The Warriors make an Easter egg appearance in issue #27 of the IDW comics publication. your own Pins on Pinterest The Warriors Video Game / Rockstar The video game faced its own controversy in the form of a lawsuit brought on by Roger Hill, who played Cyrus. Classic Films Fury Film The Warriors Baseball Furies Badass Movie Movie Scenes Normal Movie Warrior Movie Actors Why The Warriors is essential countercultural cinema Walter Hill’s neon-hued thriller is a stylish masterpiece that approaches city gang wars in a completely unique way E.g. Walter Hill came to visit and gave him the uniform. Steve Chambers played purple and black faced. and to maintain a level of intensity over and over again. Jan 3, 2021 - Costume designer Bobbie Mannix talks us through the film that … Of course, after that, it became very important to remember what our individual makeup was. Blue and black face paint etc. Steve Chambers: Whoever knew that this film would be what it is almost 30 years later? They have kindly given up some of their time to share their thoughts and memories of their experiences working on the movie. They did only running – no stunts. In this glimpse behind out Patreon Paywall, check out our thoughts on who would win between the Droogs from A Clockwork Orange and the Baseball Furies from The Warriors. The Warriors make their money through committing the following crimes: mugging people, stealing car radios, doing smash-and-grabs, and extorting the local shop owners. However, in the game, only 19 members are important enough to have (nick)names. 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. Quick: Name a good movie with more than two iconic villains in it. In the novel there are 7 known members of the gang that go to the meeting, as opposed to the 9 members in the film. The Warriors' sign painted on the bath house for a photo was painted over a real gang's tag. In the events of the film, Cyrus is killed by Luther, who blames it on the Warriors as Fox had seen him. Going up against badass pugilists like the Baseball Furies, the Boppers, the Gramercy Riffs, the Punks, the Rogues, and more, not to mention the trigger happy and untrusting police force, the Warriors is a relentless action picture with mostly cartoonish confrontations, but some high style, and surprisingly intense confrontations. WMS: Do you personally think Walter Hill should have made the Furies more aggressive in the fighting sequence with the warriors in the film like they were in the original script? The Warriors' exact date of formation is not known, but it is known that the founding members were Cleon and Vermin, and that they decided to create the gang sometime after April 16, 1978. Jery Hewitt played the lead Fury in the yellow face paint with the black eye. The largest website and community for Walter Hill's cult gang movie. Pound-for-pound, they prove to be one of the toughest gangs in NYC. Steve Chambers & Leon Delaney played Baseball Furies in The Warriors. When Virgil didn't show, Cleon decided that they should just do the deal themselves. Leon Delaney was orange face and black eyes and lips. We, the stuntmen, were expected to run full speed (two hundred yard dashes) take after take until we literally threw up. They make it back, but at a price; Cleon and Fox are killed, and Ajax is arrested. The fight was not rushed, since we were using real bats. Yes, Walter wanted single file and no yelling. We rehearsed the fight for two weeks prior to shooting. Cyrus (The Warriors) At first glance, Cyrus is the opposite of a Christ-figure. In the game, when choosing the Fury Mode difficulty, all the members have, The four Warriors with two-blow grapple moves (Vermin, Fox, Cowboy, and Rembrandt) always knock someone out for their stealth attack; the other five main Warriors will swiftly snap their target's neck (if holding nothing), slice their throat (with a knife or broken bottle), or put them to sleep with a choke-hold (if carrying almost any other weapon), In the game's rumble mode feature, if you switch to a Warrior in their default waistcoat outfit (after the initial. As the title gang, the Warriors appear in every mission, with the exception of Roots, where only Cleon and Vermin appeared as Destroyers, since the Warriors have not yet been formed at that time. For the tone of the movie at the time (1978) it was in-keeping with standards. Spread over 4 days, Warriors Fest 2 features an even greater list of cast and crew members including Walter Hill and Larry Gordon! Leon Delaney: Any action toys are flattering. 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