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The Warriors star David Harris, who also appeared in shows such as Law & Order: Svu and NYPD Blue, has died. He was 75. The actor passed away on Friday, October 25, at his home in New York City, after a battle with cancer, his daughter Davina told the New York Times, Born June 18, 1949, in New York City, Harris attended the High School of Performing Arts before landing his first on-screen acting role in the 1976 television movie Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys. This would lead to a number of supporting roles before he landed his most recognizable role as Cochise in Walter Hill’s cult classic 1979 film The Warriors. Based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, The Warriors centers on a street gang who travel 30 miles from the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island after being framed for the murder of a respected gang leader. Harris’ Cochise...

David Harris, the actor best known for playing Cochise in Walter Hill’s pulpy 1979 thriller The Warriors, has died. He was 75.

Harris died Friday at his home in New York City after suffering from cancer, his daughter Davina Harris told the New York Times.

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Harris’ Cochise is an integral member of the street gang at the center of the 1979 cult classic The Warriors. Based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel...

David Harris, the actor known for his role as Cochise in the 1979 cult classic “The Warriors,” has died. He was 75.

Harris died Friday at his home in New York City after a battle with cancer, his daughter Davina Harris told the New York Times.

In “The Warriors,” Harris played Cochise, an integral member of the eponymous red vest-wearing gang. Based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, the Walter Hill-directed film follows a New York city gang that is framed for murder and thus decides to travel from the Bronx to Coney Island. Harris’ character Cochise was set apart from the others by his unique choice of fashion style that included on a headband and a big turquoise necklace as a sign of rebellion.

“The Warriors” was critically panned when it was originally released, but eventually attained cult status. “We thought it was a little film that...

David Harris, the actor known for playing Cochise in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors, has died. He was 75.

Harris died of cancer on Friday at his home in New York City, his daughter Davina Harris told the New York Times.

Based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, The Warriors told the story of a New York City street gang tasked with traveling from the Bronx to Coney Island after they are framed for murder. Harris’ Cochise was a gang member with a defiant fashion sense, punctuated by a heavy turquoise necklace and headband.

The film was critically panned after its premiere, but later grew to be embraced by a fervent fanbase and now holds an 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

“I was in Hong Kong, I was in the Philippines, I was in Tokyo,” Harris said in a 2019 interview. “I’ve done a lot of movies, but I...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis have teamed up with Nas and producer Mike Elizondo for Warriors, a new hip-hop concept album based on the 1979 film The Warriors. The album will be out everywhere on October 18th via Atlantic Records.

The original film The Warriors was adapted from Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, and follows a New York City street gang as they travel from Coney Island to the Bronx and back when they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader, Cyrus. Now, Lin-Manuel Miranda and playwright and actress Eisa Davis have taken the gang’s multi-hour, 30 mile journey and adapted it into a musical score.

Nas serves as executive producer with Mike Elizondo assuming duties behind the boards. The project promises an “immersive” listening experience, as well as “star-studded cast of voices” lending their talents to Warriors, but no names have been revealed yet.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis have teamed up with Nas and producer Mike Elizondo for Warriors, a new hip-hop concept album based on the 1979 film The Warriors. The album will be out everywhere on October 18th via Atlantic Records.

The original film The Warriors was adapted from Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, and follows a New York City street gang as they travel from Coney Island to the Bronx and back when they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader, Cyrus. Now, Lin-Manuel Miranda and playwright and actress Eisa Davis have taken the gang’s multi-hour, 30 mile journey and adapted it into a musical score.

Nas serves as executive producer with Mike Elizondo assuming duties behind the boards. The project promises an “immersive” listening experience, as well as “star-studded cast of voices” lending their talents to Warriors, but no names have been revealed yet.

It’s taken a year since it was announced, but Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ adaptation of The Warriors is finally headed to Coney Island. But instead of stopping at Broadway — like you might expect from the Hamilton creator and Davis, who was a Pulitzer finalist for her play Bulrusher — the duo’s Warriors are going wide with a 26-track concept album, executive produced by Nas and produced by Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Twenty-One Pilots). The record, which is based on the cult 1979 gangsploitation flick and Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name,...

Lin-Manuel Miranda and playwright-composer Eisa Davis announced today that their long-rumored Warriors musical adaptation is moving forward, with a concept album to be released October 18 on Atlantic Records.

The album will be executive produced by Grammy-winning rapper Nas and produced by Grammy winning musician Mike Elizondo.

“We’ve spent the past three years musicalizing the Warriors’ journey home, from the South Bronx to Coney Island,” Miranda and Davis said in a statement. “Along the way we’ve gotten to work with a lot of our favorite artists, and we’ll be announcing their roles on the album in the weeks ahead. We can’t wait to share these songs with you on October 18th.”

No word yet on the rumored stage musical.

The album will feature 26 songs inspired by the 1979 Paramount Pictures film The Warriors, based on the Sol Yurick novel.

Today’s announcement did not disclose who performs on...

This year director Walter Hill's classic action thriller "The Warriors", based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel, celebrates its 45th anniversary, following a New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island, Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a gang leader:

".... 'Cyrus', leader of the 'Gramercy Riffs', the most powerful gang in New York City, requests that each of the city’s gangs send nine unarmed delegates to 'Van Cortlandt Park' for a midnight summit.

"'The Warriors', a gang from 'Coney Island', attend the summit with nine delegates: leader 'Cleon', second-in-command 'Swan', the scout 'Fox', the graffiti tagger 'Rembrandt' and soldiers 'Snow', 'Cowboy', 'Cochise', 'Vermin' and 'Ajax'.

"Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a citywide truce and alliance that would allow the gangs to control the city together.

This year director Walter Hill's classic action thriller "The Warriors", based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel, celebrates its 45th anniversary, following a New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island, Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a gang leader:

".... 'Cyrus', leader of the 'Gramercy Riffs', the most powerful gang in New York City, requests that each of the city’s gangs send nine unarmed delegates to 'Van Cortlandt Park' for a midnight summit.

"'The Warriors', a gang from 'Coney Island', attend the summit with nine delegates: leader 'Cleon', second-in-command 'Swan', the scout 'Fox', the graffiti tagger 'Rembrandt' and soldiers 'Snow', 'Cowboy', 'Cochise', 'Vermin' and 'Ajax'.

"Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a citywide truce and alliance that would allow the gangs to control the city together.

Just what is the fanboys’ beef with the director’s cut of The Warriors? Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic, an adaptation of novelist Sol Yurick’s grungy take on Xenophon’s Anabasis, was always about as close to street-gang realism as West Side Story, regardless of the incidents of urban violence that accompanied The Warriors’s original release. And, by our count, more main characters die violently in the musical.

In 2005, after Hill took the opportunity to insert a few Creepshow-esque comic-book linking segues to stress the film’s dystopic gothic fantasy, the same demographic that undoubtedly didn’t even think twice when purchasing the extended, extra-bloated Lord of the Rings bookshelf set suddenly scrounged up their ethical faculties to howl about the desecration of the “original work.” And it sounded fishy.

Our guess is simply that Hill’s vibrant, “sez you” actioneer strikes full-grown little boys right in the socket.

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The Warriors 4K Uhd from Arrow Video

The Warriors will come out to play on 4K Ultra HD on December 12 from Arrow Video. Both the 1979 theatrical cut and the 2005 alternate version have been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision.

The action thriller is directed by Walter Hill from a script he co-wrote with David Shaber (Nighthawks), based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel. Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, and David Harris lead the ensemble cast.

The limited edition set comes with a 100-page book featuring new writing by film critic Dennis Cozzalio plus archival material, a double-sided poster with Laurie Greasley’s new artwork and the original key art,...

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the mastermind behind Hamilton, is now set to adapt The Warriors into a musical, showcasing his versatility as a creator. Drawing inspiration from the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick and the subsequent cult classic action film, Miranda aims to bring the gripping story of street gangs to life on Broadway. With his impeccable track record and the immense success of Hamilton, Miranda's venture into The Warriors is highly anticipated and promises to be a captivating production. Where to Watch Powered by

Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda is adapting as his next musical the book The Warriors, which inspired a 1979 cult classic action movie. With its hip-hop-infused take on American history, Hamilton went on to be an unprecedented smash after debuting on Broadway in 2015. Since riding Hamilton to worldwide fame, Miranda has made musical contributions to projects as diverse as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the animated films Moana and Encanto and...

The hottest musical writer of recent years will reportedly be adapting the 1979 film, The Warriors, into a stage musical. Can You Dig It? The cult Walter Hill film is a popular urban grit fairy tale that tells of a night amongst the many number of gang factions in New York City. The movie was based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick and illustrated by Frank Modell. Many character actors were involved with the production in their younger days, including James Remar, who currently can be seen in Oppenheimer, David Patrick Kelly, Mercedes Ruehl, and Lynne Thigpen.

Variety now reports that a source close to the subject has confirmed that Lin-Manuel Miranda is in the works to adapt the movie into a stage musical. The film isn’t exactly West Side Story, but it does involve rivalry between street gangs. The plot of both the film and...

Lin-Manuel Miranda is writing a stage musical version of The Warriors, Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel, which inspired the 1979 cult thriller film by director Walter Hill. According to The New York Post, which first reported the news, not many details on the project are know at this point, but Miranda’s involvement was confirmed.

The novel and film are about a fictional New York City street gang who travel from the Bronx to their home turf of Coney Island after being framed for the murder of a respected gang leader. Hill’s film,...

Walter Hill's 1979 cult action thriller "The Warriors" is a favorite among film fans, adapting Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name into an addicting tale about a group of rival gangs in New York City all trying to track down and take out a group known as the Warriors after they're framed for the killing of a powerful gang leader named Cyrus who had been attempting to unite the different groups. The Warriors, miles from home in the Bronx, attempt to make it back to their turf on Coney Island, as the various groups try to kill them once they enter each new territory. Hill's film is as gripping as it is gritty, but Yurick's novel is an even bleaker examination of gang culture and urban rot. So of course, it's only fitting that "The Warriors" would become the subject of a large-scale musical theatre adaptation.

According to a report from Variety,...

Lin-Manuel Miranda reportedly has set his sights on his next musical for the stage. The multiple Tony and Grammy award winner is adapting a stage musical version of The Warriors, based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel that was later turned into the 1979 action thriller film directed by Walter Hill, according to the New York Post‘s Johnny Oleksinski.

The project would be Miranda’s first full stage musical since his global phenom Hamilton, winner of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 2016..

The Warriors is a familiar setting for New York City native Miranda. The film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles, from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader.

This post contains spoilers for "John Wick: Chapter 4."

All right now, for all you boppers out there in /Film land — just how much movie is "John Wick: Chapter 4?" The answer is, "So, so much movie." For anyone looking at the film's runtime worried that it would be one simple story stretched out to a huge length, fret not — "Chapter 4" is an epic in the old-school sense of the term, hopping around the globe with its titular assassin (played once again with brooding intensity by Keanu Reeves) as he faces a series of new and increasingly difficult challenges.

The even more exciting icing on "Chapter 4's" gigantic action cake is that the film's third act could almost be its own self-contained movie. In a certain way, it already is: While the "Wick" films have traditionally made references and homages to a bevy of action cinema classics, the third act...

This year director Walter Hill's classic action thriller "The Warriors", based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel, celebrates its 44th anniversary, following a New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island, Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a gang leader:

".... 'Cyrus', leader of the 'Gramercy Riffs', the most powerful gang in New York City, requests that each of the city’s gangs send nine unarmed delegates to 'Van Cortlandt Park' for a midnight summit.

"'The Warriors', a gang from 'Coney Island', attend the summit with nine delegates: leader 'Cleon', second-in-command 'Swan', the scout 'Fox', the graffiti tagger 'Rembrandt' and soldiers 'Snow', 'Cowboy', 'Cochise', 'Vermin' and 'Ajax'.

"Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a citywide truce and alliance that would allow the gangs to control the city together.Most...

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Dismissed by some critics upon its initial release in 1979, The Warriors has only grown in admiration over the years, and is now considered one of the most imitated studio films of all time.

The film is credited with accelerating the rise of hip-hop culture, with its dialogue sampled by the likes of Ice Cube and Wu-Tang Clan. Its plot has inspired video games like Street Fighter. Its look has influenced everything from Michael Jackson videos to the movies of Jordan Peele.

But its writer-director Walter Hill says it could have been even more progressive and forward-looking had he included a group of gay gang members in the final cut.

The Warriors is based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, but Hill took the material even further, applying a comic book sensibility to Yurick’s tale of New York tribalism, itself inspired by Xenophon’s Anabasis,...

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Joe and Anthony Russo are producing and pilot-directing a new TV take on Sol Yurick's novel The Warriors...

The in-development TV adaptation of Sol Yurick's gang-based novel The Warriors (which already inspired Walter Hill's 1979 film of the same name) has snapped up two very hot-right-now directors: Joe and Anthony Russo.

The Captain America: Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmsmen will direct the one hour pilot episode for Paramount TV and Hulu. 

If you're unfamiliar with The Warriors, here's a synopsis of the novel courtesy of GoodReads...

"The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang's nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed and chaos...

Apologies to anyone who got excited about a New Warriors TV show. Joe and Anthony Russo are, after all, known for working properties adapted from Marvel Comics titles. But alas their latest project isn't another comic book adaptation, let alone one in the same franchise as their hit McU movies Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. Rather, they're reportedly developing a drama series for Hulu based on the 1979 cult classic The Warriors.   That movie, about a Brooklyn gang traveling across three NYC boroughs to get back home while other gangs are out for their blood,  is based on a 1965 book by Sol Yurick, which is in turn based on the Ancient Greek historical epic Anabasis. And there is relevance to...

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Can you dig it? Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, of Captain America: Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier fame are developing The Warriors TV show with Paramount and Hulu. The Russos executive produced the Animal Practice TV show which was cancelled after six of nine episodes aired on NBC. They also served as executive producers on cancelled series Community and Happy Endings.The brothers will reimagine the 1979 Walter Hill film of the same name, for television. The cult-classic feature was based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel. Deadline says, "Their take will honor the original film while adding its own unique brand of grit, pulp, sex and violence. The Russo brothers will team with writer Frank Baldwin on the series. The Russo brothers will...

Author Sol Yurick died in New York City 3 years ago, at age 87. Cause of death was complications of lung cancer, according to his daughter, Susanna Yurick. Mr Yurick is probably best-known for his 1965 novel “The Warriors”… Continue Reading →...

Joe and Anthony Russo, co-directors of the last two Captain America movies, will direct a TV adaptation of the 1979 cult classic gang film, The Warriors, Deadline reports.

The brothers will team with writer Frank Baldwin on the one-hour drama series and direct the pilot, though there's no word yet on their directorial commitment beyond that. The show is in development with Paramount TV and Hulu.

Walter Hill directed the original film based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. The film imagines a grittier, pulpier version of late-Seventies,...

Over 35 years since viewers watched a tight-knit street gang running and fighting for their lives in hopes of surviving to see the sunrise on their own Coney Island turf, Walter Hill's The Warriors is being adapted for the small screen by the Russo brothers.

Deadline reports that filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil War) are teaming up with Paramount TV and Hulu to adapt the 1979 film The Warriors (which was based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, itself inspired by Xenophon's Anabasis) as a TV series comprised of one-hour episodes.

The Russos are set to helm the pilot episode of the series and are also producing the project, with writer Frank Baldwin on board for the adaptation. Lawrence Gordon, one of the people who backed Hill's movie, will be an executive producer on the series.

According to Deadline, the TV series will strive to...

Thanks to the Russo brothers; Swann, Ajax, Cochise, Rembrandt, and other members of “The Warriors” are coming out to play again. Let’s check it out.

In conjunction with Paramount TV and Hulu, Joe and Anthony Russo are doing a re-imagining of Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic ‘The Warriors’ with a 1 hour drama series which will be shown on Hulu. They plan to honor the movie while adding their own touch of grit, sex and violence to the story. Story writer for the series will be Frank Baldwin.

The film is an adaption of Sol Yurick’s novel, of the same name. Set in 1979 NYC it tells the tale of a Coney Island gang that must make it back to their home turf after being framed for the murder of Cyrus, leader of the largest gang in NYC. During the trip they have to avoid rival gangs hunting them for the death of Cyrus,...

It's amazing how a little book from 1965 called The Warriors just can't seem to go away. The novel of the same name from author Sol Yurick was adapted in 1979 into a cult hit film that's somehow managed to stick around in name ever since. In addition to the film, the book was adapted by Rockstar into a video game, and later a couple of comic book series.

Now, based on a report from Deadline, it sounds like the name of The Warriors will continue on. According to the outlet, the Russo Brothers -- directors of the most recent Captain America films -- are taking a break from the world of Marvel to create a TV series with Hulu and Paramount. This will not be as much an adaptation of the original novel as it is a re-imagining of the 1979 film.

The original film was set in a dystopian future where...

Deadline has just reported that Captain America directors Anthony and Joe Russo are going to adapt Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic film The Warriors into a one-hour drama series for Paramount and Hulu. Paramount released the original film. The Russo’s will draw from Hill's film and the original source, Sol Yurick's novel from 1965. They will adapt those materials together with newcomer Frank Baldwin. No one is attached to direct the series yet. The original film is a bonafide classic. In the film the leader of the Gramercy Riffs, Cyrus, calls all the gangs together to call for a truce and create an alliance that will control the city. Can you dig it? He is shot and murdered by a...

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Before gearing up for Marvel’s two-part Infinity War, Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo have signed on to develop a TV remake of The Warriors at Paramount and Hulu.

That’s according to Deadline, confirming that the hour-long drama series will offer a new, seralized spin on Walter Hill’s cult classic that released all the way back in 1979 – itself a big-screen take on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name. No director is currently attached to the project, though the outlet assures that the Russo brothers plan to “honor the original film while adding its own unique brand of grit, pulp, sex and violence.”

Set against a New York City on the brink of social revolt, The Warriors chronicles a raging turf war that spans from Coney Island to the Bronx and everywhere in between. Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright and Brian Tyler...

Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors behind Marvel's last two Captain America films and the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War films, have signed on to develop a TV series adaptation of the cult classic gang film The Warriors.

I'm a fan of The Warriors, it's one of those films I figured would eventually get remade. I just didn't think it would be remade as a TV series with the freakin' Russo Bros. developing it! The fact that they are involved gives me confidence that the project will turn out to be a great exciting series that will be worth watching.

According to Deadline, The Warriors will a one-hour drama being produced by Paramount TV and Hulu. The report says that "the brothers will re-imagine Walter Hill’s iconic 1979 film, itself an adaptation of Sol Yurick’s classic novel of the same name. Their take will honor the original film while adding...

Walter Hill’s 1979 action thriller “The Warriors” follows a New York City gang fighting to return to their home turf after being framed for the murder of a respected gang leader trying to establish a citywide truce between the area gangs. Now, Deadline reports that The Russo Brothers, best known for directing the “Captain America” films for Marvel, are bringing “The Warriors” to TV.

With the help of Paramount TV and Hulu, the Russos’ one-hour drama adaptation will honor the original film’s gritty pulp violence, but with their own unique spin on the material. The brothers will team up with writer Frank Baldwin on the series. No director is currently attached to the project.

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Based on Sol Yurick’s 1975 novel of the same name, “The Warriors” was shrouded in controversy prior to its release. After reports of vandalism and sporadic gang violence,...

Fresh off the success of the last two "Captain America" films and before they get around to shooting "The Avengers: Infinity War" saga, filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo are taking a brief respite to work on a different kind of project.

The brothers are set to turn Walter Hill's iconic 1979 film "The Warriors" into a one-hour drama series for Paramount TV and Hulu. An adaptation of Sol Yurick's classic novel, the film was set in 1979 New York City which was being torn apart by deadly gang rivalry.

A charismatic leader summons together the leaders of the 60,000 strong street gangs to negotiate a truce and alliance. When he is assassinated, one of the smaller gangs called the Warriors is framed for his death. The group must then fight their way across town to their home on Coney Island while every other gang is hunting them down to kill them.

Just how many episodes can it take to get from Van Cortlandt Park to Coney Island…?

Anthony and Joe Russo, who recently shepherded the box office blockbusters Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, aim to find out, teaming with Hulu and Paramount TV for a small-screen adaptation of The Warriors, the cult classic 1979 film about New York City gangs.

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Per our sister site Deadline, the Russo Brothers will re-imagine the 37-year-old film (which itself was an adaptation of Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name), while adding their “own unique brand of grit,...

Article by Dan Clark (MovieRevolt)

Welcome to another installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure where I highlight films that are currently streaming on Netflix. In this installment I am focusing on action movies. I don’t know about you but sometimes when the proper mood strikes I fiend for some not stop action thrills. In order to make your lives easier I picked out some films that are worth your viewing pleasure. To keep things exciting I choose a variety of films. Some are recent hits while others are classics in the genre. Certain choices are rather obvious and I’m sure you’ve seen them countless times before, but there are a few hidden gems as well. Whatever your cup of tea might be there’s a film here that you will find worthy of adding to your Netflix queue.

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The New York Times has reported that author Sol Yurick died on Saturday in New York City, at age 87. Cause of death was complications of lung cancer, according to his daughter, Susanna Yurick. Mr Yurick is probably best-known for his 1965 novel The Warriors - inspired by an ancient Greek work written titled Anabasis, about the Greeks' failed conquest of Persia around 400 B.C. Yurick's novel was updated and essentially recast, setting the story in New York, and centering it on a battle between a variety of street gangs, after one gang leader tries to bring all the gangs together against the cops. But Coney Island's The Warriors are framed for his murder, as...

American novelist best known for The Warriors, a tale of gangs and street violence in New York

The American novelist Sol Yurick, who has died aged 87, was too radical, too extreme and too violent for the respectable literary establishment of New York, yet no writer more fully embodied the city's anguished spirit in the 1960s. His novels The Warriors (1965), Fertig (1966) and The Bag (1968) constitute a trilogy of vibrant energy, biting satire and high, though irreverent, artistic seriousness.

The Warriors, a tale of gangs and street violence, was rejected by 27 publishers before it finally appeared. With its carefully crafted parallels with Xenophon's Anabasis, it was more literary than Hubert Selby Jr's Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964), but shared its gritty feel for the city's underclass. In 1979 it was made into a stylish film by Walter Hill. Vincent Canby in the New York Times considered the film "a mish-mash of romantic cliches, moods and visual effects".

Yurick,...

The Warriors

Directed by Walter Hill

Screenplay by David Shaber and Walter Hill

1979, USA

Even if you haven’t seen The Warriors, you’ve most likely heard someone quote the film numerous times. Of all the many classic one liners spoken in the movie, perhaps the most memorable was, “Waaaaariors, come out to plaaaay.” If that line doesn’t ring a bell, than perhaps you’ve heard of the 2005, smash hit video game adaptation/prequel, titled Grand Theft Auto, created by Rockstar Games. Did you know that aside from clearly being inspired by The Warriors, many of the cast members provided voice acting support for the game?

Director Walter Hill (Streets of Fire, The Driver) delivers a campy, shameless but thoroughly entertaining thrill ride with his third feature film. Based on the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick, the action, fantasy, stylized exploitation picture features a very simple but effective plot, following...

Director Walter Hill.

Kicking Ass with Walter Hill

by Jon Zelazny

Action flicks. Two-fisted tales. Guy movies. Whatever you want to call them, writer, producer, and director Walter Hill is one of the living masters, with a resume full of classics from The Getaway (1972), to the Alien series, and the definitive eighties action-comedy blockbuster, 48 Hrs. (1982).

2009 marks the 30th anniversary of The Warriors (1979), Hill’s surreal “street gang on the run” cult classic, and his breakout success as a director.

Jon: A couple years ago, you did an audio commentary and on-camera intro for a new DVD edition of The Warriors. It was the first time I’d ever seen you; is it my imagination, or have you kept a low profile over the years?

Walter Hill: I’d never done a commentary before on one of my films. I don’t like the idea of explaining a movie; I...

Cinema Blend recently spoke with director Tony Scott and got some details about his remake of the 1979 movie The Warriors, which deals with gang violence on the streets of Coney Island, New York. Scott's adaptation, due sometime in 2010, transports the action to the streets of Los Angeles:

L.A. is now the city of the future. If it's the Warriors, it's sunset and it's quiet. I've got a whole different feel. I'm letting it breathe in a different way. He then went into detail about the movie's opening, explicitly mentioning gang leader Cyrus, the protagonist:

Then on the Vincent Thomas Bridge, which is Long Beach, you have a thousand gang members up there, then Cyrus goes "bang." It's almost like 9/11, bodies coming off, it just goes ballistic. Then these guys have got to get from the Vincent Thomas back to Venice, through all these different gang territories. And it becomes anarchy.

Allow me a moment of fan appreciation here, folks: I’m a huge fan of “The Warriors,” so it’s with no small amount of glee that I’m presenting this first look at “The Warriors: Jailbreak,” the new comic book series that picks up where the 1979 film left off.

News about the series first broke back in April, when Dabel Brother Publishing announced that it was capitalizing on the success of its impressive comic book adaptation of “The Warriors” with a new ongoing series featuring Swan, Ajax, Rembrandt and the rest of the Coney Island gang. The timing of this “Warriors” resurgence isn’t coincidental, either — Paramount is currently celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Walter Hill’s cult-favorite film, and fans (like myself) have been treated with a wide variety of “Warriors” toys, video games and, of course, comic books, over the last few months.

Now, I’m...

Tony Scott sat down with Rt recently to discuss The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, but of course we couldn't leave him without taking about another remake on his agenda; The Warriors. Based on a novel by Sol Yurick, the 1979 original was written and directed by Walter Hill. "I'm not doing a straight remake," he insisted. "I love the original Warriors and I'm using the same basic story. It's really still 10 guys stuck at point B and they need to get back to point A. But I'm going to set it in Los Angeles and it's going...

The Dabel Brothers adapted the Paramount Pictures gang film The Warriors and now they have announced plans for an original sequel. Jailbreak will be a four-part event, beginning this July. According to a release, the series picks up shortly after the end of the 1979 film, when the Warriors plan to break one of their members out of jail.

The adaptation of Walter Hill’s stylish movie, based on Sol Yurick’s novel, saw its debut in February and wraps up in June so the sequel follows immediately. Written by Erik Henriksen, penciled by Todd Herman and Herb Apon, inked by Nick Nix, and colored by Jeremy Treece, the first issue will feature a cover by Tom Feister.

As described by Paramount Home Video, which has the ultimate director’s cut on sale, the film is about: “A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City.