{"id":62205,"date":"2021-01-10T14:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T21:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=62205"},"modified":"2021-03-07T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T18:56:04","slug":"warriors-the-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=62205","title":{"rendered":"Warriors, The (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They think we shot Cyrus.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster-693x1024.png 693w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster-183x270.png 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Poster.png 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the leader (Roger Hill) of New York&#8217;s largest gang is murdered by a fellow gang leader (David Patrick Kelly) at an all-city gathering, the innocent leader of the Warriors (Dorsey Wright) is killed in wrongful retaliation and the remainder of the gang &#8212; now led by Swan (David Beck) &#8212; is pursued across the city. During their harrowing attempt to make it back home to Coney Island, the Warriors meet a beautiful young woman (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) who falls for Swan, and must battle numerous other outrageously dressed gangs &#8212; including the skinhead Turnball A.C.s, the Baseball Furies, the Punks, and the all-female Lizzies.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gangs<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Walter Hill Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary describes &#8220;Walter Hill&#8217;s nifty, stylized, heart-pounding action movie&#8221; as &#8220;set in a surreal, fantasy New York, a playground for numerous tribes (called gangs) which stake out territories and parade around in garish identifying costumes, brandishing weapons and spray paint with which to decorate everything in their paths.&#8221; He notes that this is a &#8220;dream world, an enormous arena of parks and empty subway tunnels, the perfect obstacle course&#8221;, with &#8220;the subway trains &#8212; neutral territory in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Warriors_(Yurick_novel)\">Sol Yurick&#8217;s much different&#8230; source novel<\/a> &#8212; Hill&#8217;s bases, one for each baseline.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;the police are another tribe, the Men in Blue who serve as umpires and remove all rule breakers from the game&#8221;, and that &#8220;there is even a play-by-play announcer, a female deejay who reports the Warriors&#8217; progress&#8221; and refers to their gang as &#8220;a minor-league team&#8221;. Peary reminds us that &#8220;the film is bloodless&#8221; and the &#8220;violence is cartoonlike, with every brutally beaten character feeling fine immediately after&#8221; &#8212; a notable fact, given that &#8220;this film was the object of a huge anti-violence-in-film campaign due to some incidents in theaters in which it played&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Peary elaborates on this film in his first <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book, where he describes in detail the many differences between it and the original novel. He writes that while &#8220;<em>The Warriors<\/em>, artistically, is an uneven film to say the least&#8221;, it &#8220;is so full of unbridled energy and drive, with frenetic pacing from beginning to end, that it&#8217;s hard not to root&#8230; for it to succeed.&#8221; While &#8220;it&#8217;s a film that&#8217;ll make you cringe at times&#8221;, you&#8217;ll &#8220;forgive the shortcomings and praise the exciting camerawork, the excellent use of music, and the oddly conceived performance of David Patrick Kelly, the best wacko villain since Andy Robinson in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5347\"><em>Dirty Harry<\/em> (1971)<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Kelly.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, there&#8217;s much to admire and enjoy about this fast-paced flick, including the &#8220;first rate&#8221; choreography of the fight scenes, the stylized costumes (especially those of the Furies), and highly effective use of New York shooting locales. This unique cult favorite remains well worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Peary understandably fails to point out the nifty comic-strip transitions added in the 2005 director&#8217;s cut, which heighten the cartoonish and playful nature of the story. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Laszlo&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-1536x872.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography-475x270.png 475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Cinematography3.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective use of New York locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales3.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-NY-Locales4.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of memorable moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Furies2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>The creative comic strip transitions (added in 2005)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Warriors-Comic-Transitions.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barry De Vorzon&#8217;s synthesized score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a genuine cult classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080120\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/02\/10\/archives\/movie-warriors-creates-visual-style-that-is-starkthe-cast.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/18019\/the-warriors#articles-reviews?articleId=189969\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/1538\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They think we shot Cyrus.&#8221; Synopsis: When the leader (Roger Hill) of New York&#8217;s largest gang is murdered by a fellow gang leader (David Patrick Kelly) at an all-city gathering, the innocent leader of the Warriors (Dorsey Wright) is killed in wrongful retaliation and the remainder of the gang &#8212; now led by Swan (David Beck) &#8212; is pursued across the city. During their harrowing attempt to make it back home to Coney Island, the Warriors meet a beautiful young&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=62205\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62205"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70201,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62205\/revisions\/70201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}