The Wanderers 1979 NTSC DVDR WS

Title ...............................: The Wanderers



Movie Rating ...................: Rated R (USA)



Movie Contains ................: Profanity | Smoking | Alcohol | Violence



Director(s) ......................: Philip Kaufman

Writer(s) ........................: Richard Price (1974 novel) | Rose Kaufman (screenplay)

Release Date ...................: 4 July 1979 (USA) | DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002

Genre .............................: Drama | Action

Language(s) ....................: English 1.0 | Commentary by Director Philip Kaufman

Subtitles ..........................: English | French

Runtime ..........................: 1:56:50

IMDb Viewer Rating ..........: 7.3 / 10

Source ............................: DVD-5 R1 (Original Release)

Output Format ..................: DVD-5 ISO





Video Attribute

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TV System .......................: NTSC 720x480

Aspect Ratio .....................: 16:9 (Wide Screen)

Picture .............................: Interlaced





RIP Information

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Movie .............................. : Untouched

Menus ............................. : Untouched

Audio Removed ................ : Untouched

Subtitles Removed ............ : Untouched

Extras .............................. : Theatrical Trailer | Cast & Crew





Taglines

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It's 1963. Meet The Wanderers... They were the hottest guys in town.



It was The Wanderers against the world... and the world never had a chance!





PLOT

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Set against the urban jungle of 1963 New York's gangland subculture, this coming of age teenage movie is set

around the Italian gang the Wanderers. Slight comedy, slight High School angst and every bit entertaining

with its classic 1950's Rock n' Roll soundtrack such as "Walk Like a Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry" by The Four

Seasons and "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels. Focusing around a football game where the different gangs

play with and against each other, then at its grand finale, come together in a mass of union to defend their

honour and their turf. Nostalgic stuff and above all a Rock n' Roll retrospective on a grand musical era.





Actors

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Ken Wahl ... Richie

John Friedrich ... Joey

Karen Allen ... Nina



Toni Kalem ... Despie Galasso

Alan Rosenberg ... Turkey

Jim Youngs ... Buddy



Tony Ganios ... Perry

Linda Manz ... Peewee

William Andrews ... Emilio



Erland van Lidth ... Terror (as Erland Van Lidth De Jeude)

Val Avery ... Mr. Sharp

Dolph Sweet ... Chubby Galasso



Michael Wright ... Clinton

Burtt Harris ... Marine Recruiter

Samm-Art Williams ... Roger



more...





Trivia

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The gangs whose names are introduced early in the film (including The Wanderers) were based on real street

gangs in the New York City area. However, they did not all exist at the same point in time. Many of the

Wanderers did actually belong to a local football team, named "The Stingers".



The "elbow-tit" scene, where Ken Wahl first meets Karen Allen, was shot on Lydig Avenue, one block south of

Pelham Parkway, outside of the actual Wanderers' turf, which ranged from Allerton to Burke Avenues.



The Ducky Boys, an actual Bronx gang that was portrayed in the movie, continued in existence through the

1970s. Though portrayed in the movie and Richard Price novel as "killers", neighborhood residents recall

the gang as annoying rather than criminal.



The movie playing on the television at the beginning of the movie is The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)





Memorable Quotes

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[Richie and Despi are on her couch, where he's trying to get her to have sex]



Despie Galasso:

Please, Richie, let me do it with my hand.



Richie:

No! *I* can do it with my hand!



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Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080117/