The Warriors

"The Junior took out his comic book and started to read...It was about ancient soldiers, Greeks, heroes who had to fight their way home through many obstacles, but they made it in the end." pg. 106 This was a pretty good in my opinion. The book was published in 1965 and later adapted into film by Wal......more

Having seen the bizarre 70's film probably a dozen times as a teenager, I thought I'd give the book a read. Unfortunately, I found the foreword by the author the best part about the book. The author sought to take a little-known Greek story called the Anabasis, an epic about an army's long retreat t......more

One of my favorite movies of all time is "The Warriors" from 1979. It was based on a book written by Sol Yurick published in 1965, and is a little over 200 pages. When the movie first came out there were color photo spreads and articles in teen magazines because the gang members were kind of cute an......more

If you are looking for a rehash of the 1979 cult film, you’ve come to the wrong place. Sol Yurick’s novel has a few pieces of action plucked from the book’s pages and inserted into the flick, but the majority of this book contains a grittier feel. Mr. Yurick’s tale is a combination of history and an......more

Walter Hill's film adaptation of Sol Yurick's novel is one of my favorite movies of the '70s. I realize it has its flaws but it had a huge impact on me as a kid and, together with Taxi Driver and The Out-of-Towners, pretty much defined this Indiana boy's terrifying conception of New York City, pre-G......more