> One of my students broght to my attention an alleged internet rumor >that MGM was going to digitally alter John Carpenter's Escape

This is another apparently unfounded rumor.  As reported in several sources--including the one the original message linked--all three parties involved (MGM, Carpenter & Fangoria) have denied it.  (Of course maybe Carpenter did originally say something similar in the interview but probably we'll never know.)

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