OK: how about 'The Warriors'?
Bent Attorney Esq.
that is outstanding, great acting, and an enemy that don't want to
quit.
Back in the mid 90's, I was in NY city. I figured, well why not go
and check out the Wonder Wheel? On Coney Island. Like in the movie,
'The Warriors.'? So I did. I drove into Brooklyn, and ditty bopped
down to Coney Island to check out the Wonder Wheel. And it was there
folks. The 'Wonder Wheel' was there. Coney Island rocks big time!!!
I didn't see any 'Warriors', although they were prolly up there in the
groove.
Francis A. Miniter
Weird film and the only things in common with the book by
Richard Price are the title and gangs in the Bronx.
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Blue
wrote:
The Eagles song "In The City", was great at the end.
Bill Steele
"Francis A. Miniter" <fami...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Bent Attorney Esq. wrote:
> > This film, I pegged as one of the great ones. Very stylish, a plot
> > that is outstanding, great acting, and an enemy that don't want to
> > quit.
> > Back in the mid 90's, I was in NY city. I figured, well why not go
> > and check out the Wonder Wheel? On Coney Island. Like in the movie,
> > 'The Warriors.'? So I did. I drove into Brooklyn, and ditty bopped
> > down to Coney Island to check out the Wonder Wheel. And it was there
> > folks. The 'Wonder Wheel' was there. Coney Island rocks big time!!!
> > I didn't see any 'Warriors', although they were prolly up there in the
> > groove.
>
>
> Weird film and the only things in common with the book by
> Richard Price are the title and gangs in the Bronx.
Structurally, it's The Odyssey and many other myths and fairy tales,
except that the monsters and witches are replaced by bizarre humans.
MightyJoe36
wrote:
> Bent Attorney Esq. wrote:
> > This film, I pegged as one of the great ones. Very stylish, a plot
> > that is outstanding, great acting, and an enemy that don't want to
> > quit.
> > Back in the mid 90's, I was in NY city. I figured, well why not go
> > and check out the Wonder Wheel? On Coney Island. Like in the movie,
> > 'The Warriors.'? So I did. I drove into Brooklyn, and ditty bopped
> > down to Coney Island to check out the Wonder Wheel. And it was there
> > folks. The 'Wonder Wheel' was there. Coney Island rocks big time!!!
> > I didn't see any 'Warriors', although they were prolly up there in the
> > groove.
>
> Weird film and the only things in common with the book by
> Richard Price are the title and gangs in the Bronx.
The book by Richard Price (and the film by the same name) was called
The Wanderers, not the Warriors. Great book; shitty movie.
S D
seems to be the referenced film ) , that one is not so hot
Madara0806
THE WARRIORS is based on a novel by Sol Yorick who based his work on
some ancient Greek battle. I forget the details. Yorick was a
confirmed Marxist and his novel had a whole political slant that is,
to say the least, quite absent from the film.
Sean O'Hara
> >
> THE WARRIORS is based on a novel by Sol Yorick who based his work on
> some ancient Greek battle. I forget the details.
Series of battles, actually -- it's based upon the Anabasis by
Xenophon, which details a group of Greek mercenaries who were hired
to take part in a Persian coup. When the coup leader died, they were
trapped deep in enemy territory and had to fight their way to the sea.
--
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Sean O'Hara
> >
> The Eagles song "In The City", was great at the end.
It's a good song, but completely wrong for the film. It's 1979 and
Walter Hill can't find a New York punk band to do the theme?
tomcervo
> In the Year of the Earth Ox, the Great and Powerful Blue declared:
>
>
>
> > The Eagles song "In The City", was great at the end.
>
> It's a good song, but completely wrong for the film. It's 1979 and
> Walter Hill can't find a New York punk band to do the theme?
Hill may not have had the final say--several of his movies have been
somewhat high-jacked. "The Long Riders" was co-produced by James
Keach, which is why there's some dry stretches involving Jesse James;
the good bits of that movie usually involve someone named Carradine.
And "Broken Trail" was produced by Robert Duvall, which may explain
the padding of that part.
David Oberman
>In the Year of the Earth Ox, the Great and Powerful Madara0806 declared:
>> >
>> THE WARRIORS is based on a novel by Sol Yorick who based his work on
>> some ancient Greek battle. I forget the details.
>
>Series of battles, actually -- it's based upon the Anabasis by
>Xenophon, which details a group of Greek mercenaries who were hired
>to take part in a Persian coup. When the coup leader died, they were
>trapped deep in enemy territory and had to fight their way to the sea.
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