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Escape from L.A. Quotes

Escape from L.A. is a television show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Escape from L.A. ended in 1970.

It features Debra Hill as producer, John Carpenter in charge of musical score, and Gary B. Kibbe as head of cinematography.

Escape from L.A. is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, Stacy Keach as Malloy, Cliff Robertson as President, Michelle Forbes as Brazen, Georges Corraface as Cuervo Jones, Peter Fonda as Pipeline, Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palmas, Valeria Golino as Taslima, A. J. Langer as Utopia, Robert Carradine as Skinhead, and Peter Jason as Duty Sergeant.

Escape from L.A. Quotes

Stacy Keach as Malloy

  • (Stacy Keach) "Slow it down, Plissken. You're overloading the power plant."
  • (Kurt Russell) "You slow down, dickhead. I'm the one who's dying."
  • (Stacy Keach) "This is your last chance, hotshot."
  • (Kurt Russell) "For what?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "Freedom."
  • (Kurt Russell) "In America? That died a long time ago."
  • (Stacy Keach) "On my command -- FIRE."
  • (Michelle Forbes) "He's not even here. He's a hologram."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Catches on quick, doesn't she?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "For God sakes, don't do it, Snake."
  • (Kurt Russell) "The name's Plissken."

Michelle Forbes as Brazen

  • (Michelle Forbes) "Mr. President, Commander Malloy, we are receiving reports from Miami. An armada of warships have just departed Cuba. ETA to Florida coast in 45 minutes."
  • (Stacy Keach) "Starting the invasion."
  • (Cliff Robertson) "Gotta go to my quarters. Got to pray."
  • (Stacy Keach) "Go with him. Make sure he doesn't do anything crazy."

Georges Corraface as Cuervo Jones

  • (Georges Corraface) "Two hoops, full court. Ten-second shot clock. Miss a shot, you get shot. Shot clock buzzer goes off before you shoot, you get shot. Two points for a basket, no three-point bulls***. All you gotta do is get ten points. That's it."
  • (Georges Corraface) "By the way, nobody's ever walked off that court alive. Nobody."
  • (Georges Corraface) "Bend over mister President."
  • (Georges Corraface) "Some people think you're already dead, Snake. Some say you never will be. Though you may have survived Cleveland. You may have escaped from New York. But this is L.A., vato. And you're about to find out that this f***ing city can kill anybody."
  • (Georges Corraface) "I give you the death of SNAKE PLISSKEN."
  • (Georges Corraface) "That looks like Snake Plissken."
  • (A. J. Langer) "Who?"
  • (Georges Corraface) "He used to be a gunfighter. He kind of faded out of the scene a few years ago. I hear he slowed down some."
  • (A. J. Langer) "He don't look that slow Cuervo."
  • (Georges Corraface) "Nobody rolls into town and direspects me. Not Snake Plissken, not nobody. Bolas."

Robert Carradine as Skinhead

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Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palmas

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Cliff Robertson as President

  • (Cliff Robertson) "What's it going to be, Plissken? Them or us?"
  • (Kurt Russell) "I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win, you lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same."
  • (Female Narrator) "In the late 20th century, hostile forces inside the United States grow strong. The city of Los Angeles is ravaged by crime and immorality. To protect and defend its citizens, the United States Police Force is formed. A presidential candidate predicts a millennium earthquake will destroy L.A. in divine retribution."
  • (Cliff Robertson) "Like the mighty fist of God, Armageddon will descend upon the city of Los Angeles; the city of sin, the city of Gomorrah, the city of Sodom; and waters will rise and separate this sinful, sinful city from our country."
  • (Female Narrator) "The earthquake measuring 9.6 on the Richter scale hits at 12:59 P.M. August 23rd in the year 2000. After the devastation, the Constitution is amended, and the newly elected president accepts a lifetime term of office. The country's capitol is moved from Washington, D.C., to the president's hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia. Los Angeles Island is declared no longer part of the United States and becomes the deportation point for all people found undesirable or unfit to live in the new, moral America. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped among the shorelines, making any escape from L.A. impossible. From the southeastern hills of Orange County to the northwestern shore of Malibu, the great wall excludes L.A. from the mainland. The president's first act as permanent Commander in Chief is Directive 17: once an American loses his or her citizenship, they are deported to this island of the damned, and they never come back."
  • (Cliff Robertson) "All right, I've heard enough. Would you explain to this foot soldier why he's going to do what we tell him to do."
  • (Kurt Russell) "What's he talking about?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "The Plutoxin Seven virus."
  • (Michelle Forbes) "Genetically engineered. 100% pure death."
  • (Stacy Keach) "It starts with a slight headache, then turns into a fever that gets worse. After a short time, you crash. You bleed out like a stuck pig. Not a pretty sight."
  • (Kurt Russell) "I get it. You figure that you inject that s*** into me, and under the threat of death, I'll do whatever you say -- just like in New York."
  • (Stacy Keach) "You got it -- Snake."
  • (Kurt Russell) "One question: which one of you assholes gets to die trying to stick me?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "You don't understand. It's already in you."
  • (Michelle Forbes) "Catches on quick, doesn't he?"
  • (Cliff Robertson) "Man is too dumb to survive L.A."
  • (Stacy Keach) "We're holograms, Plissken."
  • (Cliff Robertson) "If you go to Los Angeles, and come back with that black box and put it in my hand, you'll be given a full pardon for every moral crime you've committed in the United States."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Sounds familiar."

Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken

  • (Kurt Russell) "f*** you, I'm going to Hollywood --"
  • (Kurt Russell) "By the way, who gives me the antidote?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "A medical team will be standing by."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Neither one of you?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "No."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Good."
  • (Stacy Keach) "Ha. We thought you might try that, hotshot. That's why the first clip is loaded with blanks. Bye bye, Snake. Good luck."
  • (Kurt Russell) "I can see you're real concerned about your daughter."
  • (Kurt Russell) "You'd better hope I don't make it back."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Your rules are really beginning to annoy me."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Welcome to the human race."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Sad story. You got a smoke?"
  • (Kurt Russell) "Who are you?"
  • (Cliff Robertson) "I'm your President."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Understand you got some domestic problems --"
  • (Kurt Russell) "What's that?"
  • (Peter Fonda) "Tsu-nami, Snake. Tsunami."
  • (Kurt Russell) "I'll take my coat back now, asshole."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Got a smoke?"
  • (Stacy Keach) "The United States is a no-smoking nation. No smoking, no drinking, no drugs. No women; unless of course you're married. No guns, no foul language -- no red meat."
  • (Kurt Russell) "Land of the free."

A. J. Langer as Utopia

  • (A. J. Langer) "He did it. He shut down the Earth."
  • (A. J. Langer) "To the American people. now it's the time to rise up and demand the surrender of the President and his corrupt theocracry. of lies and terror."
  • (Michelle Forbes) "at 11:40 hours se hijacked Air Force 3. We scan this onto the VR. Check it out"
  • (A. J. Langer) "Today is day one of a brand new world. The days of Empire are finished; to the President -- my father -- you know what's in here -- unless you open your borders, allow all the wrognfully accused, to return to their country -- I will use this, on you and on the United States --"

Valeria Golino as Taslima

  • (Valeria Golino) "What are you doing here in LA?"
  • (Kurt Russell) "Dying."
  • (Valeria Golino) "I thought you'd be taller."
  • (Valeria Golino) "I read your future."
  • (Kurt Russell) "The future is right now."

Peter Jason as Duty Sergeant

  • (Peter Jason) "What would you say to all of us who believed in you, who looked up to you, who thought you stood for right over wrong, good over evil? Be my guest. What do you have to say, Plissken?"
  • (Kurt Russell) "Call me Snake."

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