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biurstel69 CI Tourist Offline I Love Coney Island! Posts: 1	warriors Mar 25^th, 2009, 6:28am Godd morning everybody. first of all sorry for my english. I'll visit NY next June and I 'd like to see Coney Island (I'm a Warriors fan). I've heard something regarding renovations.... could you kinldy tell me what I could see there....is still there the luna park?? and the mural of warriors? many thanks...!! Lorenzo Fachin Italy
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Reply #1 - Mar 25^th, 2009, 9:08am

Here's a start...http://www.coneyisland.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1232902433
link to post What will be open in Coney Island's 2009 Season?

link to flickr photo group Coney Island is Alive & Kicking!
Photos of what's here and you can expect to see in 2009....
http://www.flickr.com/groups/coneyislandisaliveandkicking/pool/

An Italian film crew made a documentary last season and a link was posted somewhere in the news section.

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Amusing the Zillion: A former carny kid casts an insider’s eye on the amusement business, Coney Island, and fun places in between

http://amusingthezillion.com/

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Reply #2 - Mar 25^th, 2009, 2:38pm

The building with the warriors spray painted on the front has been gone for about 10 years or more.

Luna Park has been gone since about the end of WW2, even before The Warriors time. Its a housing project now.

The large mural of The Warriors which was by Astroland has been gone for about 2 or 3 years.

When I get home, I have some screen shots from the movie and what they now look like on a website, you should find it interesting.

Bruce

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Its all about the land between the Aquarium to Keyspan, south of Surf Ave.

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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: warriors Reply #3 - Mar 25^th, 2009, 2:43pm found the urls, enjoy http://www.magicalthemeparks.com/coneyisland/warriors/presentday/index.html and http://www.magicalthemeparks.com/coneyisland/warriors/presentday2/index.html Bruce
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seabreezin2 Sand in my Shoes Offline build union C.I.(i'm still by da water) Posts: 277 Perth Amboy,N.J. Gender:	Re: warriors Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2009, 12:18pm lorenzo,if you click on the members box at the top ,go to page#12 click on micropunta's name and you can see the coney island docu-film it has a italian sub-lines you can understand ,(the poormans follies) very good goobtv on demand type in coney island poorman follies
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Reply #5 - Mar 26^th, 2009, 7:04pm

Capt_Nemo wrote on Mar 25^th, 2009, 2:43pm:

found the urls, enjoy
http://www.magicalthemeparks.com/coneyisland/warriors/presentday/index.html
and
http://www.magicalthemeparks.com/coneyisland/warriors/presentday2/index.html

Bruce

Very interesting! The building behind the Himalaya on the Bowery was the Geneas building. You can confirm this on page 185 of Coney Island Lost and Found. The street was Henderson's Walk. The location of the Himalaya in that pic should be where the Tornado was. This must have been sometime in 1978, since the Tornado was gone, but the Jumbo Jet still had not been moved there from Kaufman's Steeplechase. (in fact, someone correct me if I'm wrong, I believe the Jumbo Jet moved on to the Geneas bldg. site after the building burned and was demolished.) Check with Thor Hater or Egulvision, they would know for sure.

The final picture really has me confused. It sure does look like the Cyclone's boardwalk end, but the fence with all the overgrowth is what is throwing me off,It looks like the Thunderbolt area did in the late 80's and early-mid 90's. However, back when Warriors was filmed, the Thunderbolt was still in operation and was very well maintained. The overgrowth didn't come around till the mid-late 80's.

The only thing I could think of is that it is indeed the boardwalk end of the Cyclone, and during that particular period in time the area of Astroland ajacent to the bathrooms under G&P's had a nasty fence with overgrowth, but that seems very out of character for Astroland, so I really can't figure it out.

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TheFadedPast Aspiring Carny Offline There goes the neighborhood! Posts: 132 Brighton Beach/Coney Island Gender:	Re: warriors Reply #6 - May 7^th, 2009, 4:19pm Any way we can have some cast members show up to the next "Warriors" film event?
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Dick_Zigun Son of A Beach Offline Looka, Looka, Looka! Posts: 654 Gender:	Re: warriors Reply #7 - May 8^th, 2009, 10:00am The final beach scene in The Warriors was shot on the beach in California and that is why you can't match it up with Coney!
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: warriors Reply #8 - May 8^th, 2009, 12:08pm Thanks. Never thought about it. But it does make sense as you dont see any landmarks in the shot. Its a shame, they filmed scenes on the Boardwalk and throughout the city, why didnt they film that scene on our beach? Rhetorical question Bruce
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Elephant Man Ex Member	Re: warriors Reply #9 - May 8^th, 2009, 1:28pm Maybe they had to reshoot the end, and due to budgetary constraints shot it out there. That shot of the Cyclone with the overgrown fence is still a mystery.
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Indie Rob Leddy YaBB Administrator Offline Coney Island Film Fest Director. Sept. 24- 26 Posts: 2073 NYC Gender:	Re: warriors Reply #10 - May 17^th, 2009, 11:41pm I've always heard that the final beach scene was shot at Fort Tilden in Queens which is between Riis Park and Breezy Point. I used to fish there with a permit years ago and it sure looks like it.
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Reply #11 - May 18^th, 2009, 12:08pm

according to imdb.com here are the filming locations.

72nd St. IRT Station, 72nd and Broadway, New York City, New York, USA

96th Street IRT Subway Station, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street Subway Station, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
(interior of '96th St. Station')

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

New York City, New York, USA

Riverside Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

I work with a friend who was a extra, and said he was filmed at the big gang get together at Riverside Park, even though in the movie, it took place in the bronx. Others who know the subway system very well, said the parts, and often other filming takes place at the unused portions of Hoyt-Schermerhorn on the g/a/c lines.

They also filmed 14 st station where the 4.5.6 and n,r,l trains are, but it isnt listed.

Bruce

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Re: warriors
Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2009, 1:23pm

Capt_Nemo wrote on May 18^th, 2009, 12:08pm:

according to imdb.com here are the filming locations.

96th Street IRT Subway Station, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Ah good old imdb...The 96 st station was actually 72nd st. They slapped a 96st sign on the 72nd and Broadway entrance. Interior was Hoyt Schermerhorn.

The extras on the directors cut of The Warriors has some great info on locations. Interestingly enough they never make any mention of the final beach scene location. The only clue is when Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Mercy) tells a story about walking down the beach and I'm paraphrasing that they walked so long it felt like she was walking back to Manhattan.

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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Offline Posts: 5841	Re: warriors Reply #13 - May 18^th, 2009, 1:31pm the best i ever heard were people who saw the ending of the beast from 20,000 fathoms, who swear they saw Lee Van Cleef climb the Cyclone at the end, when it was filmed at Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California Bruce
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toshitono CI Tourist Offline I Love Coney Island! Posts: 12 Gender:	Re: warriors Reply #14 - Oct 21^st, 2009, 3:21pm lorenzo, i hope you had a great time at Coney!
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