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It’s taken a year since it was announced, but Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ adaptation of The Warriors is finally headed to Coney Island. But instead of stopping at Broadway — like you might expect from the Hamilton creator and Davis, who was a Pulitzer finalist for her play Bulrusher — the duo’s Warriors are going wide with a 26-track concept album, executive produced by Nas and produced by Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Twenty-One Pilots). The record, which is based on the cult 1979 gangsploitation flick and Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name,...

It.s been 36 years since The Warriors hit theaters and became an iconic cult classic. The film followed a wrongfully accused gang from Coney Island as they made their way through various hostile neighborhoods of New York. Now, some of the original members of the cast have reunited for one last subway ride. Check the video of their heartwarming reunion below. Produced by Rolling Stone, the video shows the actors Michael Beck (Swan), David Harris (Cochise), Terry Michos (Vermin), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), and Thomas G. Waites (Fox) assembling in their full Warriors garb. The men have lost a step in their old age, no longer sprinting through the stations as they did in the movie. The subways themselves play an integral role in the reunion, as the entire film revolves around the gang trying to make it from train to train in an effort to evade the cops and rival...

The 1979 classic The Warriors is more popular now than it has ever been. And the main cast was on the scene for a special event celebrating the movie at Coney Island. Michael Beck (Swan), David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin) and Thomas G. Waites (Fox) were all in attendance to meet fans and regale audiences with memories of making the Walter Hill cult masterpiece. They even recreated their iconic subway ride. The film still has an impact on fans to this day, 36 years after its release, and has even spawned actual gangs who've made Coney Island their turf.

The original cast of The Warriors met back up on the Q Train on September 13, taking one last ride together into Coney Island. There, hundreds of fans awaited the street soldiers. It was these same fans who had organized this event in a Diy push to reunite the stars all in one place.

The Warriors is a Coney Island tradition, and a bunch of the original cast members got together for a "Last Subway Ride" reunion event on September 13. Rolling Stone joined the cast 37 years later, including Michael Beck (Swan), David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin), and Thomas G. Waites (Fox), as they took the familiar path on the Coney Island–bound Q train. "These subways are different than they were in 1978," said Beck, head warrior in charge. It's not too late for a sexagenarian reboot!

The cast of The Warriors have reunited 36 years after the release of the cult classic.

Stars Michael Beck (boss-warrior Swan), David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin) and Thomas G Waites (Fox) jumped on the Q Train to recreate their final subway ride home to Coney Island.

Walter Hill's 1979 film centres on a street gang falsely blamed for the death of Gramercy Riffs leader Cyrus. They must find a way through the violent streets of Manhattan and the Bronx to get home.

The cast returned to Coney Island on September 13 for a fan-organised celebration for the film. The event saw one fan journey in from Scotland, while kids were spotted dressed up like the Baseball Furies gang.

"These subways are different than they were in 1978," Beck told Rolling Stone.

"I just love being here with all the fans. I see kids coming here, 8 years old, and I go,...

Most of the cast members that made up the titular street gang in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors reunited on the Q Train on September 13th to take one last ride together to Coney Island, where hundreds waited at a fan-organized event celebrating the Walter Hill-directed film. “These subways are different than they were in 1978,” actor Michael Beck, who played the head-Warrior-in-charge Swan in the film, told Rolling Stone on the voyage to the Boardwalk.

David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin) and Thomas G. Waites (Fox...

Most of the cast members that made up the titular street gang in the 1979 cult classic The Warriors reunited on the Q Train on September 13th to take one last ride together to Coney Island, where hundreds waited at a fan-organized event celebrating the Walter Hill-directed film. "These subways are different than they were in 1978," actor Michael Beck, who played the head-Warrior-in-charge Swan in the film, told Rolling Stone on the voyage to the Boardwalk.

David Harris (Cochise), Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Terry Michos (Vermin) and Thomas G. Waites (Fox...

Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Warriors – no other movie of the Seventies captured New York City quite like this gritty, visceral, gang drama did when it premiered in February of 1979, making The Big Apple look not only rotten to the core, but also possibly – gloriously -- like the most dangerous city in the world. For those of you who remember the movie when it first premiered in '79, it made a lasting impact that was both exhilirating and terrifying, summed up in one of the most widely quoted lines in movie history: Warriors.....come out and plaaaayeeeaaaayyy!

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Thirty years later, the cast of this legendary film is reuniting in Coney Island for a momentous 30th anniversary celebration on Saturday, August 29th. The event is a benefit / fundraiser for Coney Island USA, the resident not-for-profit corporation that produces some of NYC’s best loved summer programming, such...