ABC Friday Night Movie Open: "The Warriors" - 1983

[Lunacrus]

They need to bring this back in high definition with 5.1 surround sound.

[TheTooz72]

Awesome!!!

[xxxWarriorGoddessxxx]

Back when we got to see The Warriors on network TV. Love that movie!

[Fiascology]

The film deals with street gang warfare? That's like saying Jaws is a documentary on marine life. I love this movie, don't get me wrong, but realistic it's not.

[bjroberts65]

WARRIORS,,,.COME OUT AND PLAY.......

[RideMyBMW]

"Bedtime? Aw geez mom! Can I watch just the first 10 minutes please?"

XD!!! Brings back wickedly cool memories...

[cheapcape]

ABC was very awesome in this era, now ABC is just a crap-fest!

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:05, It Was KOVR-TV's Newswatch 13 At 11 Video ID For Friday Night, February 25, 1983.

[25phillycheesesteak]

That is a little better... hold on a sec...didn't Alan Frio also work in 'Hard Copy"?



[Motorcyclephil]

Is that Eddie Murphy at the 1:21 mark?

[xxxWarriorGoddessxxx]

@Motorcyclephil Nope, that's Dorsey Wright as Cleon.

[dionreedsamurai]

BUNCH OF MONKEYS.

[jeremyschultz1]

This was worth it just to see Alan Frio's big hair.

[southport97]

You can't get fluid animation like that from a computer and have it appear seamless. All these opening bumpers were awesome and are WAY better than today's station idents. The HBO one was epic.

[djmajiktuch82]

for the youngins.....not one computer was used in this intro....all animated like a cartoon...even the sparkely stuff..insane!!

[UtubeLeeOh]

So retro cool

[TheZFusion]

Lol if only movies were still shown this way on ABC.

[wcorowitz]

I remember watching this in New York in the 80's. It was a big laugh for those of us in the inner-city to see white people in gangs fighting around a bunch of blacks and Puerto Ricans.

[Nackles]

That is some impressive hair on Mr. Frio there.

[patrick9648]

Time to go to bed. Especially when they have the parental guidence warning.

[oldschoolbx1970]

Ater seeing this in the theaters,I saw this version on WABC-TV(channel 7) that Friday night during junior high school.

[HUSKY57887]

Never saw that movie. I loved "Colors",w/ Penn,and Duvall though.

[leandar]

@Chenoholic88 That happened sometimes.

[leandar]

Someone might think this odd, but I remember when I was little, thinking how when the movie would come on, how the network was "over" for the night. By that I mean of course, the shows that came on before the movie and as there was no other shows. And then sometimes how these movies, depending on what they were, sometimes would leave me feeling how it was such a big event and when it was over, thinking about the movie as I went to bed. You don't get that feeling from television anymore.

[domirules28]

wow there was a time on abc before tgif...

[grumpypant]

Regarding the movie, please stick with the original version; the remake is so phonied...Cyrus has some homosexual tendecy (a common theme in today's filmmakings) in him!!!

[TheSecondEvolution]

Cyrus was magic!

[robfergusonjr]

I loved the ABCintro! Early 80s coolness!

[pav777tube]

I can dig it

[Rottenclam]

One of the best movies ever!

This ABC Sunday Night Movie was the best way for a kid to see some of the greatest movies ever made. They would show a shorter preview the night before (during Fantasy Island) to get me psyched up.

I recorded a lot of these back then (they showed many 007 films too) so I hope the Producers of this time slot at ABC were given proper compensation, because they helped shape many young minds that did not see these films during their theatrical release.

[djrage70]

I can't believe this is here! OMG I was 13 yrs old when this aired. I waited 2 weeks for ABC to air this. This was so cool to see again. Thanks for posting this

[StephinOut]

Where did you FIND this!? ABC had REAL cool opening theme music back then...well, them and CBS! Thanks; this really takes me back!

[TheSecondEvolution]

Between this opening ABC card and The Warriors, it's an all around classic.

[john6380]

I hear they're making a re-make of 'The Warriors'.

[BIKERJAKE74]

NOOOO!!! Just watched it for the first time in my life this year, sad because I'm 34. But I hate myself that I waited so damn long.

[Ezjtdoc]

It was all we talked about in school for the next week.We pretented to be in the different gangs,nobody wanted to be in the orphans."Hey we were 12 year olds"

[grenadianmed]

These intros remind me of my mom telling me it's time to go to bed because I have school tomorrow, and me saying, 'but mommmm, can't i just watch for a little bit?".

[audest79]

Exactly, I hated this time of night as a child. When I saw this on abc and nbc's sunday night movie. My mother would always tell okay its time to go to bed. I would say Mom come on let me watch the first 15 mins. For a generation x'er this is the national time for bed time during those years.

[gjc82071]

@audest79 For me it was "It's 11 O'clock. Do you know where your children are?".

That was more of a local thing though, in the 70's - 80's. Irve Weinstine would say it on WNED-TV Ch 7 out of Buffalo, NY.

[cochranexyz]

@audest79 LOL! So true! And now? Too tired to care.

[rayjr62]

@audest79 You had to go to bed early on a friday night? Man, that must have sucked. I grew up in the 70s and friday nights (even as a little kid) were more or less late night for me. if I got to stay up until 11:00 I was in high heaven.

[U2fanatic]

@audest79 OMG...i almost peed when i read your post...i used to feel the SAME WAY!! espc when it was summer and it was light late..and the would make me go to bed...im 38 and its seems like yesterday!



[cheapcape]

@grenadianmed Yup, same thing over here. I loved the movies, but hated going to bed early, haha!

[Matlike1]

@grenadianmed miss those days.

[djrage70]

@grenadianmed This aired on a Friday night. This was all I could think about that day at school.. aw man I couldnt wait to see it. I got sick that night after the movie.. I think cause I was so anxious.. :/

[40dogg]

i wish i'll was in 1983 but that i was 3yrs old

[gdquint]

Then I wished I had been home to see it from the beginning.

[gdquint]

I remember this very same Friday night. I was 16, a high school junior, and hanging out with a sophomore. He mentioned knowing this movie was on and wanted to go home and watch it before doing anything else. We went home eventually, and I was surprised that my 50+ parents were watching it, which only strengthened their dislike of big cities. (This was in a small town in Oklahoma, by the way)

[CreativeCritisizm]

I saw this movie in a small Oklahoma town on "IT TV" a microwave transmitted premium channel broadcast from Tulsa in 1981.

[marcvilla278]

One of my favorite movies! Warriors! Come out and playyyyeeeee!!

[Urvy1A]

Do you have an ABC Movie open for Ghostbusters?

[KLXT77]

That is weird. This is from KOVR in Sacramento, and they probably didn't have the audio potted up when they went to network.

[discomusic]

thanks for posting this brings back memories

[tapthat2012]

i have this one up and always wondered when it premiered.

[KLXT77]

Hey Tap,

Sorry about that. Didn't realize you'd already posted this one!