Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'
2018, English. Directed by Daniel Griffith.
A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with writer Nick Castle, cinematographer Dean Cundey, composer Alan Howarth, production designer Joe Alves, special visual effects artist/model maker Gene Rizzardi, production assistant David De Coteau, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, Carpenter biographer John Muir, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys, and music historian Daniel Schweiger.
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Who directed Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'?
Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' (2018) was directed by Daniel Griffith and stars Nick Castle, Dean Cundey, Alan Howarth.