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The Warriors is a 1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill.Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, the film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles (48 km), from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader.
Feb 9, 2019 · Still, violence broke out all over the country after it premiered on Feb. 9, 1979. A teenager was killed at a drive-in showing a few days later in Palm Springs, Calif. Another 18-year-old bled out ...
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- The film is based on the book by author Sol Yurick, which itself was inspired by an ancient Greek epic called "Anabasis." That story chronicles the journey of 10,000 Greek mercenaries stranded in Persian territory.
- Yurick has said that he wrote "The Warriors" specifically to counteract the romanticized portrayal of street gangs in "West Side Story." That didn't stop film critics like Gene Siskel from attacking the movie for similar reasons.
- Actor Thomas G. Waites was fired after eight weeks of shooting due to repeated conflicts with director Walter Hill. The script was then rewritten so that Waites' character Fox is killed during a confrontation with a police officer.
- Fox was also originally intended to be the love interest for Deborah Van Valkenburgh's Mercy. Instead, Michael Beck's Swan became Mercy's love interest after it was decided that Van Valkenbergh and Beck had better chemistry.
The Warriors film location: Swan parleys with the Orphans: 45th Road, Long Island City, Queens, New York | Photograph: Google Maps. As Swan (Michael Beck), who’s taken over as leader, goes to parley with the Orphans, Mercy (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) emerges from the doorway at 21-37 45th Road and her taunting threatens the fragile truce.
Sep 10, 2015 · Members of the Blue Coats, an African-American gang, took on members of a white gang, The Family. On Monday, February 12, 1979, a 19-year-old boy and member of The Family was fatally shot at a drive-in showing of the film. That same night, an 18-year-old bled out after being stabbed in a movie theater 165 miles away in Oxnard.
Feb 9, 2024 · Newsletters. The Warriors: The 1979 cult hit that shows an ultra-violent NY. Alamy. Released during a period when New York was "the poster child for disrepair and abandonment", dystopian film The ...
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The Warriors: Directed by Walter Hill. With Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler. A street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.
