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Coincidence with the 'Luther' character

posted 10 years ago by jangelic
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From the weird coincidence department:

The Warriors, the 1979 now-cult classic about the gangs in New York directed by Walter Hill, has a character named Luther ... and that character was played by David Patrick Kelly.

48 Hrs., also has a character named Luther ... and he's played by the same actor, David Patrick Kelly. Walter Hill also directed this one.

That's not the coincidence, though. (Walter Hill and company certainly meant to use this as an inside joke, and there appears to be no link between the two Luthers -- although it's feasible.)

The coincidence is that right after I finished watching The Warriors earlier tonight, I decided to watch something else. So I browsed through Amazon Prime ... and decided to watch 48 Hrs..

Did I blow your mind? :)

[–] Druff (1845) 2 years ago

Amazon Prime algorithm: 'Hey, since you just watched a Walter Hill movie from 1979, want to watch another one from three years later?'

you: 'OMG MIND IS BLOWN =O'

[–] Aylmer (628) 8 months ago

The movie could be seen as a loose sequel to THE WARRIORS. Ajax ends up in police custody but here he begins escaping custody, only under the name Ganz instead. It could be the Ajax was the same character's "street" name.

Similarly Luther could have survived his beach beating by the Riffs somehow, possibly if they left him for dead and he pulled through. He then decided to reform himself somewhat into being a low level junkie with a job and girlfriend (perhaps the woman he was talking to on the phone) rather than a career gang member.