Escape or Escaping may refer to:

Arts and media

Film

* ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * ''Escape'' (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer, based on the novel by Ethel Vance * ''Escape'' (1948 film), starring Rex Harrison * ''Escape'' (1971 film), a television movie starring

Christopher George Christopher John George (February 25, 1931 – November 28, 1983) was an American television and film actor who starred in the 1960s television series '' The Rat Patrol''. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1967 as Best TV Star for his ...

and William Windom * ''Escape'' (1980 film), a television movie starring

Timothy Bottoms Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971); Sonny Crawford in ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, C ...

and

Colleen Dewhurst Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles. She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dra ...

* ''Escape'' (1988 film), an Egyptian film directed by Atef El-Tayeb * ''Escape'' (2012 American film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell, John Rhys-Davies, Anora Lyn * ''Escape'' (2012 Norwegian film), a thriller originally titled ''Flukt'' * ''Escapes'' (film), a 2017 documentary film about ''Blade Runner'' screenwriter Hampton Fancher * ''Escape'' (2021 film), a Malayalam film starring Santhosh Keezhattoor * ''Escape'' (2023 film), a Malaysian film starring Kamal Adil * ''Escape'' (2024 South Korean film), an action film starring Lee Je-hoon and Koo Kyo-hwan * ''Escape'' (2024 Spanish film), a Spanish thriller directed by Rodrigo Cortés

Literature

Books

*''Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini'', a 2006 book by

Sid Fleischman Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an American people, American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic (illusion), magic. His ...

* ''Escape'' (Jessop and Palmer book), a 2007 book about Jessop's upbringing in a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints polygamous community * ''Escape'' (Choose Your Own Adventure), a ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' book * ''Escape'' (McMillan book), a 2008 autobiographical book by smuggler David McMillan * ''Escape'', a 1939 novel by

Grace Zaring Stone Grace Zaring Stone (January 9, 1891 – September 29, 1991) was an American novelist and short-story writer.

under the pseudonym Ethel Vance * ''Escape'', a 2022 novel by K.R. Alexander.

Other literature

* ''Escape'' (play), a 1926 play by the British writer John Galsworthy * ''Escape'' (magazine), a British comic strip magazine published between 1983 and 1989 * "

Escape! "Escape!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was first published as "Paradoxical Escape" (a publisher's change in the title) in the August 1945 issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and reprinted as "Escape! ...

", a 1945 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov * ''Escape'' (manga), a 1981 short manga by Akira Toriyama

Music

Albums

* ''Escape'' (Enrique Iglesias album), or the title song (see below), 2001 * ''Escape'' (Gorgon City album), 2018 * ''Escape'' (Jody Harris and Robert Quine album), 1981 * ''Escape'' (Journey album), or the title song, 1981 * ''Escape'' (Nine Lashes album), 2009 * ''Escape'' (Ram-Zet album), 2002 * ''Escape'' (Whodini album), or the title song, 1984 * ''Escape'' (EP), by Kim Hyung-jun, 2012 * ''Escape'', an EP by Daoko with Yohji Igarashi, 2022

Songs

* "Escape" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001 * "Escape" (Misia song), 2000 * " Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", by Rupert Holmes, 1979 * "Escape", a song by Alice Cooper from ''

Welcome to My Nightmare ''Welcome to My Nightmare'' is the debut solo and overall eighth studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on March 11, 1975 by Atlantic Records. A concept album, its songs played in sequence form a journey through the nightm ...

'' * "Escape", a song by Craig Armstrong * "Escape", a song by (G)I-dle from '' I Never Die'' * "Escape", a song by Hoobastank from '' The Reason'' * "Escape", a song by Kehlani from

SweetSexySavage ''SweetSexySavage'' is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Kehlani. The album was released on January 27, 2017, by Atlantic Records. Kehlani started work on the album shortly after the release of their mixtape '' You Shoul ...

* "Escape", a song by Kx5 and Hayla * "Escape", a song by Matisyahu from ''

Light Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...

'' * "Escape", a song by Metallica from ''

Ride the Lightning ''Ride the Lightning'' is the second studio album by the American thrash metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmusse ...

'' * "Escape", a song by Muse from '' Showbiz'' * "Escape", a song by Stray Kids from '' Mixtape: Dominate'' * "Escape", a song by Zara Larsson from ''

Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth's "twin" or "sister" planet for having almost the same size and mass, and the closest orbit to Earth's. While both are rocky planets, Venus has an atmosphere much thicker ...

'' * "Escaping" (song), by Margaret Urlich, 1989 * "Escaping", a song by Blues Traveler from the single " Run-Around", 1995 * "Escaping", a song by High Flight Society from ''

High Flight Society High Flight Society was an American Christian rock band from Cedartown, Georgia.Over Fly Over ''Over Fly Over'' is the fifth album by Kathryn Williams Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists ...

'', 2005 * "Escaping", a song by Kiko Loureiro from '' No Gravity'', 2005

Radio

* ''Escape'' (radio program), a radio drama series on CBS * Escape (Sirius XM), a music channel on satellite radio

Television

Escape (TV network) Ion Mystery (formerly Escape and Court TV Mystery, stylized as ESCAPE and MYSTERY; formerly branded on-air as Mystery) is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. It focu ...

, American TV network now named Ion Mystery since 2022 * ''Escape'' (1950 TV series), a 1950 American drama anthology series that aired on CBS * ''Escape'' (1973 TV series), a 1973 American adventure anthology series that aired on NBC * ''Escape'' (British TV series), a 1957 British anthology series * ''Escape'', a ''

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Brit ...

'' episode

Video games

* ''Escape'' (video game), a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by New Generation Software in 1982 *

Westone Bit Entertainment was a video game developer founded in May 1986, based in Mukoujima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. They were most famous for the '' Wonder Boy/Monster World'' series. Originally called , the company was renamed to Westone as the word Escape made them sound u ...

, a video game company formerly known as Escape

Science and technology

Computing

Escape character In computing and telecommunications, an escape character is a character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular case of metacharacters. Generally, the ...

, a character that signifies that what follows takes an alternative interpretation **

Escape sequence In computer science, an escape sequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein; it is marked by one or more preceding (and possibly terminating) characters. Examples * In C and ma ...

, a series of characters used to trigger some sort of command state in computers *

Escape key On computer keyboards, the Esc key (named ''Escape key'' in the international standard series ISO/IEC 9995) is a key used to generate the escape character (which can be represented as ASCII code 27 in decimal, Unicode U+001B, or ). The escap ...

, the "Esc" key on a computer keyboard

Life sciences

* Antigenic escape, inability to respond to an infectious agent *

Escape response Escape response, escape reaction, or escape behavior is a mechanism by which animals avoid potential predation. It consists of a rapid sequence of movements, or lack of movement, that position the animal in such a way that allows it to hide, free ...

, instinctive behaviour in animals

Space science

* Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution, a NASA Small Explorer satellite * Escape from a gravitationally bound orbit, by exceeding

escape velocity In celestial mechanics, escape velocity or escape speed is the minimum speed needed for an object to escape from contact with or orbit of a primary body, assuming: * Ballistic trajectory – no other forces are acting on the object, such as ...

Other uses

* Fire escape, a type of emergency exit often found on multiple-storey residential buildings *

Ford Escape The Ford Escape is a compact crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company since the 2001 model year. The first Ford SUV derived from a car platform, the Escape fell below the Ford Explorer#Second generation (UN105/150; 1995), F ...

, a small sport utility vehicle *

Prison escape A prison escape (also referred to as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, jail escape or prison break) is the act of an Prisoner, inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part o ...

, the act of breaking out of prison