Aug 07/1996/US] By Lewis Beale
Kurt Russell On Change,
Video And His
Role As Snake
[USA Today/Aug 07/1996/US] By Jack Garner
Hissssssstory Repeats Itself
[St. Paul Pioneer Press/Aug 08/1996/US] By Chris Hewitt
From Elvis To Snake: Kurt
Plays 'Em All [The Province/Aug 08/1996/CA] By Damian Inwood
Carpenter Offers Another 'Escape' For
Sci-Fi Fans [The Star Ledger/Aug 08/1996/US] By Allen Barra
Wacko President Hails From
Virginia In 'Escape From L.A.' [The
Virginian-Pilot/Aug 08/1996/US] By Mal Vincent
Escapist
Entertainment [Winnipeg Free Press/Aug 08/1996/CA]
By Lindor Reynolds
Kurt Is Back In Snake's
Original Threads [Calgary Herald/Aug 09/1996/CA]
By
Kirstie McLellan
Shake, Rattle
And Roll [Fort
Worth Star-Telegram/Aug 09/1996/US]
By Michael H. Price
Apocalypse Here [Los Angeles Daily News/Aug
09/1996/US] By
Bob Strauss
From Disney Moppet To
High-Paid Leading Man [San
Pedro News-Pilot/Aug 09/1996/US] By Joey Berlin and Jeff Shore
Russell Shines Through
Numerous Movie Roles [The Daily Oklahoman/Aug 09/1996/US] By Bobby Rockel
Snake Plissken Returns
For More In New 'Escape'
[The
Herald-News/Aug 09/1996/US]
By Winnie Bonelli
'That Cool Bad' Guy Is Back
[The Kansas City Star/Aug 09/1996/US] By
Ward W. Triplett III
A Great Escape
[The Morning Call/Aug 09/1996/US] By Paul Willistein
From Child Star To Action Hero
[The
Star-Ledger/Aug 09/1996/US]
By Henry Cabot Beck
Crafty Carpenter Enjoys Own
'Escape'
[The Tampa Tribune/Aug 09/1996/US] By Bob Ross
Russell's In A Venomous Mood
[The
Windsor Star/Aug 09/1996/CA] By Jamie Portman
'Coolest
Bad Guy' Snake Is Back [Houston Chronicle/Aug 10/1996/US] By Louis B. Parks
There's Simply No Escape From The L.A. Jokes
[The Los Angeles Times/Aug
10/1996/US] By Steven Smith
Carpenter
Laughs At The Apocalypse In His Latest 'Escape'
[The News Tribune/Aug 10/1996/US] By Soren Anderson
John Carpenter Indulges Himself With A Great
'Escape' [The Buffalo News/Aug 11/1996/US] By Jeff Simon
Carpenter Keeps
Same Focus Regardless Of Film Budget
[The Plain Dealer/Aug 11/1996/US] By Sheila Simmons
In
'Escape', Carpenter
Sets His Rebellious Nature Free
[USA Today/Aug 12/1996/US] By Elizabeth Snead
The
Reprehensible VS. The Righteous: A Cinematic Battle [Southern Illinoisan/Aug 24/1996/US] By Steve
Rabey
Escape From Typecasting
Resentment [The Herald-Palladium/Aug 25/1996/US] By Douglas J. Rowe
Dystopian Dremin': L.A.
Goes To Pieces [Again] [LA Weekly/Aug 29/1996/US] By David L. Ulin
Escape From L.A. [Fangoria/Issue 153/Jun/1996/US] By Anthony C. Ferrante

Escape From L.A. [Cinefantastique/Vol
27/Issue 11-12/Jul/1996/US]
By Michael Beeler

Fires... Floods... Riots... Earthquakes... John Carpenter!
[DGA/Jul-Aug/1996/US] By
Ted Elrick

Escape From L.A. [Cinefantastique/Vol
28/Issue 1/Aug/1996/US] By Michael Beeler

Urban Renewal By
Dean Lamanna/Riding
The Wave
By
Ron Magid
[Cinescape/Vol
2/Issue 11/Aug/1996/US]

The Great Escape [Details/Vol 15/Issue 3/Aug/1996/US] By Stephen Saban

The Getaway
[Entertainment
Weekly/Issue 340/Aug 16/1996/US]
By Tom Russo
To Live And Die In Escape From L.A./Rick Baker Cuts Up
[Fangoria/Issue 155/Aug/1996/US] By
Anthony C. Ferrante

Escape From L.A. [Film Score Monthly/Issue 72/Aug/1996/US] By Daniel Schweiger

Make Or Breakout
[Flicks/Vol 9/Issue 8/Aug/1996/UK]

Planning Another Escape [International Photographer/Aug/1996/US] By Pauline
Rogers

The Last Bad Boy [Sci-Fi Entertainment/Vol 3/Issue 2/Aug/1996/US] By Lisa
Stone Maccarillo

Snake's Newest Escape [Starlog Yearbook/Vol 14/Aug/1996/US] By Marc Shapiro

Escape From L.A. [Tribute/Vol 13/Issue 5/Aug/1996/CA] By Jim Slotek

Effecting
A New Escape By Ron Magid
[American Cinematographer/Vol 77/Issue 9/Sep/1996/US]

Escape From L.A./Director
John Carpenter/Costume Design/Production Design/Trashing Los Angeles
[Cinefantastique/Vol 28/Issue 2/Sep/1996/US] By Michael Beeler

Hasta La Buena Vista [Cinefex/Issue 67/Sep/1996/US] By Mark Cotta Vaz

The Future Is Now [Cinescape/Vol 2/Issue 58/Sep-Oct/1996/US] By Ron Magid

Coming Back To Escape [Fangoria/Issue 156/Sep/1996/US] By
Anthony C. Ferrante

Snake Bites/Wild Thang [Flicks/Vol 9/Issue 9/Sep/1996/UK]
By Quentin Falk
Escape From L.A.
[Infinity/Issue
2/Sep/1996/UK]
By Randy Christian

The Great Escape [Melody Maker/Vol
73/Issue 39/Sep 28/1996/UK]
By Allan Jones

Getaway Out West!
[New Musical
Express/Sep 28/1996/UK] By Tommy Udo

Carpenter And Russell Reunite In The Eagerly Awaited Escape
From L.A. [Science Fiction Age/Vol 4/Issue 6/Sep/1996/US] By Dan Perez

Escape Clause By
Robert Meyer Burnett/Levelling
The Left Coast
By
Andrew O. Thompson
[Sci-Fi Universe/Vol 3/Issue 1/Sep/1996/US]

Escape Artists [Starburst/Issue 217/Vol 19/Issue 1/Sep/1996/UK] By Alan
Jones
Bad Man's World/Designing
Escapes [Starlog/Issue 230/Sep/1996/US]
By Marc Shapiro
Back In Snake's Skin
[Fangoria/Issue
157/Oct/1996/US]
By
Anthony C. Ferrante

Seeing With Snake Eyes [Talking Pictures/Issue 18/Summer/1996/UK] By Carol Allen
[Extended version available in Escape
Artists Vol. 2]

Joseph B. Mauceri Makes His Escape From
L.A. With Director John Carpenter [World of Fandom/Vol 2/Issue
27/Summer/1996/US] By Joseph B. Mauceri

Breaking Loose [Flicks/Vol 9/Issue 10/Oct/1996/UK] By James Cameron-Wilson

The Escapist
[Juice/Issue
44/Oct/1996/AU]
By Michele Manelis

Kurt Russell On The Pliss [Loaded/Issue 30/Oct/1996/UK] By Jane Garcia

The Year Of The Snake [Movie/Issue 5/Oct/1996/AU] By Robert Ward

Snake Charmer [Empire/Issue 89/Nov/1996/UK] By Ian Nathan

Escape From L.A. [Impact/Issue 11/Nov/1996/UK]
By Michael Stradford

LA Story - Interview With John Carpenter
[SFX/Issue 18/Nov/1996/UK]

Snake Eye
[Starlog/Issue 232/Nov/1996/US]
By Ian Spelling

Once A Snake... Kurt Russell Is Back In Snake's Clothes [Video Eyeball/Vol
2/Issue 6/Nov-Dec/1996/US] By Paul Sherman

A Smoke Escape [Smoke/Issue
9/Fall/1996/US]
By Dennis Hunt

Postcards From L.A. [Starburst Yearbook/Issue 30/Dec/1996/UK]
By Simon Bacal

Great Escape [Action Heroes/Vol 2/Issue 1/1996/US] By Lia Pelosi & Marc Shapiro

Escape From L.A. - Snake's Alive [Screens/Apr/1997/UK]
Short Interview With Kurt
Russell [Neon/Issue
5/May/1997/UK] By Anwar Brett

Point Blank: John Carpenter The Total Film Interview [Total Film/Issue 4/May/1997/UK]
By Stephen Applebaum

Patchy Performer?/A Tale Of Two Cities [TV & Satellite Week/Apr 25-May
01/1998/UK]
Snake Charmers
[Empire/Issue 287/May/2013/UK]
By Chris Hewitt
Carpenter
Escapes Authority In 'L.A.' [CNN/Aug 23/1996] By
Dennis Michael
John Carpenter AOL
Interview [America Online/1996]
John Carpenter AOL Interview
[The Dominion/1996]
Frightening Similarity Between W. Bush &
The
President
In
'Escape From L.A.'
[Celtic Soup Editorials/Dec 27/2004] By David McMillan, Lynn Schroehmann, Gwen
Stanzel & Tom Gathe
John Carpenter Tribute
At The Aero Theater: 'Escape From New York' & 'Escape
From L.A.'
[Associated Content/Jun 16/2008] By Ben Kenber
Snake Plissken, Psychic? How Accurate Is 'Escape From L.A.'s
Vision Of 2013? [Movies/Jan 09/2013] By Amy
Nicholson
John Carpenter And Kurt Russell
Reunited - Exclusive: On
'The Thing', Snake And More
[Empire Online/May 26/2013] By Chris Hewitt
'Escape From L.A.', Today: How A 1996 Sci-Fi Thriller Imagined the Year 2013
[The Atlantic/Aug 08/2013] By Alan Zilberman
"Snake Doesn't Want To Hang Out With You." [SnakePlissken.De/Jun 08/2016] By
Alexander Büttner & Kai-Oliver Derks
HDTGM: A Conversation with Coleman Luck, Original Screenwriter Of 'Escape From
L.A.' [Slash Film/Jan 01/2017] By Blake Harris
In Praise Of John Carpenter's 'Escape From L.A.' [ComingSoon/Mar 26/2017] By
Chris Alexander
Let's Celebrate The Fact That We Don't Live In The Reality Of 'Escape From L.A.'
[Gizmodo/Feb 19/2019] By Cheryl Eddy
'Escape From L.A.' Filmmaker Reveals Why The Kurt Russell Surfing Scene Looks So
Cheesy
[Showbiz Cheat Sheet/Jun 14/2020] By Fred Topel
Filmmaker Responsible For "Awkward" Tsunami Surfing Scene In 'Escape From L.A.'
Blames Flowrider For Making It Look "Janky!"
[Beach Grit/Jun 20/2022] By Chas Smith
How Reality Turned John Carpenter's 'Escape From L.A.' Into A Horror Movie
[Bloody Disgusting/Mar 30/2021] By Marcus Shorter
Why 'Escape From L.A.' Actually Owns
[Collider/Jul
27/2021] By Liam Gaughan
'Escape
From L.A.' At 25: Bruce Campbell Revisits Creepy Cameo While Marveling How
Film's Satire Became Reality
[Hollywood Reporter/Aug 09/2021] By Ryan Parker
'Escape From L.A.' Director John Carpenter Looks Back At The Cult-Hit Action
Film [ComicBook/Feb 18/2022] By Patrick Cavanaugh
John Carpenter Talks 'Halloween' Legacy, The Sequel He'd Most Like to Make and
'Escape From L.A.' Finally Getting Its Due
[The Hollywood Reporter/Feb 21/2022] By Ryan Parker
Why 'Escape From L.A.' Deserves A Better Look [Den of Geek/Feb 22/2022] By
Tony Sokol
John Carpenter Talks Ahead-Of-Its-Time 'Escape From L.A.' And 'The Thing' Sequel
[Fandom/Feb 22/2022] By Kim Taylor-Foster
John Carpenter Talks Cult Classic 'Escape From L.A.' And Being Open To Directing
Again [Forbes/Feb 22/2022] By Simon Thompson
John Carpenter Talks Tsunami Surfing, West Coast Sci-Fi, And 'Escape From L.A.'
[SYFY/Feb 22/2022] By Adam Pockross
'Escape From L.A.': John Carpenter On Snake's Return, Surfing Tsunamis, And
Escaping From Earth
[IGN Nordic/Feb 24/2022] By Tara Bennett
Reassessing 'Escape From L.A.', John Carpenter's Futuristic '90s Flop:
"Audiences Do Not Like Uncertainty"
[NME/Feb 24/2022] By Martyn Conterio
John Carpenter On 'Escape From L.A.', David Gordon Green, And Why He Doesn't
Revisit His Own Movies
[Collider/Feb 27/2022] By Hayden Mears
John Carpenter's 'Escape From L.A.' Works Because It's Stupidly Entertaining
[Collider/Oct 14/2022] By Samuel Williamson