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Godot wrote:A The Driver / Le Samourai double-disc set would be fantastic and an intelligent thematic pairing (though Hill swears he never saw the Melville before making his second feature). I really enjoyed Hill's early ('70's-'80's) work as writer and director, but haven't seen much after 48 Hrs. disappointed. I think a boxed set of Hard Times, The Driver, The Warriors, and Streets of Fire would be thematically great, maybe under the collective banner title of "Go Home" or some such.

It should be mentioned that Rockstar, the video game company responsible for the Grand Theft Auto series is developing a Warriors game based on the film. We might see a dvd release tie in.

The Warriors: Special Collector's Edition will arrive on 10/4.

Me and my friends worshipped this movie when we were kids. I have to buy it for nostalgic reasons alone.

Jem wrote:After Seasame Street, this was my first exposure to New York (sans Big Bird), at nine years old I thought the whole city was run by street gangs.

Paramount has sent us final specs for their The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut. The 1979 cult film arrives with a new 1.85 anamorphic transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 remix. Bonus materials will include an introduction by director Walter Hill, a deleted scene, four featurettes ("The Beginning" - novelist Sol Yurick, Hill and producers discuss the challenges of getting the film made at Paramount Pictures; "The Battleground" - Hill and cast members discuss casting and rehearsals; "The Way Home" - Hill and his producers discuss the making of the film, production design, cinematography, locations, costumes, stunts and editing; "The Phenomenon" - Hill and others discuss the reviews, the controversy, box office and how it became a cult classic). The set is rounded out with the original trailer and a look at Rockstar Games' The Warriors video game. All this for only $19.99.

oldsheperd wrote:There is a lot of talk about the comic book aspect in the documentary. I don't understand the "meanwhile in Gramercy Park" inclusion. The filmmakers discuss how the wipes are meant to imply "meanwhile".

In this new director's cut, however, there are some serious changes made to the film. First up is the opening sequence. While the fantastic montage of talking heads, shoulders, subway trains and maps is still intact, we don't go into it until we witness a new narrated prologue which makes the comparison to the Greek myth on which the story is based about as subtle as a brick to the face. In Hill's narration he mentions how he wanted to create a comic book like atmosphere for the movie and to that effect they've seen fit to add some comic book panel transitions to the film. This, more than the narrated prologue and the insertion of a 'sometime in the future' tag, is the most obvious change made to this cut of the film. It feels a little out of place and it makes this less the film we all know and love and more a completely different animal. The scene that this hurts the most is the scene where the Baseball Furies are first introduced. A lot of the impact and sheer coolness of this scene is sucked out by substituting a comic book panel – an unfortunate decision.