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Today, it stands as an influential classic, spawning cross-media spinoffs and offering a vivid snapshot of late-1970s New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe history of \u003ci\u003eThe Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e is a complex, sometimes tumultuous one. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArmies of the Night: The Warriors and Its Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the movie's long journey, beginning with its origins as a groundbreaking Sol Yurick novel, revealing the many changes it underwent from book to script to screen, recounting a turbulent production involving real gang encounters and a lead actor dropped mid-shoot, through to a detailed chronicle of the controversy \u003ci\u003eThe Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e sparked. How did the film overcome the kind of obstacles only an all-nights NYC shoot could throw in its path? 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