Escape

Escape or Escaping may refer to:

In computing

• Escape character, in computing and telecommunication, a character which signifies that what follows takes an alternative interpretation
  • Escape sequence, a series of characters used to trigger some sort of command state in computers
• Escape key, the "Esc" key on a computer keyboard

In entertainment

In literature

• Escape (play), a 1926 play by the British writer John Galsworthy
• Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini, a 2006 book by Sid Fleischman
• Escape (Jessop and Palmer book), a 2007 book
• Escape (Choose Your Own Adventure), a Choose Your Own Adventure book
• Escape (David McMillan book), a 2008 autobiographical book by smuggler David McMillan
• Escape (magazine), a British comic strip magazine published between 1983 and 1989
• "Escape!", a 1945 science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
• Escape (manga), a 1981 short manga by Akira Toriyama

In film

• Escape (1928 film), a German silent drama film
• Escape (1930 film), starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best
• Escape (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer
• Escape (1948 film), starring Rex Harrison
• Escape (1971 film), a television movie starring Christopher George and William Windom
• Escape (1980 film), a television movie starring Timothy Bottoms and Colleen Dewhurst
• Escape (2012 American film), a thriller starring C. Thomas Howell, John Rhys-Davies, Anora Lyn
• Escape (2012 Norwegian film), a thriller film originally titled Flukt
• Escapes (film), a 2017 documentary film about Blade Runner screenwriter Hampton Fancher

In radio

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

In television

• Escape (TV network), American TV network
• 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 episode

In music

Albums

• Escape (EP), a 2012 EP by Kim Hyung-jun
• Escape (Enrique Iglesias album), or the title song (see below), 2001
• 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

Songs

• "Escape" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001
• "Escape" (Misia song), 2000
• "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)", 1979 song by Rupert Holmes
• "Escape", a song by Craig Armstrong
• "Escape", a song by Matisyahu from Light
• "Escape", a song by Metallica from Ride the Lightning, later covered by Hatebreed on the album For the Lions
• "Escape", a song by Muse from Showbiz
• "Escape", a song by Alice Cooper from the 1975 album Welcome to My Nightmare
• "Escapee", a song by Architecture in Helsinki from Moment Bends
• "Escaping" (song), 1989 song by Margaret Urlich
• "Escaping", a song by Blues Traveler from the single "Run-Around", 1995
• "Escaping", a song by High Flight Society from the album High Flight Society, 2007
• "Escaping", a song by Kiko Loureiro from the album No Gravity, 2005
• "Escaping", a song by Kathryn Williams from the album Over Fly Over, 2005

In video games

• Escape (video game), a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by New Generation Software in 1982
• Westone Bit Entertainment, a video game company formerly known as Escape

Other uses

• Ford Escape, a small sport utility vehicle
• Escape Cliffs, historic settlement site in the Northern Territory, Australia
• E-scape, a project at Goldsmiths University, London

See also

• The Escape (disambiguation)
• Xscape (disambiguation)
• Escapism, mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation
• Escapology, the study and practice of escaping from physical restraints
• Prison escape, the act of breaking out of prison
• Escape response, instinctive behaviour in animals