THE WARRIORS
Special Features: 45th Anniversary. Tickets $8!
“Warriors! Come out to play!” Upon release 45 years ago, Walter Hill's cult-classic gang fantasy offered a dystopian vision of near-future New York that, like John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981), residents of the time could imagine all too easily. Rival gangs, colorfully and cartoonishly attired (the "Baseball Furies" being a particular fan favorite), attend a summit up in the Bronx. After the leader of the Rogues assassinates the leader of the city's top gang and frames their sworn enemies, the Warriors, for the murder, the Warriors must make their way back through the dangerous labyrinth of the city at night to their base in Coney Island. Can you dig it? DIR/SCR Walter Hill; SCR David Shaber, from the novel by Sol Yurick; PROD Lawrence Gordon. U.S., 1979, color, 92 min. RATED R
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Genre: Thriller
