For example, the gang that is riding the school bus early on that the Warriors have to outrun to make the train, were there really gangs that would go riding along NYC streets in a vehicle like that, or was that more just Hollywood? And was there a variety of gangs of different ethnicities (white and black), along with multiethnic gangs like the Warriors, or was that all Hollywood as well?
shareI heard gangs were a bigger problem in L.A..
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It still was set in the future, just a not so distant one. That took care of the budget problems and gave them some leeway on the storyline......the gang and violence problems at the time were most real though.
shareOther than wardrobe/theme, a big difference with the gangs in the film vs. in real life was how well most of the gangs were integrated. In the sixties when the novel was written and into the seventies when the movie was made gangs would be of a single race. You would have the black gangs vs. the mexican gangs vs. the white gangs. The producers didn't think (probably correctly) movie fans would go to see a picture that featured all Hispanic leads. So they integrated the gangs and made the lead white.