<P> Carpenter and his crew persuaded the city to shut off the electricity to ten blocks at a time at night . The film was shot from August to November 1980 . It was a tough and demanding shoot for the filmmaker as he recalls . `` We 'd finish shooting at about 6 am and I 'd just be going to sleep at 7 when the sun would be coming up . I 'd wake up around 5 or 6 pm , depending on whether or not we had dailies , and by the time I got going , the sun would be setting . So for about two and a half months I never saw daylight , which was really strange . '' The gladiatorial fight to the death scene between Snake and Slag ( played by professional wrestler Ox Baker ) was filmed in the Grand Hall at St. Louis Union Station . Russell has stated , `` That day was a nightmare . All I did was swing a ( spiked ) bat at that guy and get swung at in return . He threw a trash can in my face about five times ... I could have wound up in pretty bad shape . '' In addition to shooting on location in St. Louis , Carpenter shot parts of the film in Los Angeles . Various interior scenes were shot on a sound stage ; the final scenes were shot at the Sepulveda Dam , in Sherman Oaks . New York served as a location , as did Atlanta , to use their futuristic - looking rapid - transit system . In New York City , Carpenter persuaded federal officials to grant access to Liberty Island . `` We were the first film company in history allowed to shoot on Liberty Island at the Statue of Liberty at night . They let us have the whole island to ourselves . We were lucky . It was n't easy to get that initial permission . They 'd had a bombing three months earlier and were worried about trouble '' . </P>
<P> Carpenter and his crew persuaded the city to shut off the electricity to ten blocks at a time at night . The film was shot from August to November 1980 . It was a tough and demanding shoot for the filmmaker as he recalls . `` We 'd finish shooting at about 6 am and I 'd just be going to sleep at 7 when the sun would be coming up . I 'd wake up around 5 or 6 pm , depending on whether or not we had dailies , and by the time I got going , the sun would be setting . So for about two and a half months I never saw daylight , which was really strange . '' The gladiatorial fight to the death scene between Snake and Slag ( played by professional wrestler Ox Baker ) was filmed in the Grand Hall at St. Louis Union Station . Russell has stated , `` That day was a nightmare . All I did was swing a ( spiked ) bat at that guy and get swung at in return . He threw a trash can in my face about five times ... I could have wound up in pretty bad shape . '' In addition to shooting on location in St. Louis , Carpenter shot parts of the film in Los Angeles . Various interior scenes were shot on a sound stage ; the final scenes were shot at the Sepulveda Dam , in Sherman Oaks . New York served as a location , as did Atlanta , to use their futuristic - looking rapid - transit system . In New York City , Carpenter persuaded federal officials to grant access to Liberty Island . `` We were the first film company in history allowed to shoot on Liberty Island at the Statue of Liberty at night . They let us have the whole island to ourselves . We were lucky . It was n't easy to get that initial permission . They 'd had a bombing three months earlier and were worried about trouble '' . </P>
when was the movie escape from new york made
when was the movie escape from new york made
from August to November 1980
from August to November 1980