I was just flipping through the channels and came upon Escape From New York, one of the all time great dystopian movies. New York is a maximum security prison. The president is being held hostage within it. Lee Van Cleef sends Kurt Russell in to get the president. On top of that, this dystopian world is set in 1997. By now, Snake Plissken is getting on up there.
I have seen Escape From New York a ton of times, which means I am not going to watch it. Instead, I am going to explore the wisdom that can be found in the movies of Kurt Russell.
By the way, here is some kind of interesting trivia. Kurt was in a movie with Elvis Presley. Later, he portrayed Elvis in a couple of movies. He also pretended to be an Elvis impersonator in another movie.
From It Happened at the World’s Fair
Adults, they’re all nuts!
From The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Modernization isn’t everything!
Everyone’s just out for himself.
From Used Cars
Fifty bucks never killed anybody.
You know, it used to be when you bought a politician, that son of a bitch stayed bought.
From The Fox and the Hound
Forever is a long, long time, and time has a way of changing things.
From Tequila Sunrise
Friendship is the only choice in life you can make that’s yours!
Don’t get caught.
From Tango & Cash
Too much television can hurt your eyes.
From Tombstone
There’s no normal life.
Wearing that badge don’t make you right.
From Forrest Gump
Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
You’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
You have to do the best with what God gave you.
There’s only so much fortune a man really needs and the rest is just for showing off.
From Escape from L.A.
The future is right now.
From Miracle
Great moments are born from great opportunity.
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When someone wants to know where you got all those quotes, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that: “Have ya paid your dues, Jack?” “Yessir, the check is in the mail.”
It looks like I’m going to have to watch that movie.
Big Trouble in Little China is ridiculous, but a lot fo fun.
What, no Tombstone?
I put a couple of Tombstone’s in there.
Thank you 🙂
Tell them I’m coming … and Hell’s coming with me.
And many scenes from Escape From New York was filmed in my hometown of St. Louis, yes St. Louis filled in as New York.
That I did not know. It’s an awesome movie.
Hello, Sweden!
Or just a bunch of cursing, really.
Yes, really.
Call me Snake.
Wonder what he’s up to these days? He and Goldie?
He has probably gotten a new eye and removed the patch.
He’s had a heck of a career hasn’t he? He’s had a knack for finding roles that kept him in work and moving along. Helps that he’s good at either comedy or drama. Transitioning from a kid actor to adult work is not always a given either.