Script review – “Escape from New York” (1980 shooting script) by John Carpenter and Nick Castle

This was fairly close to the finished film - including the deleted sequence at the beginning which you can see on the DVD (a very good cut) so I was mostly easy to read this to get some idea of Carpenter's writing style. Quite sparse - he likes to underline big print to make a point. It's a real page turner - of course, this has a terrific set up. Great pulpy fun with a strong political subtext if you care to see it. Carpenter had such a hot streak from the mid 70s to mid 80s.