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The Warriors (1979)
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Synopsis
Walter Hill
's hip, super-stylized action film unfurls in a dystopian near-future, when various gangs control New York City. Each gang sports a unique moniker ('The Men in Blue,' 'The Baseball Furies,' 'The Rogues'), with a costume underscoring its "theme"; each, in turn, is also responsible for one geographic borough. Hill sets up the landscape as a massive, violent playground - replete with bridges, vacant subway tunnels, parks, abandoned buildings and the like, all ripe for exploration and adventure. Within this framework, the titular Coney Island gang decides to surmount every obstacle in its path to make it to the Bronx, for a city-wide meeting of rival gangs; en route, a black female radio DJ reports on their progress, in the style of a baseball announcer. The Warriors' quest grows decidedly more complex and dangerous, however, when the psychotic leader of a rival gang, The Rogues (
David Patrick Kelly
of
Dreamscape
) assassinates the head of the city's foremost gang, but The Warriors are pegged as culpable. This sends the gang fleeing through the labyrinthine city, with every thug in Manhattan in vicious, homicidal pursuit. Throughout, Hill keeps the onscreen violence absurd, exaggerated and unrealistic, downplaying death to an extreme degree; despite this fact, the film sparked a massive amount of controversy and an ugly backlash for allegedly inciting violence and destruction in several theaters where it initially played.
James Remar
,
Michael Beck
and
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
lead the ensemble cast. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Cast
Michael Beck
Swan
Roger Hill
Cyrus
David Patrick Kelly
Luther
Tom McKitterick
Cowboy
Terry Michos
Vermin
James Remar
Ajax
Mercedes Ruehl
Policewoman
Marcelino Sanchez
Rembrandt
Brian Tyler
Snow
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Mercy
Thomas G. Waites
Fox
Dorsey Wright
Cleon
David Harris
Cochise
Production Crew
Robert Wightman
Art Director
Joel Silver
Associate Producer
Sol Yurick
Book Author
Andrew Laszlo
Cinematographer
Barry de Vorzon
Composer (Music Score)
Vincenzo Mannino
Costume Designer
Walter Hill
Director
David Holden
Editor
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer
David Sosna
First Assistant Director
Lawrence Gordon
Producer
David Shaber
Screenwriter
Walter Hill
Screenwriter
Fred C. Weiler
Set Designer
Craig R. Baxley
Stunts
Craig Baxley, Jr.
Stunts Coordinator
Craig R. Baxley
Stunts Coordinator
Year: 1979
Runtime: 94
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Action
Produced by
Paramount
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.