Continuity mistake: When Snake kills the wrestler he falls forward shoulders forward, next minute his arms are over the ropes, next minute his arms are in a different position again - quite active for a dead man. (01:16:55 - 01:18:10)
Escape From New York (1981)
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Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Lee Van Cleef
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Bob Hauk: It's the survival of the human race, Plissken. Something you don't give a shit about.
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Chosen answer: It's a chain of coffee shops in the New York area that were around decades before Starbucks. (Their initial business was roasted nuts before they switched to coffee and kept the name.) They would have been as common a sight to 80s New Yorkers as Starbucks is today to everyone.
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