The Warriors (film)/Trivia

• Dawson Casting: With the exception of Rembrandt, the gang all look like they're in their mid-twenties, but Fox mentions that they have a youth worker. Swan and Mercy are also compared to a group of kids coming from prom. These suggest that the gang is supposed to be in their teens.
• Dueling Movies: Released the same year as The Wanderers with both films sparking discussion about youth gangs. The studios raced to beat each other to the punch, but The Warriors came out first and had the more lasting impact.
• Hey, It's That Guy!
  • The DJ is played by Lynne Thigpen, best known as the Chief in the Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? TV show.
  • Fox later moves on to bigger and better things working on the south pole in The Thing.
  • Luther later became T-Bird in The Crow.
    • He was also going to be killed last. I Lied.
  • One of the cops was played by Sonny Landham, whom you probably know best as "Billy" in Predator.
• The Other Darrin: While this is averted for the most part, Luther, Rembrandt, Vermin and Cyrus (except for his iconic speech) were all recast for the video game.
• Throw It In: David Patrick Kelly ad-libbed the iconic scene in which he clanks the empty bottles together and calls out a challenge to the Warriors. Ajax's James Remar also ad-libbed his line, "I'm gonna shove that bat up your ass and turn you into a Popsicle!"
• Unintentional Period Piece: Particularly ironic since - at least according to director Walter Hill - the film was supposed to be set Twenty Minutes Into the Future.
• What Could Have Been: An opening narration was planned, voiced by Orson Welles.
  • If Hill wouldn't have been able to make this movie, his backup plan was to do a western film called Last Gun.