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Brian
11-09-2003, 09:26 PM
My favorite John Carpenter movies are Halloween, Escape from New York, and Village of the Damned. (Actually, they are the only ones I've seen so far.) Out of the three, the one I like best is Escape from New York. I thought Kurt Russell was excellent for the role of Snake Plissken.

Speaking of EFNY, has anybody ever heard that there was a ten-minute opening sequence that was deleted before its release? That ten minutes featured Snake's bank robbery scene which led to him going to prison. It has never been seen...until December 16, 2003. Yes. You heard me. A special edition DVD of Escape from New York is being released next month with a great deal of bonus features. For more information, here's a link.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CNY27/qid=1068430833/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/104-6121647-7407924?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

I want to see The Fog, Christine (I want to read the Stephen King book first before I see this one, though), Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, and Memoirs of an Invisible Man. I heard a few of those were good movies, too.

Who else here is a fan of John Carpenter?

TJL
11-09-2003, 09:37 PM
Escape From New York and Escape From L.A. are my two favorite John Carpenter films.
Halloween 1 & 2 are great too.

If you get a chance Brian, check out "Big Trouble In Little China."
It's actually a pretty funny movie. I always thought John Carpenter and Kurt Russell should do a sequel to that.

Crimson and Clover
11-09-2003, 09:40 PM
John Carpenter's Vampires

dandelion wine
11-09-2003, 09:52 PM
The Fog

Escape From New York

Halloween

Christine

The Thing

Body Bags

Starman

Escape From Precinct 13

They Live

Prince of Darkness

Elvis

Stuck In The '70's
11-10-2003, 01:13 AM
Halloween

pandora_spocks
11-22-2003, 05:07 AM
Halloween

I just love the Halloween movies. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

The Modfather
11-22-2003, 09:44 AM
Halloween

The Fog

Escape From New York

Halloween

Christine

The Thing

Escape From Precinct 13

The Modfather
11-22-2003, 09:44 AM
Originally posted by pandora_spocks
Halloween

I just love the Halloween movies. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Ditto, great films.

Brian Damage
11-24-2003, 02:23 PM
Halloween 1&2

Assault on Precinct 13

Mijada
11-26-2003, 10:16 AM
I've only seen Halloween. I liked it.

AB
03-05-2007, 11:08 PM
The Thing

Starman

Escape From New York

Myles
03-06-2007, 01:25 PM
Oh wow, he's my favorite Director! I like just about all his films, but I'll narrow it down to my absolute favorites.

Halloween
The Fog
The Thing
Escape From New York
Starman
They Live

Brian, do yourself a favor and buy The Fog (1980). A few summers ago I got the DVD for $10. MGM had it loaded with special features.
The score is probably my favorite element to the film, very eerie and vibrant at times. It encapsulates the audience.

Shine
03-06-2007, 02:17 PM
1. The Fog

2. The Thing

3. Halloween

4. Christine

5. Big Trouble In Little China