The Warriors is based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name, but Hill took the material even further, applying a comic book sensibility to Yurick’s tale of New York tribalism, itself inspired by Xenophon’s Anabasis, a Grecian war epic penned around 370 B.C.
In the original Hill screenplay, among the many gangs depicted — uniformed crews like the bat-swinging Baseball Furies, the painted mime Hi-Hats, and the all-girl Lizzies — was the Dingos.
As envisioned by Warriors costume designer Bobbie Mannix, the Dingos were to be outfitted in leather fetishwear, some of it studded in chrome rivets and spikes. Sadly, that vision never made it to screen.
“We never shot it,” says Hill. “I’m very sorry about that. What I wanted to show was the gay gang in a positive light.”
[I’ve never understood how some people remain so attached to this film, but I don’t think the Dingos would have changed the film much had it been included either. Mainly, I just wanted to write that headline and see how many of you got the joke — Ed]
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