Filming of the warriors

The ind hoytschermerhorn subway station in brooklyn was used for the 96th st. When he is killed, the warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down. The warriors is a 1979 american action film directed by walter hill. The filming of weekend warriors in wilkes county, nc. In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of new york city in a bid to take it over. This was shot on 23rd street between 45th road and 45th avenue. Station scenes as it has a dead track which can be used for filming. The new york city filming locations of the warriors part. The th warrior is a mindless action romp set against a historical background.

The film is an exceptional portrayal and interpretation of gang control and its ties with greek mythology. Horatio cornblower travels to new york city to relocate and recapture some of the locations from the 1979 film the warriors directed by walter hill. With michael beck, james remar, dorsey wright, brian tyler. Thirtysix years later and cult gang film the warriors is still one of the definitive. Resuming where we left off, the warriors are on a train heading toward union square when a nearby fire forces them out into the the tremont section of the bronx on foot. Rooted in the rebel yells of modern and ancient history, served up in a wiry 1970s look, the film still. New york film locations from the movie the warriors starring roger hill and michael beck. The story centers on a new york city gang who must make an urban journey of 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 murder of.

The sohobased hihats might be the best proof hill has got that he intended for the warriors to be a fantasy film. A map detailing the locations used for the movie the warriors. Filming took place across the city in brooklyn, manhattan and queens but strangely not in the bronx which is where the famous conclave scene. This scene was filmed on broadway close to conway street and stewart street. This is part one of what will be my six part, 40th anniversary filming locations tour. The warriors are headed up to van cortlandt park in the bronx for a meeting of all of new york citys gangs.

The making of the warriors the warriors movie site. The warriors filming locations the warriors movie site. All members of all gangs play well in giving off that rugged attitude. The warriors filming locations tour 40th anniversary part one. This might come as a surprise, seeing as how the movie revolves around a new york city gang trying to make their way from the bronxs van cortlandt park to brooklyns coney island, but filming only took place in manhattan, brooklyn, and queens. It is based on sol yuricks 1965 novel of the same name, which was, in turn, based on xenophons anabasis. The film s attitude places it somewhere between the two, aware of the filth and degradation and nevertheless infatuated with it. Filming for the warriors began on june 26th 1978 in new york city for. Here you will see the coney island location where the movie begins, right at the stillwell train station. Riverside park, manhattan, new york city, new york, usa gangs opening meeting location and baseball furies in the park scene. The warriors, who control coney island in brooklyn, have to travel all the way to van cortland park in the bronx, as every gang in the city will be. Horatio cornblower travels to new york city to relocate and recapture some of the locations from the 1979 film the warriors directed by. The warriors is a gangland fantasia, cut tighter than a snare drum, made for maximum impact. The warriors make it back on to the subway but are forced off the train by a fire in tremont.

With film and literature on street gangs there tends to be two different voices, two different kinds of views, says sudhir venkatesh, a professor of. The production was filming at the hoytschermerhorn station in downtown brooklyn a scene in which the warriors must make a mad dash from the cops across the subway platform. Here you will see the coney island location where the. While the warriors is a pop culture touchstone for a lot of diehard cult film fans, its success only propelled a handful of people associated with it into the limelight. Five things you never knew about the warriors dazed. Walter hills the warriors is a stylistic actionbased film that possesses that futuristic vibe with a violent and urbanized tone. The warriors filming locations tour 40th anniversary. It is based on sol yuricks 1965 novel of the same name, which was, in turn, based on. The new york city filming locations of the warriors part 1. The way walter hill has directed the film, it has a kind of popgun. Filming the warriors took place at different locations across new york.