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[MrScorpio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5OceKWW1PE

[Aristus]

1. Great movie.

Never get tired of "The Warriors".

I remember when I first saw it, I was expecting some violent, brainless little B-movie. It turned out to be a masterful depiction of tribal conflict. Very eerie and surreal. I loved Lynne Thigpen (R.I.P.) as the D.J.

[deucemagnet]

3. I didn't realize it was based on Greek mythology until a few years ago.

Nov 28, 2005 | It all started with the battle of Cunaxa near Babylon in 401 B.C. If Prince Cyrus hadn't challenged his brother, Artaxerxes II, for the Persian throne and hired 10,000 Greek mercenaries, the most intriguing new special edition DVD and the most hyped video game of 2005 and one of the most eagerly anticipated remakes of 2006 would never have happened.

"The Warriors," Walter Hill's 1979 fantasy about street gangs, has just been released on DVD with special commentary from Hill and the cast and crew. At the same time, Rockstar Games has issued "The Warriors" video game in PlayStation 2 and Xbox formats. And Grove Press is now shipping its reissue of Sol Yurick's 1965 novel, "The Warriors," which, as the cover says, is "The Basis of the Cult Classic Film."

Yurick's novel is the basis, but not the Ana-basis. Here's the short form: Cyrus got himself killed, and his Greek mercenaries -- the "Ten Thousand" of much classical lore -- fought through 1,000 miles of Persian soldiers and barbarian tribes, each with its own mode of dress and special weapons, to the sea and safety. One of their generals, Xenophon, went back to Athens and wrote a book about it, "The Anabasis," and from there it was pretty much a straight shot to pop culture immortality. Movies have often alluded to Xenophon, notably Sam Peckinpah's 1976 "Cross of Iron," with James Coburn, about a group of German soldiers trapped behind enemy lines on the Russian front.

http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/feature/2005/11/28/warriors/index.html

[Jade Fox]

2. I was expecting....

this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Ew_rxPNc4