Escape

Escape may refer to:

• Escapism, mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation
• Escapology, the study and practice of escaping from physical restraints
• Prison escape, the act of breaking out of prison
• Escape response, instinctive behaviour in animals

In entertainment

In literature

• Escape (Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer book), a book describing a difficult upbringing in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Escape (Choose Your Own Adventure), a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book
• Escape (David McMillan book), an autobiographical book by smuggler David McMillan
• Escape (magazine), a British comic strip magazine published between 1983 and 1989
• "Escape!", a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov

In film

• Escape (1930 film), a 1930 film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best
• Escape (1940 film), a 1940 film starring Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer
• Escape (1948 film), a 1948 film starring Rex Harrison
• Escape (1980 film), a 1980 television film starring Timothy Bottoms and Colleen Dewhurst

In radio

• Escape (radio program), a radio drama series on CBS
• Escape (Sirius XM), a music channel on satellite radio

In music

Albums

• Escape (Enrique Iglesias album), or the title song (see below)
• Escape (Journey album), or the title song
• Escape (Ram-Zet album)
• Escape (Whodini album), or the title song

Songs

• "Escape" (Enrique Iglesias song)
• "Escape" (Metallica song)
• "Escape" (Misia song)
• "Escape" (Rupert Holmes song), later known as "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
• "Escape", a song by Craig Armstrong
• "Escape", a song by Journey from the album Escape
• "Escape", a song by Matisyahu from Light
• "Escape", a song by Muse from Showbiz
• "Escapee", a song by Architecture in Helsinki from Moment Bends

In video games

Video game titles

• Escape (computer game), a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by New Generation Software in 1982

Video game companies

• Westone Bit Entertainment, a video game company formerly known as Escape

Other uses

• Ford Escape, a small sport utility vehicle
• Escape character, in document processing, a character which signifies that what follows takes an alternative interpretation
• Escape key, the "Esc" key on a computer keyboard
• Escape sequence, a series of characters used to trigger some sort of command state in computers
• E-scape, a project at Goldsmiths University in London that has developed an approach to the assessment of creativity and collaboration based on open-ended but structured activities
• Escape (paraglider wing), a paraglider wing manufactured and marketed bu UP Europe 1997-2000.

See also

• The Escape (disambiguation)
• Xscape (disambiguation)