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1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (1982)
Country
of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 84 mins 86 mins 89 mins 92 mins
Format: colour 35mm anamorphic
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Producer: Fabrizio
de Angelis
Production Manager: Pasquale Vannini
Unit Managers: Rita Agostini, Paolo Gargano, Fabrizio de
Martino
SCRIPT
Script: Dardano Sacchetti, Elisa Livia Briganti, Enzo G. Castellari
Story: Dardano Sacchetti
DIRECTION
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Assistant Director: Giuseppe Giglietti, Rocco Lerro
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sergio Salvati
Camera: Franco Bruni, Roberto Forges Davanzati
Assistant Camera: Maurizio Lucchini, Daniele Cimini
Chief Electrician: Fernando Massaccesi
Key Grip: Giacomo Tomaselli
Stills: Antonio Benetti
Camera and Equipment: Cinenologgio
EDITING
Editor: Gianfranco Amicucci
Assistant Editors: Roberto Amicucci, Mauro Nonnis,
Stefania Falzetti
Negatives: Eastmancolor
Processing Laboratory: Telecolor S.p.A.
MUSIC
Music: Walter Rizzati
Music Published By: DEAF Edizioni Musicali
SOUND
Sound Recording: Gaetano Testa
Boom Operator: Eros Giustini
Sound Studios: Studio Venus
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Mauriazio Trani, Antonio Maltempo
Hair: Armenio Marroni
Wigs: Rocchetti-Carboni
Costume Designer: Massimo Lentini
Costumes: G.P. 11
Wardrobe: Renata Renzi
Footwear: Arditi
Jewellry: Michele Rodo
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Antonio Corridori, Walter Battistelli,
Pasquino Benassati, Pasquale Sarao
Special Effects Labs: Corridori
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Massimo Lentini
Assistant Designer: Mariangela Capuano
Prop Masters: Franco Vascotto, Rodolfo Ruzza
Set Furnishings: G.R.P., E. Rancati, L'Immaginoteca
Set Dressings: D'Angelo
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Marisa Agostini
Production Secretaries: Luca Santolini, Guglielmo
Smeraldi
Administrator: Otello Tomassini
LOCATIONS
Locations: Gotham, New York, USA; De Paolis, Rome, Italy
STUNTS
Action Sequences: Rocky's Stuntmen Team and the Hells
Angels
CAST
Vic Morrow (Hammer)
Christopher Connelly (Hot Dog)
Fred Williamson (The Ogre)
Mark Gregory (rn: Marco De Gregorio) (Trash)
Stefania Girolami (Anne)
Enio Girolami (Samuel Fischer)
George Eastman (rn: Luigi Montefiore) (Golem)
John Sinclair (Gianni Lofreddo) (Ice)
Betty Dessy (Witch)
Rocco Lerro (Leach)
Massimo Vanni (Blade)
Angelo Ragusa
Enzo Girolami (Fred)
Carla Brait (leader of dancers - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
The near future: the
daughter of a wealthy property developer wanders into a
Bronx populated almost exclusively by vicious gangs.
Tough cop Hammer is sent in to get her out and finds her
being protected by ganglord Trash.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A thoroughly weird
post-apocalyptic romp full of the most bizarrely dressed
oddballs in cinema history. Some of the gangs seem a
little less than terrifying (one lot consists exclusively
of tap dancers!) but the inimitable George Eastman /
Luigi Montefiore is on hand to scowl his way through the
proceedings as Golem and, amazingly, everyone manages to
keep a straight face. Completely daffy but strangely
endearing.
AVAILABILITY
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Fulvia Film
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Entertainment
Video Distributor: Entertainment in Video / CBS (EVB
1001)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: UFD
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
France
Rating: -12
Germany
Rating: 18
UK
Rating: 18 (cut by 8 minutes)
USA
Rating: R (cut by either 3 or 6 minutes, depending on
source)
TIMELINE
1982
May
1: Shooting begins in Gotham, New York and in the studios
at Rome
April
27: Shooting begins in the Bronx
October
Day Unknown: Italy - theatrical release
November
17: France - theatrical release
1983
April
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
May
Day Unknown: UK - video release
December
16: West Germany - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Bronx Warriors - UK title
1990: The Bronx Warriors - US title
The Bronx Warrior - alternative title
1990: The Bronx Warrior - alternative
title
I guerrieri del Bronx
The Riffs - Die Gewalt sind wir - German title
POSTER TAGS
A Heavy Metal Journey Into An Urban Hell
Where Everything Was Done Wrong!
The lucky ones were the first to die!
LINKS
SEQUEL
Fuga dal Bronx (1985)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
City Limits no.87 (3 June
1983) p.24 (UK)
review
Diabolik 1 p.36 (UK)
illustrated review, credits
Foreign Sales, Italian Movie Trade
vol.8 no.4/5 (April / May 1982) p.50 (Italy)
credits
Hollywood Reporter vol.277
no.36 (12 July 1983) p.25 (USA)
credits, review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.50
no.594 (July 1983) pp.191-192 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
Sight and Sound vol.3
no.11 (November 1993) p.61 (UK)
note
Starburst no.56 (1983)
p.10 (UK)
review
Variety 27 April 1983
p.32 (USA)
credits, review
BOOKS
Invasion of the Sad, Man Eating
Mushrooms p.111
illustrated review (by Jason J. Slater) KEYWORDS
post apocalypse; gangs; motorcycles; the future; the bronx
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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