The subway bathroom scene with the Punks is only fight of the film where one or more Warriors are represented by stuntmen. The Lizzies won the battle, and their victory was later reported by the D.J. The subway footage during the opening titles was filmed along the express tracks of the IND Fulton St. line in Brooklyn. Directed by Walter Hill, with a budget of $4 . And there's over 100 more. The train operated on one of the unused outer tracks. Director Walter Hill wanted Welles, but the studio refused to pay for it, so Hill did the narration himself. No Lizzie (except Starr) can escape a grab. Def Squad sampled the line "Can you dig it?" The Locos. And I said, 'Well, I did mine. The fight between the Warriors and the Baseball Furies was scripted as extremely graphic and realistic. One of the "Punks" in the men's room brawl is Craig R. Baxley. The Jupiters. According to Walter Hill, what had happened was gangs were attracted to the film and they had saw their rival gangs and caused violent incidents. The Baseball Furies were created due to Walter Hill's love of baseball and the glam rock band KISS. On May 20, 1979, the Lizzies battled the Hurricanes in Spanish Harlem. 1979 The Warriors Lizzie 1978 Siege . In the film, Swan is cool and collected, dealing with the various challenges that pop up throughout the night in a straightforward, level-headed manner. Vermin "People would ask me, 'What do I think about Paramount remaking the movie?' While some of the younger, more impulsive members of the Warriors make up the fiery heart of the group, Swan acts as the head, which constantly puts him at odds with Ajax. Good luck.'". James Remar ,David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham and Marcelino Snchez all appeared in 48 Hrs. The Turnbull AC's. The Stevedores. The Xylophones The Yo-Yo's The Youngbloods. In an interview, Walter Hill opened up about a scene in the movie where Fox was killed off by getting thrown in front of an approaching subway train. TV Shows. The Charlemagnes. the chicks are packed, the chicks are packed. The ploy worked, and the death scene was taken out. The Go Hards. He has continued to work in supporting roles on TV, as the mercurial and mysterious father of a serial killer on Dexter and most recently on Black Lightning as a tailor for superheroes. According to his co-star Joel Weiss, Snyder was almost in one of the gangs cut from the film, the Dingoes. The NYPD expressed reservations about this arrangement fearing the close proximity of so many actual (and competing) gang members could lead to violence. Tony Danza was offered the lead, but he chose to film the television series Taxi (1978) instead. [The Lizzie kissing Cochise pulls a switchblade out] Rembrandt - Shit! Using their developed gifts that they honed over the years to their advantage, they can easily sneak their way past any crew's defense. Hill explained, "I feel very bad about the whole thing. They take them to their apartment and seduce them, until they accuse them of shooting Cyrus. This too is a story of courage". Now Playing Podcast reviewed The Warriors. Ajax is characterized as a firebrand among firebrands in the movie, constantly trying to one-up others and doing whatever he can to prove his toughness and worth to the gang. It also functions as a reunion of sorts, bringing the talents of a large chunk of the original cast back to the streets of New York. Sheehan had never roller skated and spent the summer of 1978 teaching himself to skate which included a 25 mile journey on skates between White Plains and Mt. This would make them the best choice if you want to use a female character in Rumble Mode. A street gang known as The Warriors must fight their way from the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island when they are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader. The iconic "Warriors, come out to play" scene was completely improvised by David Patrick Kelly after he felt the scripted scene wasn't working. Vernon in NY. First of three collaborations of director Walter Hill and cinematographer Andrew Laszlo. | Michael Beck's next leading man role was the 1980 fantasy musical film Xanadu, in which he co-starred with Olivia Newton John. While it's doubtful that a small role in The Warriors would have had the same impact as playing Ren in Footloose, it's fun to wonder at what could have been. The original poster featured the logo as well as a picture of several tough looking gang members. Bakunas. lesbian gang to threaten the audience's (and the Warrirors') raging heteronormativity. The element the two gangs had in common was the they were both from Coney Island. Vermin Rembrandt Cyrus was originally cast using a real NYC gang leader. The filmmakers had Mercy disappear from the film for a while, meeting up with the Warriors at the subway platform and saying that she stole the jacket she was wearing before arriving there. Kelly gathered up some empty beer bottles he found under the boardwalk and created the intimidating dialogue. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! This led him to working with famed auteurs Spike Lee and David Lynch on multiple occasions. The Lizzies do the same in waiting for The Warriors to show up in Union Square. He does this to coax him into running faster. Recently, she's made appearances on NCIS, Power, and Bull. Ajax was originally conceived as a tall, muscular, physically imposing figure. | Contrary to popular belief, the opening narration was not voiced by Orson Welles. Cyrus's "Can You Dig It" speech in the beginning of the film is played in part as the "Gangbang Interlude" on Fat Joe's 1995 sophomore album Jealous Ones Envy. Cochises play mate pulls a knife and Vermins girl pulls a gun an begins blasting away. One thousand miles from the sea. In the film, Alice and the other Lizzies attempted to kill Rembrandt, Vermin and Cochise, after hearing the hit placed on the Warriors, on the radio. Even eagle-eyed viewers and fans of voice actors may not recognize the name John Snyder, as he often performs under the name of Ivan Buckley. Walter Hill says of this film on his 2005 DVD introduction: "At the very beginning, I said [that] to do this properly and to do the vision of the novel, it really only makes sense if you do it all black and Hispanic. (My favorite bunch were the Baseball Furies from Riverside Park, Manhattan, but this is about the ladies, so we'll move on.) Beck's charm and perfect look for the late 70's and early 80's led to him being cast in the roller disco musical extravaganza Xanadu opposite Olivia Newton-John. However, the actual fight, and a great deal more running, was done by stuntmen. The Warriors (1979) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The Rogues' car in the Coney Island confrontation was a 1955 Cadillac hearse. The travel route the Warriors gang must travel all through the night to get back home went from The Bronx through Manhattan and Brooklyn, and finally to Coney Island. Beck himself was unaware of this until he was confronted by the same stuntman at a 'Warriors' reunion event 37 years later. The man is director Walter Hill in a cameo. That is false information. They don't give their individual names, but lure men into their lair promising sex and attempt to murder them. They could run New York City." From there, Ruehl appeared in Married to the Mob and starred in Lost in Yonkers with Richard Dreyfuss. The Gladiators. In one take, Michael Beck (Swan) swings a bat into Deborah's face (in the scene where he throws it at the cop). The Orphans are a fictional New York City gang in 1979. . First of three collaborations of actor David Patrick Kelly and writer/director Walter Hill. Remar went on to a successful career as a character actor, oftentimes finding himself playing characters with darker sides to them. on the gang radio station. Cleon (Dorsey Wright) the leader of The Warriors is killed instantly by members of Gramercy Riffs. This is a "collective hero" movie, in which the protagonist actually consists of nine people acting (more or less) as one. Michael Beck accidentally broke three of a stuntman's ribs while filming the scuffle with the Furies. Mercy is one of the few female faces in the main cast of The Warriors, meaning Deborah Van Valkenburgh has to work double time to put her stamp on a movie defined by aggressive machismo. Walter Hill told him to just "come up with something". The choreographed fight with the Punks in the men's room took 5 days (8pm to 7am) to shoot. Now lookit whatcha find here in the big city! He clinks glass bottles together on his fingertips as he whines out the iconic line, adding a strangely intimidating and menacing lilt to what could just as easily come off as a weak schoolyard taunt. Filming of the encounter/chase/and fight sequences with the Baseball Furies involved two sets of actors playing most of the Furies. On their 1989 album This is the day..This is the hour..This is this. The on-screen adventures of the Warriors lasted for one fateful night, but the impact of The Warriors has lasted for decades, culminating in a 2015 reunion that took place as part of a fan-organized event. The Imps. Hey you guys, we ain't got time. The Phillies. The Queen (The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak), Zarina the War Witch (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century). In the script, Snow was originally named Snowball and did not say a single word until the end when he gave a small statement about how they should fight the Rogues to avenge their fallen friends. While actor John Snyder only makes a relatively brief appearance in The Warriors as a New York City gas station attendant, he's gone on to have an incredibly interesting and unique career in Hollywood after almost playing a completely different role in the movie altogether. Beck was one of the many original cast members who returned for the 2005 Playstation 2 game The Warriors. Using their developed gifts that they honed over the years to their advantage, they can easily sneak their way past any crew's defense. The Lizzies were founded sometime before May 20, 1979 as an all-female gang, and adopted the Union Square and Bowery sections of Manhattan's East Village as their territory; they shared the area relationship with the Punks. Then in 1980 came another New York gang movie, John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981). For the big meeting at the beginning of the film, Walter Hill wanted real gang members in the scene with off duty police officers also in the crowd so that there would be no trouble. Cyrus (Roger Hill) is the leader of a very powerful very well-organised gang known as the Gramercy Riffs. Cochise After the DJ's On-Air sign went dim, Thigpen's career kept her on both the big and small screens as well as the stage. Now, Remar is probably best known for his recurring role as the dirtbag billionaire boyfriend of Samantha on Sex and the City. An opening narration was planned, voiced by Orson Welles. There were always crowds of spectators during filming, even at 3am in the freezing cold. The Howitzers. The Five Points. He also wanted an initial subtitle which read "Sometime in the future" but Paramount thought it sounded too much like Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Walter agreed and decided to go back and re-shot the conversations that The Warriors have before their train arrives. The second-in-command of the Riffs who takes over when Cyrus is killed is named Masai. The Jones Street Boys. In 2019, Remar will appear in Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The gangs are told that there is a truce between all the different gangs in the city and that the leaders of each gang are invited to come unarmed to see and hear the one and only Cyrus. The Huks. The Lizzies were a street gang in New York City around the time of the meeting.. The other films were 48 Hrs. The Nightriders. The Dealers. (1982) and Last Man Standing (1996). One such gang was the Dingoes. The Dingoes were envisioned as a gang of young, gay men with a sadomasochistic streak, flanked by vicious Doberman Pinschers. The gang has 120 members, plus affiliates, but only 9 members of the gang made their way to The Bronx: Ajax, Cleon, Cochise, Cowboy, Fox, Rembrandt . Masai is played by Edward Sewer III, NOT Dennis Gregory. Suddenly one of the Lizzies bolt locks the door. Suddenly the police raid the gathering. The Warriors: Directed by Walter Hill. Chaos ensues One of a number of 1979 "gang movies." The television version started with a day shoot at Coney Island with Cleon and his girlfriend (played by Pamela Poitier). [Rembrandt get's slashed with a knife and Vermin punches a Lizzie] The film trucks were "protected" by a real gang called The Mongrels for $500 a day. [they spot this all-girl gang called the Lizzies] The Easy Aces. They are a serious bunch of brawlers. He plays the Rogues' leader, Luther, an agent of chaos who is more interested in watching everything crumble around him than he is in just about anything else. "World Announcement (Skit)" by the rap group Def Squad from their 1998 album "El Nio" is modeled on Cyrus's speech. This name is not used in the film, however it does appear in the credits. The Warriors (aka The Coney Island Warriors). The Big Trains. The script, as written, was a realistic take on street gangs, but the director was a huge fan of comic books and wanted to divide the film into chapters and then have each chapter "come to life starting with a splash panel.". This film received three "recommends". The 1979 film The Warriors and the 2005 video game of the same name, set circa 1978 and 1979, both revolve heavily around numerous fictional street gangs, biker gangs and crime syndicates. The crew once got urinated upon from a tower block due to the noise they were creating in the night. Over two millenniums ago, an army of Greek Soldiers found themselves isolated in the middle of The Persian Empire. The Turks. The Lizzies were one of the gangs to respond to this request; at Union Square, a group of Lizzies came across three members of the Warriors: Vermin, Cochise and Rembrandt. Many people say that Debra Winger was one of them. Hey, hey, hey. The Warchief of the Warriors is the unassuming Swan, played by Michael Beck. Sol Yurick wrote the original book as a rebuttal to the romanticized view of street gangs presented in West Side Story (1961) based on his experience as a New York City welfare department worker. : The main gang in this film, it was not the name of the main gang in Sol Yurick's source novel where the main gang was called "The Dominators" aka "The Coney Island Dominators". Thigpen's time on the stage nabbed her a Tony nomination for her appearance in "Tintypes" in 1981. In fact the two female prom cast members are Gwynn Press and Jodi Price. After reading the description of the plot, he became very interested and bought the rights out of his own pocket. The Warriors (1979) Lisa Maurer as Lizzie. Along with this film, there were Walk Proud (1979)], Boulevard Nights (1979) and The Wanderers (1979). Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. The scene was actually shot in Riverside Park, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. They Lizzies never say their names. The Terriers. Cyrus wants has called on all the gangs to make a truce so that he can organize them into one large gang. At some point during the film's promotion or after the initial ruckus when released, it was ordered that several bits of voice over in the trailer be censored. This is a run-down of all confrontations that The Warriors have dealt with over their territory on Coney Island. The crowd panics and Luther begins screaming that the Warriors did it, The Warriors shot Cyrus. I'm perfectly prepared to think that some of it was my fault. The Hurricanes. Cleon and Vermin run off, only to get trapped in a warehouse by the Mothers. Because there have been so many announcements. The Runaways. A PS2 game based on the film by Rockstar Games was released in the United States on 17th October 2005. Stuntman Steven Chambers suffered several broken ribs as the last Furie to go down in the fight when he was hit in the side by Swan's bat. Lawrence Gordon said the movie still kept going while the studio pulled the movie out of marketing. 1,000 extras were used at the big meeting, many coming from Riverside Drive Park. When Cochise, Rembrandt and Vermin are fleeing the cops at the train station, they run past a bearded man with a blue sweater and flat cap and who comforts his girlfriend. Kelly gathered up some empty beer bottles he found under the boardwalk and created the intimidating dialogue. According to an interview with a Hells Angel member on the Howard Stern Show, the Warrior's vest logo was taken from a picture of a bike built in a California prison by an incarcerated Hells Angel, which appeared in a motorcycle magazine. While they shot in the Bronx, bricks were tossed at the crew. The block parties were also a pivotal moment in the evolution of hip hop. Vermin was scripted to be killed by the Lizzies, but Terry Michos, who played Vermin, made his character more comical and thus more memorable. Where is everybody? The actors playing The Warriors bonded early in the shoot, on and off the set. Gordon hired David Shaber to write it and approach Walter Hill to direct it after working with him on Hard Times (1975) and The Driver (1978). He also learns from The Lizzies that The Warriors were framed for the murder of Cyrus and correctly deduces that every gang in the city must be looking for . The film apparently took 60 days to shoot from midnight to 8am. Waites is not in the final credits because he demanded that his name be removed. Ruehl went on to have a long, rewarding career in Hollywood. The dialogue from the scene in which The Warriors are discussing their strategy to get back to Coney Island and question the status of the truce after Cyrus's murder is featured as the lead-in to the 1992 song "Wrong Side of the Tracks" by the Brooklyn-based hardcore metal band Biohazard. Kelly later revealed that he based it on a neighbour who used to intimidate him. The IND Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn was used for the 96th St. station scenes. During Cyruss speech Luther shoots the One and Only dead. The Amsterdam All-Stars. The Punks. The Eagles liked the song so much that they ended up recording a new but very similar version of the song on their next album "The Long Run.". Lieutenants are black girls with dark blue long sleeve shirts, tie dye undershirts and a bun in their hair. The Warriors is not a massive franchise with decades of lore and side stories. Robert De Niro was asked to be Cowboy, but he passed on it. The podcast Quantum Recast (2020) took The Warriors out of 1979 and recast it in the year 1993 with relevant actors from that year, in Quantum Recast: The Warriors- 1993: Part 1 (2020) and Quantum Recast: The Warriors- 1993: Part 2: Electric Eliminator Boogaloo (2020). The Rogues. In addition to a sizable contingent of on-set security members, the producers also paid a real-life gang, The Mongrels, $500 per day to guard the production's equipment trucks. The original script features a handful of gangs and scenes that didn't quite make it into the final version of the film. Terry Michos was cast as Vermin, instead. The Destroyers' leader, Virgil, sets up lieutenant Cleon, and soldier Vermin, to take the fall during a drug deal gone wrong with The Satan's Mothers MC. In the trailer, the narrator states "between them and safety stand 20,000 cops and 100,000 sworn enemies." To this day, Hill feels bad about the rough times he had with Waites. Despite this, the movie went on to be not only a cult hit but also a timeless classic; it even made a profit since it earned $22.4 million in initial box office receipts against a budget of only $6-7 million. The film rights to the novel were bought in 1969. The character Ajax was named after the Greek Warrior. Actual gang members wanted to challenge some of the cast members but were dealt with by production security. One of the "Baseball Furies" was late martial-artist/actor Steve James. Players follow Cleon as he forms the Warriors, recruiting familiar faces and facing a murderer's row of rival gangs from the film. The Lizzies are partly based on the Greek race of female warriors known as the Amazon, from the Isle of Lesbos. They sometimes arm themselves with firearms, but appear to be inexperienced with them. Hiya? The Gramercy Riffs are introduced in The Warriors as the most powerful criminal enterprise in New York City. However, his character's actual name, Sully, was revealed in the Warriors video game. Alice is a soldier of the Lizzies. The woman (Mercedes Ruehl) invites Ajax to join her and then begin to makeout. The Stonebreakers. The other films were 48 Hrs. It's charming and heartwarming to see them all sharing the moment together as the train carries them towards Coney Island one last time. In the original script, there was a gang called The Dingoes and in it were Kevin Bacon and John Snyder, who plays the gas station man. The Boppers' main rivals are the . The main reason why this opening was cut was because the editors told Walter Hill that the scene completely fell through because it set in the daytime (95% of the film is set in nighttime) and they felt it wouldn't work since it would cut to nighttime and it was a distraction. The movie was actually, however, the second feature film for Ruehl, whose one previous picture had been the Brazilian movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976). The film remains a forgettable failure in every respect, as well as a radical shift from the virile, tough guy persona Beck demonstrated in The Warriors. Paul Greco's character, the Orphan leader, isn't given a name in the film, and other media frequently refer to the character simply as "Orphan" or "Orphan Leader." The Saratogas. The Judas Bunch. Walter Hill originally wanted the Warriors to be an all-black gang. Menu. The Punks are a fictional New York City gang in 1979. Konrad Sheehan plays the roller skating leader of the Punks. This is done by placing a piece of tape over the optical soundtrack. Menu. There are some really freaky gangs and one of the most twisted is the Rouges which is led by Luther (David Patrick Kelly). Others still managed to find their way in the entertainment industry and left their mark in their own unique ways. After meeting a very twisted gang known as The Baseball Furys Ajax (James Remar) and Swan (Michael Beck) fight their way to safety only to have Ajax and very attractive lady sitting on a park bench in the middle of the night. Swan leads the gang through their hellish escape to Coney Island, only to have a heartbreaking moment of realization. In one of her most recognizable roles, she went from feeding info to "boppers" to tasking gumshoes with hunting down a notorious criminal in Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? A street gang known as The Warriors must fight their way from the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island when they are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader. While making one-off appearances on several television shows, including Miami Vice and Knight Rider, Snyder continued to build a career as a voice actor, appearing in English dubs of Fist of the North Star and Mobile Suit Gundam and eventually voicing ISSP Officer Bob in both the Cowboy Bebop series and film. Keyes was given a consolation role in the film as Hill cast him as the NYC cop who hits Ajax with his club after Ajax is caught in the park sting operation. When Cyrus was killed at the meeting, the blame was placed on The Warriors, and a search for The Warriors began. This machismo gets him into constant trouble, culminating in a sexual assault against an undercover cop on a park bench, which sees him cuffed and dragged into custody when his brothers need him most. Though it wasn't shown fully in the film, Cleon was killed. The wardrobe department made sure nobody walked off location wearing The Warriors colours. The Lizzies were a street gang in New York City around the time of the meeting. At the bottom of the minor leagues, and thus being considered as the weakest, they try to make up for being soft by swarming with numbers; but a crew that can't rumble doesn't have much . Some crowd members were forcibly removed from set. The true test of a movie like this is if you can go. Although he was hospitalized, the shot remains in the film. as the Chief. The Lizzies are one of the hardest gangs to use in Rumble Mode, since they are slower than other characters, and are likely to be stunned or knocked down than other brawlers in the game. The only female gang in the movie was the Lizzies from . While The Warriors is a pop culture touchstone for a lot of die-hard cult film fans, its success only propelled a handful of people associated with it into the limelight. The actors were safe during the cemetery scene in Brooklyn because of a fence surrounding it. This would have been two years before his role inFriday the 13th and six years before his popularity exploded with the release of Footloose. When Swan (Michael Beck) and Mercy (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) are in the subway with the rest of the members, there are 4 people coming from a prom. The Boyle Avenue Runners. This is a homage to one of the better known scenes in The Warriors. The Lizzies were a street gang in New York City around the time of the meeting. While Mercedes Ruehl's time on screen is minimal in The Warriors, she steals at least part of the show as an undercover cop on a park bench. Lizzie - So you're the famous Warriors, the guys that shot Cyrus. The fact that gangs out numbered the police by five times apparently was considered a security issue and the words "ten thousand" and "twenty thousand" were bleeped out with tape. The Twisted Sister hit song, "Come Out And Play", starts off with the sound of clanking bottles, and singer Dee Snider chanting; Twisted Sister. come out and playay! He was scripted to escape and lead The Warriors home. The Female Villains Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. The film revolves primarily around the Warriors gang, but the game is . toggle menu. The Ninth Avenue Razors. The Gerrards. They are a small time outfit that keeps trying to move up by boasting about raids that never happened. Snow puts in some good moves in the fights with The Baseball Furies in the park and with The Punks in the restroom. It tells the story of a ragtag group of gang members with a whole city turned against them after they're framed for the murder of a powerful, charismatic gang leader named Cyrus. Come out and play-ay-ay!" Greatest third movie at the drive-in of all-time. Swan does, however, reappear at Coney Island to fight the final battle after the Riffs learn the truth about who shot Cyrus. Company Credits One dark night on the hazy, neon-soaked streets of late '70s New York City, a group of street toughs would learn just how far it was to Coney Island from Central Park. The Baseball Furies were all around 30 or older and from Stunts Unlimited. Wanda Velez is known for The Warriors (1979), Aaron Loves Angela (1975) and Siege (1978). James Remar's character "Ajax". However, the Lizzie that Cochise was making out with manages to cut Rembrandt's arm. The Lizzies are the strongest and fastest female brawlers that can be used in the game. Mean mothers looking for a good time and a good fight. In the script, Fox was originally the love interest of Mercy, but the two actors had no chemistry and the Mercy romance was transferred to Swan. The Delaney Rovers. Shouting, noise-making and other interruptions from nearby watchers was common during filming, requiring scenes to be re-shot after security removed the offenders. But in two movies "Cruising " and "Partners". This makes the Lizzies a decent clique to use in Rumble Mode, regardless of their restrictions of being easily stunned/disoriented. The Firetasters. Stunt coordinator Craig R. Baxley put the cast through stunt school because Walter Hill wanted realistic fights depicted in the film. Despite their use of handguns and knifes, the Lizzies were unable to stop any of the Warriors, although they were able to cut Rembrandt's arm with a knife. The Jesters. According to Joel Weiss, who plays a member of the Rogues in the film, a young Kevin Bacon would have been a part of the cut gang. Subway equipment throughout the entire movie consisted of IND/BMT R-27 and R-30 units, even though the IRT is implied in many instances. Who were the Lizzies in The Warriors? He worked with Lynch in Wild at Heart and has been a continual presence in Twin Peaks as the bizarre and enigmatic Jerry Horne. The High Hats The High Rollers. First of four cinema film collaborations of actor James Remar and writer/director Walter Hill. [Various Lizzies try to shoot The Warriors] Vermin - Watch it! The night scenes of The Warriors talking about Cyrus and the big meeting at The Bronx were part of re-shoots after the original opening of the film was cut out. The connection is quite obvious when New York Boppers are informed that The Warriors are "on Second Base". Following the meeting in Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx, which saw the death of Cyrus, the leader of the Gramercy Riffs, a request was sent out by the Riffs for the Coney Island-based gang the Warriors to be captured. Walter Hill told Deborah Van Valkenburgh she was "the unobvious choice" when she was cast. Crew members were sent death threats because local gangs weren't cast. : The brawler offers a glimpse into the lives of the Warriors before and during the film, featuring gangs that were cut from the film (including the Dingoes). A mix up in names occurs during the end credits. David Patrick Kelly debut film role which happens to be the one for which he's best known. His murder did not incite retaliation, but only furthered peace talks between the offenders and other gangs. So I took him out of the movie and did a quick rewrite and gave a lot of his material to the Michael Beck character. Movies. The Lizzies are partly based on the Greek race of female warriors known as the Amazon, from the Isle of Lesbos. But when they went back, they found out that the cast and crew had done this so they could bring out a huge bouquet of roses which they then presented to a surprised Van Valkenburgh. Lizzie: Laura Delano . They occasionally arm themselves with switchblades and other knives. The Warriors' aesthetic and style has influenced countless pieces of pop-culture, but one single line has infiltrated the cultural lexicon like some sort of insidious virus. A NYC running group known as the New York Roadrunners was brought in for one night of filming, using the same costumes and makeup, to capture most of the extended running shots in the chase scenes. When brought together as a whole, the Warriors are able to . Ooooo, looks like something else showed up. The other films were Southern Comfort (1981) and Streets of Fire (1984). She was also nominated for multiple Emmys and Daytime Emmys for her work in Carmen Sandiego and Bear in the Big Blue House. They attempt to shoot them, but miss every shot. Most recently, Kelly reprised his role in Twin Peaks: The Return as an almost unrecognizable version of the character, having traded in some of his more illicit criminal activities for the growing and selling of legalized recreational marijuana. Walter Hill originally wanted a tough Puerto Rican girl to play Mercy. Walter Hill uses this gimmick frequently; other movies he has made that work this way are Southern Comfort (1981) and The Long Riders (1980). . Third of seven cinema film collaborations of producer Lawrence Gordon and director Walter Hill. The Fifth Street Bombers. The iconic "Warriors, come out to play" scene was completely improvised by David Patrick Kelly after he felt the scripted scene wasn't working. Character actor Irwin Keyes was strongly considered for the role however Walter Hill, deciding Keyes was too old for the role, opted to go with the smaller yet wiry James Remar. Movies. They're all smiles as they crack jokes about their ages and how things have changed, decked out in their Warriors vests. Filming sometimes had to move due to noise from crowds that came to watch. (1982), Wild Bill (1995) and The Long Riders (1980). The Punks are a well-respected gang, whose turf was the Bowery in Manhattan. These chicks need to hire a dry-waller.and a hairdresser! According to Michael Beck, however, Roger Hill was always supposed to play Cyrus, so the real story remains a mystery. The all escape without being slashed or shot. She is a really bad shot and the trio all manage to escape by smashing through the door. Their only appearance in the film is that they wait at Union Station when Rembrandt, Cochise and Vermin show up. After a role as a mother dealing with inexplicable Arnold Shwarzenegger weirdness in The Last Action Hero, Ruehl ventured into TV with a stint on the third season of Frasier and has continued to appear on the big and small screens over the years. Despite being a movie about tons of gangs, the only gangs that are ever actually seen using guns are the Lizzies and the Rogues. Time's what we got plenty of! Due to lack of Lights, extra light posts were added to the park scenes. Profiles on key members of The Warriors cast including profiles of the character they played, actor biographies and information on where they are now. This doesn't apply to Starr. Kelly has appeared in three Spike Lee joints Malcolm X, Crooklyn, and Chi-Raq. The studio would not allow Craig R. Baxley to bring any stunt men from Hollywood, but he needed someone to double for the character of Cyrus, so he did the stunt himself dressed as the character. Sixty thousand soldiers. In the subway where Mercy is running with Fox's double, she fell and broke her wrist because the actor didn't let go of her hand. The Warriors is more notable for its style and tone than anything, and the foundation of that starts with Thigpen's oracle-like DJ and her command of the airwaves. In the short, Michal Beck (Swan), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), David Harris (Cochise), Terry Michos (Vermin), and Thomas G. Waites (Fox) are shown climbing the steps of a New York train station and hopping a ride towards Coney Island to attend the fan celebration. The rest of her squad comes running and Ajax is beaten down with batons. Producers disagreed. Kelly made an impact in what could have been a forgettable, shlocky villain role. The Moonrunners. Now, there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town. Walter Hill was drawn to the "extreme narrative simplicity and stripped-down quality of the script." One of the breakout stars of The Warriors(and one of the few cast members to still have an active career in Hollywood) is James Remar, who played Ajax in what was only his second film. The movie starts with the Warriors arriving in a huge Bronx park to attend a summit called by Cyrus, the intelligent and charismatic . Kelly performed a monologue as a hippie who espoused peace and love, but was actually extremely passive-aggressive. The mass-meeting scene in which Cyrus is killed was loosely based on a real event (December, 1971) in which a member of "The Ghetto Brothers", Black Benji, was shot and killed during a meeting in which he was trying to negotiate peace between several Bronx and Brooklyn gangs. One of the songs featured on the soundtrack, "In Havana" by Kenny Vance and Ismael Miranda, features backup vocals by numerous singers, including Chevy Chase. A brief pause of the moment when Vermin is thrown into the mirrors above the sinks will clearly reveal a blond stuntman performing the action. The Black Hands. One thousand miles with enemies on all sides. This upset and outraged many people; some tried to have the film banned. Tony Danza was Walter Hill's first choice to play Vermin. One of her most recent credits is for a one-episode role on a 2015 episode of the CW sci-fi show The Messengers. The park at the beginning of the movie was supposed to be in the North Bronx. Fact: the original script called them "the lezzies" as a (horrors!) Rembrandt Irwin Keyes was also considered for the role of Ajax, but wasn't cast because Walter Hill thought he was too old for the part. The Warriors is a 1979 crime/action movie, directed by Walter Hill and based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick, that tells the story of nine members of a New York City street gang called "The Warriors" as they fight to survive one very bad night.. The Lizzies are a group of female gang members from New York in the 1979 movie The Warriors. Many of them belonged to fighting gangs numbered in the hundreds; they were veritable armies. She appeared in Hill's Streets of Fire with Rick Moranis, Diane Lane, and Willem Dafoe. The Homicides were a real Coney Island gang, and they didn't approve of fictional gangs wearing colours on their turf. He was seduced by a female gang known as the 'Lizzies' who were after the Warriors, and he had a very distinctive look in the film, so was one of the . The original preview uses the music from Sorcerer (1977) by 'Tangerine Dream'. Throughout production, the cast was regularly subjected to taunts, harassment and threats from real gang members who were observing the filming. Now, the Warriors have to fight their way back to Coney Island while being hunted by all the other gangs of New York. Walter Hill talked about not being contacted for any such reboots or sequels, especially since it was announced in 2016 that The Russo Brothers were to have one in the planning stages. The fight involved 2 weeks of rehearsal and one week of shooting, and used actual baseball bats. : The Queen's Bridge Mutilators. The group Pop Will Eat Itself used sound bites from the movie for their song Can you Dig it? Cookies help us deliver our Services. This was removed for the original theatrical release version but was re-instated, displayed within the comic book title cards, for Walter Hill's 2005 Director's Cut DVD edition. Who were the Lizzies in The Warriors movie? Vermin Hill saw that film because he wanted to see Weaver's performance, as she was being considered for the upcoming film Alien (1979), but was so impressed by Beck's work that he had him come in for an audition which led to his being cast in THE WARRIORS. The Napoleons. Thomas G. Waites was fired eight weeks into principal photography for being difficult and arguing with Walter Hill; his character was removed from the movie by having a cop throw him into the path of a train during a fight. Character Profile. The hiphop group Delinquent Habits styled the cover of their debut album 'Delinquent Habits' (1996) after the famous Warriors movie poster, where the various gangs can be seen in their 'colours'. Still a set that can hang with the rest, the Jones . So the scene features real gang members as well as real (and unknown) cops. Regardless, all who donned the colors of the Warriors, the Gramercy Riffs, the Orphans, or any of the myriad of themed gangs were connected to something special and remain connected to this day, as fans still commemorate the fateful night The Warriors escaped to the safety of Coney Island. The member of the Lizzies who gets hit with a chair was actually a professional stunt woman. Some of the original cast were in attendance, and took a trip on the Q Train to make it to the festivities. The Filmores. Michael Beck was discovered by Walter Hill when Hill was watching the movie Madman (1978), which Beck co-starred in with a then less-famous Sigourney Weaver. TV Shows. Thousands of dollars worth of equipment were damaged when one gang tore through the set during a lunch break. The scene in the men's room with the Punks was the only scene shot on a set, located at Astoria Studios, Long Island City - Queens. Interesting enough, David Harris (Cochise) and Cleon (Dorsey Wright) both would up working for the NY City Subway System. Hi there, and welcome to Nostalgia Hit. : Cochise also begins to make out with one of the Lizzies. There is a rumor that one of the gang members is played by a young Samuel L. Jackson. Ranked #16 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time.". However, Ajax, who is extremely aggressive starts to maul her. The original poster featured the words "These are the armies of the night. Their charismatic leader, Cyrus, hosts a summit of all the city's gangs to propose waging war against the police as one big gang unit. Cleon and Vermin sneak past several members, then . Walter Hill auditioned him for the role in early 1978 and asked Sheehan if he could roller skate to which he replied that he could. Can you dig it?". Alice wears a black jacket, blue jeans, and a red shirt, with light brown boots. It was here that he became familiar with children of welfare families, many of whom were "then called juvenile delinquents". Van Valkenburgh makes it look easy, giving an inner light to a character that could have so easily been exploitation movie eye candy. They insisted on placing undercover officers throughout the crowd to handle any disturbances. Lizzie - Shit! By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Plus, the late Marcelino Snchez who was featured both in the "Bloodhound Gang" segments on 3-2-1 Contact (1980) and as "Rembrandt" one of The Warriors. The film quickly fell behind schedule and went over budget. The Lizzies were well-known for being an all-female gang, whose territory was Union Square, Manhattan.. When the fictitious Turnbull ACs visited a hamburger joint during filming, people fled in fear of being attacked. However, Keyes still appears in the movie as the cop who arrests Ajax in the park. It also functions as a reunion of sorts, bringing the talents of a large chunk of the original cast back to the streets of New York. Makes several anti-gay slurs. They are an all girl gang who can hang with the boys. He was known for his vastly different approach to gang violence, preferring to negotiate peace instead of declaring war on rival gangs. When Cyrus was killed at the meeting, the blame was placed on The Warriors, and a search for The Warriors began.The Lizzies were one of the gangs to confront The Warriors at this time, as they were able to . She also appeared on the daytime soap opera All My Children. According to the film's composer Barry De Vorzon, the picture was the first movie, bar the film's closing song, to feature an entire music score of synthesized rock 'n' roll music. I'm not proud of this at all. But he was, we felt, beginning to be a disruptive force. The Warriors is a 1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill.Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, it was released in the United States in February 1979.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 in Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the . Alice first appears at the meeting in Desperate Dudes, next to Starr. He did have issues -- he had some problems in his life and it just wasn't working. Surprisingly this adult R rated, gritty, and violent gang themed film (along with The Wanderers (1979)) has a connection to the PBS children's program 3-2-1 Contact (1980). There's a lot of unforgettable imagery in The Warriors, but nothing quite so memorable as the beautiful face of the DJ contrasted against a shocking red background. Although the Lizzies are slower than other fighters, they actually have above-average health, and their combos inflict a fairly high amount of damage. If they are united, he reasons, all of New York's gangs outnumber the NYPD's officers three to one. Decades after the original film, Rockstar Games changed that with the release of The Warriors on the Playstation 2. The Romans. The Lizzies were well-known for being an all-female gang, whose territory was Union Square, Manhattan. The Destroyers. The Blackjacks. According to the movie's source script, the full name of "The Warriors" gang was actually "The Coney Island Warriors". The Warriors' vests were made of fake leather. version, the knife that is thrown into the board was thrown (off camera) by Penn Jillette. Thigpen passed away in 2003 at the age of 54 from a cerebral hemorrhage. The Harlem-based Boppers look more like a boy band than a street gang to be reckoned with, but they are very much the latter. Killer soundtrack, too. (1982) made and released around three years later. The Warriors movie was released in 1979 and yet it has stood the test of time by becoming a cult classic! This can be very annoying on Rumble Mode if you're using them, because you can be almost be beaten to the point of death if you are grabbed consecutively. The gang didn't take too well to this, so the producers paid them to be in the film. Newcomers were cast to create the feel of "real people caught in dangerous situations". They outnumber the cops five to one. The Orphans. Other Hill pictures using this story element include Aliens (1986) and Southern Comfort (1981). The Lizzies open fire on the trapped Warriors. | Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Thomas G. Waites, and David Harris all make appearances, giving the game as authentic a sound as possible. As he so simply put it, "You're standing right now with nine delegates from 100 gangs. The entire film was shot on the streets in New York City with some interior scenes done at Astoria Studios. The Lizzies led the three members of the Warriors back to their apartment, where they attempted to seduce the trio; Vermin and Cochise were easily seduced by members of the Lizzies. The film originally sported the subtitle "Sometime in the Future". They may also be partly based on the Greek myth of Sirens, mermaid like creatures that lured sailors to their deaths. If you do play as them, be cautious, as you can get wrecked very easily, especially if you are getting hit by powerful moves or being grabbed as the members often become disoriented from these attacks. While he expressed enthusiasm for the role he mysteriously vanished right before shooting began and was not heard from again. The Lizzies are an all-female, mixed race gang in New York, who operate within an apartment, complete with couches and a pool table. President Ronald Reagan was a fan of the film, even calling the film's lead actor, Michael Beck, to tell him he had screened it at Camp David and enjoyed it. Lynne Thigpen's (DJ) whole face is never shown, only her mouth and part of her eye. The Meatpackers. She quickly reveals herself by slapping handcuffs on Ajax and hauling him off to jail. : Walter Hill scrambled to replace him and cast local NYC theater actor Roger Hill to fill the role. When Cyrus was killed at the meeting, the blame was placed on The Warriors, and a search for The Warriors began. The Electric Eliminators. Reportedly Shaquille O'Neal's favorite film. The cast felt like they were a gang before filming started. Theirs was a story of courage. The Boppers. The Knockdowns. David Patrick Kelly improvised Luther's "come out to play-ay" taunt, basing it on an intimidating neighbour of his. She will be starring in the upcoming thriller Kill Me Twice. The Lizzies were originally given see-through tops by costume designer Bobbie Mannix. The E Street Blazers / The E Street Shufflers. Then there are the fighters, Huw Novelli's brutal Brother Death and Francesca Mills's dwarven warrior Meldof, as well as magic-wielders, Lizzie Annis's Zacar and Zach Wyatt's Syndril. Fans from all over the world made the trek to Coney Island to celebrate all things The Warriors. Deborah Van Valkenburgh's boyfriend at the time discouraged her from auditioning because he thought the director was looking for someone more well endowed. News; Celebrity; . One of two 1979 "gang movies" with similar titles (the other film was The Wanderers (1979)). David Patrick Kelly also played a character named "Luther" in another Walter Hill movie 48 Hrs. The gang played on harmful gay panic stereotypes of the time and was eventually cut from the film. He did go on to work a respectable film and TV career, however he would never again be cast as a leading man, playing only supporting characters. is sneered out by David Patrick Kelly during the climax of the film. He's also the "music man" and carries the gang's boom box on the way to the conclave. Music by K.. The Warriors sign on the bath house for one of the photos was painted over a real gang's tag. The Lizzies. Mean while three other Warrior gang members Vermin (Terry Michos), Cochise (David Harris), and Rembrant (Marcelino Snchez) arrive at a train station where they are approached by an all-female gang called the Lizzies. The Baseball Furies are a reference to Second Base, an uptown gang from the 1970. Forty thousand, counting affiliates, and 20,000 more, not organized but ready to fight. THE HURRICANES. The Plainsmen. The Roadmasters. They appear as . The Gramercy Riffs aka The Riffs. What The Cast Of The Warriors Looks Like Today. I think had I been a better director, I might have gotten through to him better. The Warriors, from Coney Island, are framed for the murder of Cyrus, the leader of The Riffs, whilst attending the conclave in The Bronx forcing them to fight their way back to Coney. The Lizzies are a fictional New York City gang in 1979. The picture's opening credits title cards and the film's movie poster title logo featured font lettering in the form of graffiti paint. As interesting as it is to see what got left on the cutting room floor, it's who may have been a member of the Dingoes that may pique the interest of film fans who can't help but wonder what a famous actor's career could have been like had they had gotten their breakthrough role at a slightly different time. The second poster just featured the logo against a white background. It's included on the director's cut DVD, along with comic book-style transitions between scenes. James Remar earned his role as Ajax after becoming so involved in the audition reading of the park bench scene that he lifted the massive table around which the director and producers were seated. Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send . This leaves only four Warriors in the battle with the Punks. The game is a love letter to the film and a gift to fans. That's 20,000 hard-core members. The Eighth Street Bombers / The Eighth Avenue Apaches. We weren't getting along very well. The Warriors get busy with these hotties and get much more than they bargained for. Looks like we're the first ones here. The Lizzies were a group of pistol packin' babes who seduce the Warriors and successfully lure some members into their Bowery apartment to kill them.http://t. The leader's face paint clearly influenced Marilyn Manson, since he looks like Marilyn Manson in a baseball uniform. : The conclave scene in Van Cortland Park was filmed using actual NYC gang members as a gesture of goodwill from the producers to allow them to be a part of the production taking place on their "territory". The Hoplites. One thousand miles from safety. The Warriors Ajax - James Remar . David Patrick Kelly played practically the same sort of menacing character as Sully in 1985's Commando, alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. during championship ceremonies. The Lizzies are a group of female gang members from New York in the 1979 movie The Warriors. The peace talks unified rival gang members to the point that peaceful block parties were held to dissolve turf boundaries. They were supposed to be a homosexual gang with doberman pinschers and blonde wigs who capture Swan temporarily, but this was cut from the script. He's written me a couple letters.". So Keyes got to arrest the character he was originally considered to play. The Homeboys. Movies. Loosely based on Xenophon's "Anabasis", the account of an army of Greek mercenaries who, after aligning themselves with Cyrus the Younger in the battle of Cunaxa (401 BC) in his attempt to seize the Persian throne, found themselves isolated behind Persian enemy lines. Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Deborah Van . They are an all girl gang who can hang with the boys. Actor Joel Weiss remembers that filming of his scene at Avenue A was cancelled because there was a double homicide nearby. Their last trip together was chronicled in a short film by Rolling Stone. Menu. She appeared as Tom Hanks' mother in Big before netting herself an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Anne in Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King opposite Jeff Bridges. Here are the gangs that were listed in the script (some made it into the movie; others didn't): The Alleycats. The Lizzies seem to be inspired by two gangs from the novel, the Spahies and the Intervale Avenue Lesbos. The Punks are known to be a tough gang, recognized from their overalls and using a range of weapons when battling their opponents . Come out to plaaaaay!" The Southern Cross. The revolver that the Rogues gang leader, Luther uses to assassinate Cyrus is a Smith & Wesson model 28 .357 magnum. The Knuckles. Summaries. The film's added-on opening prologue for the DVD Director's Cut edition of the movie states: "Battle of Cunaxa 401 BC. The Jones Street Boys. Each gang has a different background as well as members of different races or ethnic groups and control their own turf in New York City. The Sports. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. The Savage Huns. After serving in World War II, Yurick graduated from college and took a job with New York City's welfare department as a social investigator, a job he held until the early 1960s. Rembrant is not sure what to make of the Lizzies, most of whom dont seem to be that interested in men. For the last shot in the film, where the vindicated Warriors and Mercy walk away along the Coney Island shoreline as the sun rises, Michael Beck and Deborah Van Valkenburgh were not told when to stop walking. The Lizzies are an all-female, mixed race gang in New York, who operate within an apartment, complete with couches and a pool table. When Ajax and Cowboy are running from the Baseball Furies, you can see several times that James Remar reaches over and slaps Tom McKitterick on the butt. The Dingos. Walter Hill expresses regret over cutting a gay faction named The Dingos from the shooting script as he felt it would've been progressive since it portrayed them in a positive light and not portrayed any differently from the other gangs. [the three walk over to the Lizzies] To this day, "Last Gun" has not been made. The end credits song "In The City" was specifically written and recorded for the movie by Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh. He plays a gay character in the movie. 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