THE WARRIORS is a retelling of Xenophon's ANABASIS, about an army of Greek mercenaries who invaded Persia to put their client on the throne, but the client got killed and they had to fight their way home...
Man; if you're having a bad week, day , month : This clams you right down !! This is my favorite "era" : Sneak Previews. Favorite SET : Dark movie theatre. Favorite Opening credits w/ the pop corn bucket & box of Good n' Plenty. This ALL changed by 1981.
I've watched hundreds of S&E's and this might be the very best of them. Siskel talks a mile a minute in some of these early PBS episodes, but he offers a lot more depth for it. This is really a conversation between them more than Ebert's take followed by Siskel's, and most of these movies have stood the test of time (or with The Warriors, public opinion even usurped it), very cool.
The movie that is best remembered by my generation (1978-1983) is "The Warriors", and I think it's a guilty pleasure, but I hope people remember "Hardcore". If people like "Taxi Driver", they'll also like "Hardcore".
"Warriors ... ! Come Out to plaaay--aaay!" Never gets old! Loved watching Siskel and Ebert through out the 80's but, damn, sometimes you just gotta consider the source. Most critics panned John Carpenter's The Thing, too, including S & E. Pretty sure Dirty Harry panned initially. Not that I'm comparing The Warriors to after the fact classics like Dirty Harry and The Thing, but The Warriors, certainly, gained notoriety compared to the other movies on this immediate list. I do wanna see Hardcore, again, though. That movie caused some controversy and it seems like it was ahead of its time. The Brink's Job might be worth checking out. It's Peter Falk. No?! But, long live The Warriors 🎶In the City🎶. Great Joe Walsh tune that was a late edition to the movie. Walter Hill first filmed The Warriors with comic book chapter intros to each scene. There is a director's cut that might be worth checking out.
MST3K is always quoting The Warriors - "Warriors! Come out and plaaaaaaaaaaay!!" - and Hardcore - "Turn it off! Turn it OFF! TURN IT *_OFF!!!_*" whenever relevant. Probably the only reason I would remember either film.
4 great movies; including The Stranger and The Gunfighter is great! Quintet is just toooo slow and likewise for Train Robbery. The others all really great. Warren Oates performance in Brinks is a must to behold.
Hello! I watched nearly all of the Cisco neighborhood episodes when they first aired in the 70s and 80s and 90s. My favorite show of all time. A few months ago I saw an episode that I don’t recall ever seeing before. And now I have lost track of it. Please help me! This had one mainstream movie and three or four other movies that I don’t recall they were maybe all independent films. Seems like they had one word titles. Anyway, one of the movies was about somebody watching the going on in an apartment across the street - no it’s not rear window- and the other one I recall had to do some kind of a celebration at a family house where the father was very domineering and all of these stories of family members perhaps dealing with the father. Cisco Ebert agreed I think on most of these films. Can you tell me which episode it is? I am absolutely dying to find it again!thanks for everything
@@44excalibur Maybe it premiered at a film festival in 1978.If so, you would think that they would have mentioned that on the show so people wouldn't think that they could go to a theater and see it. It could also be that the movie was intended to be released in 1978 by Paramount Pictures but the studio pulled the plug on its release date at the last minute after Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert had already seen the movie and it was too late to make changes to the show before airtime. Just a theory.
The video might be labeled 1978 because The Brinks Job was December of 1978, and both Hardcore and The Warriors were the following February. My guess is that this episode actually aired around February and they were catching up with movies from the previous months.
@voodoochile333 and how is that? It's based on his writing. And he didn't like the warriors. So what? Doesn't make him a bad critic. Just meant he didn't like it and he later went on to say that he overlooked some of its qualities when reviewing the later works of Walter Hill. I do not grasp how this makes both Roger and Gene terrible at reviewing movies.
ah yes, The Brinks Job--Friedkin's attempt to continue his all time amazing hot streak after The French Connection, The Exorcist and Sorcerer. I guess all the great streaks must end at some point, but oof
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Lotta people say the 70’s was the best movie decade Apocalypse Jaws Godfather but I disagree while it had the best movies at the very top overall the 80’s had many more “entertaining” films throughout the decade ..most 70’s movies to me came off rigid & stale and frankly boring that’s why on TV it’s rare to see a 70’s movie rerun 🤷
And yet The Warriors is the most remembered.
But look at the variety of films and all of them are great.
By losers like you.
Because it's a classic.
S@E didn't have the greatest batting average.
@@voodoochile333 Right. Which Siskel and Ebert did not recognize the source material, nor acknowledge the dynamic style.
THE WARRIORS is a retelling of Xenophon's ANABASIS, about an army of Greek mercenaries who invaded Persia to put their client on the throne, but the client got killed and they had to fight their way home...
Man; if you're having a bad week, day , month : This clams you right down !! This is my favorite "era" : Sneak Previews. Favorite SET : Dark movie theatre. Favorite Opening credits w/ the pop corn bucket & box of Good n' Plenty. This ALL changed by 1981.
I've watched hundreds of S&E's and this might be the very best of them. Siskel talks a mile a minute in some of these early PBS episodes, but he offers a lot more depth for it. This is really a conversation between them more than Ebert's take followed by Siskel's, and most of these movies have stood the test of time (or with The Warriors, public opinion even usurped it), very cool.
The movie that is best remembered by my generation (1978-1983) is "The Warriors", and I think it's a guilty pleasure, but I hope people remember "Hardcore". If people like "Taxi Driver", they'll also like "Hardcore".
Guilty pleasure?
"Warriors ... ! Come Out to plaaay--aaay!" Never gets old!
Loved watching Siskel and Ebert through out the 80's but, damn, sometimes you just gotta consider the source. Most critics panned John Carpenter's The Thing, too, including S & E. Pretty sure Dirty Harry panned initially. Not that I'm comparing The Warriors to after the fact classics like Dirty Harry and The Thing, but The Warriors, certainly, gained notoriety compared to the other movies on this immediate list.
I do wanna see Hardcore, again, though. That movie caused some controversy and it seems like it was ahead of its time. The Brink's Job might be worth checking out. It's Peter Falk. No?!
But, long live The Warriors 🎶In the City🎶. Great Joe Walsh tune that was a late edition to the movie. Walter Hill first filmed The Warriors with comic book chapter intros to each scene. There is a director's cut that might be worth checking out.
The Warriors!! “Can you dig it?”… CAN YOU DIG IT?
HARDCORE had a succinct ad line: "Oh my God, that's my daughter!"
MST3K is always quoting The Warriors - "Warriors! Come out and plaaaaaaaaaaay!!" - and Hardcore - "Turn it off! Turn it OFF! TURN IT *_OFF!!!_*" whenever relevant. Probably the only reason I would remember either film.
4 great movies; including The Stranger and The Gunfighter is great! Quintet is just toooo slow and likewise for Train Robbery. The others all really great. Warren Oates performance in Brinks is a must to behold.
Hello! I watched nearly all of the Cisco neighborhood episodes when they first aired in the 70s and 80s and 90s. My favorite show of all time. A few months ago I saw an episode that I don’t recall ever seeing before. And now I have lost track of it. Please help me! This had one mainstream movie and three or four other movies that I don’t recall they were maybe all independent films. Seems like they had one word titles. Anyway, one of the movies was about somebody watching the going on in an apartment across the street - no it’s not rear window- and the other one I recall had to do some kind of a celebration at a family house where the father was very domineering and all of these stories of family members perhaps dealing with the father. Cisco Ebert agreed I think on most of these films. Can you tell me which episode it is? I am absolutely dying to find it again!thanks for everything
I really hope the episode with Cats Don't Dance is found.
March 26, 1997 is the release date.
They both liked Hardcore but when it came time for The Warriors they said "Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!" 😅
"The Warriors" was released here in Los Angeles in 1979. It's weird that it was featured on this episode of the show from 1978.
The Warriors was released everywhere in 1979, so I'm with you on that one.
@@44excalibur Maybe it premiered at a film festival in 1978.If so, you would think that they would have mentioned that on the show so people wouldn't think that they could go to a theater and see it. It could also be that the movie was intended to be released in 1978 by Paramount Pictures but the studio pulled the plug on its release date at the last minute after Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert had already seen the movie and it was too late to make changes to the show before airtime. Just a theory.
The video might be labeled 1978 because The Brinks Job was December of 1978, and both Hardcore and The Warriors were the following February. My guess is that this episode actually aired around February and they were catching up with movies from the previous months.
@@hanleyforhire _The Brink's Job_ opened in Siskel and Ebert's home market (Chicago) on March 9, 1979.
@@jessecoffey4737 Thanks for that, fellow Bandit.
This is great to see. Those guys were pretty terrible at reviewing movies in retrospect .
Yep.
The warriors?
Classic.
How were they terrible at reviewing movies? Ebert did win a Pulitizer for it.
@ryanwalter4487 the fact that you can win a pulitzer for movie criticism is laughable.
That's like winning a pulitzer for sleeping.
@voodoochile333 and how is that? It's based on his writing. And he didn't like the warriors. So what? Doesn't make him a bad critic. Just meant he didn't like it and he later went on to say that he overlooked some of its qualities when reviewing the later works of Walter Hill. I do not grasp how this makes both Roger and Gene terrible at reviewing movies.
@@ryanwalter4487 shall we list the classic movies he didn't appreciate?
It's rather long.
ah yes, The Brinks Job--Friedkin's attempt to continue his all time amazing hot streak after The French Connection, The Exorcist and Sorcerer. I guess all the great streaks must end at some point, but oof
But then he came back with a bang with cruising!
@@Ryan-gt4vv I actually just watched that again only a few nights ago, really holds up! "You made me do this"
The Warriors was a 1979 release.
All of them are, the air date is just missed labeled.
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Lotta people say the 70’s was the best movie decade Apocalypse Jaws Godfather but I disagree while it had the best movies at the very top overall the 80’s had many more “entertaining” films throughout the decade ..most 70’s movies to me came off rigid & stale and frankly boring that’s why on TV it’s rare to see a 70’s movie rerun 🤷
The Warriors is a good, but violent film.