Framed for assassinating the city's most powerful gang lord at a summit in Van Cortlandt Park, Swan and the Warriors battle block by block back to Coney Island. Metrograph's note traces it back to Xenophon's Anabasis, but the fun is a comic-book New York of baseball-bat gangs and subway chases. If you have never seen the city's great cult movie with an audience, a 35mm noon show is the way.
What to expect
A 93-minute 35mm screening in Metrograph's Lower East Side house, with a crowd that will quote the famous taunt. It is a midday show, so the neighborhood's brunch spots are right outside.
Good to know
- Metrograph is at 7 Ludlow Street; the F train to East Broadway or the B/D to Grand St are the closest stops.
- Screens on 35mm.
- Rated R for violence.
- The film's subway journey makes a fun pre- or post-show ride to Coney Island.
- Metrograph matinees tend to be less crowded than evening shows.
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Common questions
Where does the story take place?
Across New York, from a gang summit in the Bronx's Van Cortlandt Park back to Coney Island.
Who directed it?
Walter Hill.
