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Man, that is one heck of a synopsis. So detailed, it was as if I was watching it. Good job.

Yeah, went kinda overboard with it. Hee hee. Anyone who wants to trim it down go ahead. Cyberia23 21:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Poster

The poster shows the head of the Statue of Liberty lying broken on the streets. I find this odd for two reasons, a) the statue remains intact in the film and b) if it had been broken, how the hell would it have ended up in Manhattan Jooler 02:38, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Artistic license. The Statue of Liberty is probably New York City's most recognizable landmark. Besides, have you ever seen a movie poster that showed things exactly as they appeared in the film? Corky842 06:25, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Simpsons

What? SchmuckyTheCat 18:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the Mood?

I'm not 100% on my big band music, but I swear that's not In the Mood.

Budget

In the intro, it says it had a $7 million budget, but the infobox only shows $6 million. Which is it? Corky842 06:25, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Intro voiceover

The article says it's Debra Hill, but I seem to remember Jamie Lee Curtis did the whole opening voiceover...which one is it ? -- Mairosu

According to IMDb - Jamie Lee Curtis is listed as "Narrator/Computer Voice (uncredited)", BUT Debra Hill is also credited as "Computer (voice)". I thought the only "computer voice" was during the intro to the movie, but I guess there was other computer voices. Cyberia23 02:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is another use of computer voice when the computer is showing the trajectory, crash of Airforce 1, and the pod's trajectory as well. 16:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

The director's commentary will likely clear this up. I'll check the disc as soon as I have the time.

Escape from Earth

According to Carpenter, this was never proposed and was only a rumour...so I removed it from the trivia section. Mcflytrap 17:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the Hideo Kojima video game series Metal Gear Solid the hero's name Is Solid Snake the isperation for the name snake comes from escape from NY. In MGS2 snake fakes his death & uses the alias Pliskin, In MGS3 game Snake looks more like movie Snake (the razor stubble,the hair,& of course the eye patch). I got this info from a hideo kojima interview in Playstation magizine(and the games themselves).

Budget

Okay, so Carpenter says five mill, what sources say seven? Box Office Mojo? Geoff B 07:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Several articles sourced say closer to $7 mil. --Count Ringworm 14:00, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DVD section

I'm working on expanding this. —Viriditas | Talk 05:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Debra Hill

Interesting bit of trivia that we may be able to work into the article: co-producer Debra Hill also produced World Trade Center (film). This is mentioned in Sight & Sound. [1]: "The writer/producer who actually set WTC in motion was Debra Hill. She read the news reports on McLoughlin and Jimeno's rescue, tracked them down, sat and cried with them and their families, and got their permission to do the film. Tragically, she died of breast cancer just prior to the start of shooting. Hill had collaborated with John Carpenter on Halloween, as writer and producer. She also wrote the screenplay for The Fog, both the original and the remake. And lest you underestimate her influence on WTC's material, she knew her action-thriller formulas too: after all, Hill co-produced the Carpenter film that was released exactly 25 years ago...Escape from New York." —Viriditas | Talk 06:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anon user 70.122.25.75 's addition of Redskins?

I seen this movie 6 million times as it has always been one of my favorite cult films, and I practically had it memorized - but never once have I ever heard any gang in the movie called "The Redskins". I know the Crazies were the ones in the sewers and who lined the street and beat on the car, but who the f*** are the Redskins besides a football team from Washington? I no longer have the movie on DVD so I can't verify it myself, but unless someone else can add a verifiable reference of when in the movie the Redskins were mentioned, I don't think it should be mentioned until then. I don't trust random trivia by anon users. Cyberia23 21:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I only know of two mentions of this. Carpenter on the DVD commentary mentions that the gang living inside of the World Trade Centre were meant to be Native Americans, called the Redskins, but the idea was dropped, and on the roof of the World Trade Centre, Brain shouts "God damn Redskins! They're savages, Mr President!". Geoff B 21:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like that it was Brain just calling them that, and in that case it could have been a derogatory remark since I do believe some Native Americans consider "redskin" a racist slur. I know they were fighting to change the Washington Redskins name a few years ago. But in any case it doesn't mean that it was the gang's name does it? Cyberia23 21:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Carpenter, from the commentary: "The building was originally inhabited by a tribe of um, Americans, Native Americans, but we decided to eliminate that from the show." So it was intended to be their name, but that didn't make it into the film, aside from that one line. Geoff B 22:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I didn't know that Carpenter said that. Is that from the Special Edition DVD? I just had the cheap movie-only DVD with no bonus material - not even deleted scenes :( Anyway, I see now where the Indian comment comes from, but I really don't think it's necessary in mentioning that the WTC convicts were supposed to be Native Americans under the plot. I see that more as a trivia statement than anything. Cyberia23 04:54, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct--that was actually my edit you undid. The point of the edit was to remove the reference to the Crazies throwing the glider off the roof. That's not true; they live in the sewers, and as Season Hubley's character tells us, they only surface at the end of the month for food. That being said, the shot following the glider tumbling down the side of the WTC clearly has Brain shouting "God damn Redskins! They're savages, Mr President!" In addition, the novelization references the group as the "Redskins" (no mention of Native Americans, interestingly enough). The reference is used pejoratively, much like we assume that the Crazies don't call themselves that, but others do. BTW, if you don't have the Special Edition DVD, I'd highly recommend picking it up, if only for the inclusion of the first reel. Reckstei 20:08, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]