On Sunday, October 12, 2025, Forbidden Planet in New York City is hosting a book signing and release party for authors Michael Gingold and Chris Poggiali’s Armies of the Night: The Warriors and its Legacy. The 1984 Publishing title examines the legendary 1979 New York City gang thriller The Warriors. The book features exclusive interviews with cast and crew from the movie, along with a wealth of vintage reportage and dozens of photos and promotional images. It’s a story as unique and dramatic as The Warriors itself.
Directed by Walter Hill from a screenplay he co-wrote with David Shaber and based on the novel by Sol Yurick, The Warriors centers on a titular street gang that must fight their way from the Bronx back to their home turf at Coney Island in Brooklyn. The harrowing journey begins after their members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader named Cyrus, who had been attempting to unite all New York City street gangs under a single banner. The Warriors stars Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Marcelino Sánchez, Terry Michos, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Roger Hill, David Patrick Kelly, Lynne Thigpen, Ginny Ortiz, Mercedes Ruehl and Thomas G. Waites, along with appearances by comic book legend Larry Hama as a Mongol gang member and actor/filmmaker Robert Townsend as a Baseball Fury.
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