{"id":86584,"date":"2022-08-31T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T19:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86584"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:14:40","slug":"wanderers-the-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86584","title":{"rendered":"Wanderers, The (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Sometimes all you got is pride. You gotta hold your head up high.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Poster.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the early &#8217;60s, a member (Ken Wahl) of the Wanderers gang in the Bronx hangs out with his girlfriend (Toni Kalem) and fellow Italian-American Wanderers Joey (John Friedrich), Turkey (Alan Rosenberg), Buddy (Jim Youngs), and Perry (Tony Ganios) while they negotiate tensions with other gangs, including the skinhead Fordham Baldies, the African-American Del Bombers, the Asian-American Wongs, and the menacing Irish-American Duckys; meanwhile, Wahl falls for a beautiful non-Italian girl (Karen Allen) he sees while walking down the street, which leads to tensions with his girlfriend.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Gangs<\/li>\n<li>Karen Allen Films<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, &#8220;Philip Kaufman directed this cult favorite&#8221; &#8212; based on a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wanderers_(Price_novel)\">fine novel by Richard Price<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; which &#8220;has individual scenes that flirt with greatness,&#8221; but also includes &#8220;changes in tone&#8230; so drastic that it lacks cohesion.&#8221; He notes that the movie &#8220;deals with gang rivalries, copping feels, Italian brotherhood (which has good and bad points), macho fathers, how music reflects the energy and rebellious spirit of youth, loyalty, and growing up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Gang.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Gang.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Gang.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Gang-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Gang-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Gang-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that while &#8220;there is much brutality,&#8221; &#8220;this past is shown to be a time of innocence because it doesn&#8217;t compare to the Vietnam years ahead&#8221; &#8212; though we do also see the &#8220;end of innocence [as] reflected by Kennedy&#8217;s assassination, the recruitment of the Fordham Baldies into the military, graduation, [and] boys running away to California.&#8221; Peary writes that the &#8220;picture has drive, humor, much nostalgia, erotic moments (e.g., Allen suggests a strip-poker game)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Strip-Poker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Strip-Poker.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Strip-Poker.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Strip-Poker-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Strip-Poker-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Strip-Poker-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;an epic battle of the gangs, and terrifying scenes in which our heroes wander into a weird gang&#8217;s section of town.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Battle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Battle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Battle.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Battle-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Battle-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Battle-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary elaborates on his assessment of this film in his <em>Cult Movies 3<\/em> book, where he points out that it &#8220;had the misfortune to be released after violence at theaters showing <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=62205\"><em>The Warriors<\/em> (1979)<\/a> and [the non-<em>GFTFF<\/em>-listed] <em>Boulevard Nights<\/em> (1979) made theater owners afraid to book gang pictures and patrons reluctant to attend them.&#8221; He argues that it&#8217;s &#8220;a shame&#8221; this flick &#8220;was pigeonholed as nothing more than a &#8216;gang picture&#8217; when in fact it touches on the universal experiences of the average American teenager,&#8221; and &#8220;might easily have been promoted as an <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85461\"><em>American Graffiti<\/em><\/a> with slick pompadours and teased hairdos, tight sweaters and push-up bras, and gold-on-maroon satin jackets.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Busts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Busts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Busts.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Busts-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Busts-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Busts-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Peary notes, the film&#8217;s &#8220;appeal is based less on violence than early-sixties nostalgia for friends, foes, make-out parties, romance, copping feels, great rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll, bowling, football, school, hairstyles, [and] clothes.&#8221; As such, its appeal to film fanatics these days may be more limited than when it was released, though it remains a solidly filmed period piece. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Manz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Manz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Manz.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Manz-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Manz-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Manz-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary also discusses some of the film&#8217;s shortcomings in his <em>Cult Movies 3<\/em> review &#8212; noting, for instance, that &#8220;surely the film would have benefited from a scene or two in which Richie and Joey, or Joey and Perry, open up to each other, so we can get more insight into their fears, their goals, [and] their dreams&#8221; (I agree). He points out that &#8220;there is room for such quiet moments, because there are superfluous scenes that should have been discarded.&#8221; While Peary happens to &#8220;like the classroom scene in which the liberal Mr. Sharp (Val Avery) attempts to be Glenn Ford in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41389\"><em>The Blackboard Jungle<\/em> (1955)<\/a> and teach &#8216;brotherhood&#8217; to his class, only to have tensions increase between the Italians and blacks,&#8221; I find it cringeworthy. (Was it <em>really<\/em> a good pedagogical idea to have the kids throw out all the slurs they could think of for the other primary ethnic group in the room?) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Classroom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Classroom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Classroom.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Classroom-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Classroom-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Classroom-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Peary refers to the culminating football game, though &#8220;based on a real event,&#8221; as &#8220;an awkwardly filmed cliche, not as funny as the Marx Brothers&#8217; football romp in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19010\"><em>Horse Feathers<\/em> (1932)<\/a>, [and] not as raucous as the game in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7489\"><em>M*A*S*H<\/em> (1970)<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; and he argues that the attack sequence &#8220;is quite ludicrous.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Football-Battle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Football-Battle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Football-Battle.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Football-Battle-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Football-Battle-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Football-Battle-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>With all that said, I agree with Peary that &#8220;the earlier, equally surreal scenes with the Ducky Boys&#8221; are &#8220;among the best moments in the film, and&#8221; &#8212; contrary to much critical opinion &#8212; &#8220;quite appropriate&#8221; given that &#8220;they properly convey the terror every gang member must have felt back then when he found himself stranded in strange, hostile territory&#8221; with &#8220;anyone who emerged from the shadows [taking] on monstrous proportions.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Monstrous.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Monstrous.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Monstrous.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Monstrous-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Monstrous-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Monstrous-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This film has quite a few subplots to follow, and those who are interested in the time period and topic should give it a look &#8212; but it&#8217;s no longer must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ken Wahl as Richie<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Wahl.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Wahl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Wahl.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Wahl-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Wahl-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Wahl-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Karen Allen as Nina<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Allen2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Allen2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Allen2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Allen2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Allen2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Allen2-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dolph Sweet as Mr. Galasso<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Dolph.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Dolph.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Dolph.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Dolph-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Dolph-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Dolph-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michael Chapman&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Cinematography.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Cinematography-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Cinematography-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wanderers-Cinematography-486x270.png 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look for its cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080117\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/07\/13\/archives\/screen-the-wanderers-a-bronx-gangs-story.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/review\/71980\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=9141&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-wanderers\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sometimes all you got is pride. You gotta hold your head up high.&#8221; Synopsis: In the early &#8217;60s, a member (Ken Wahl) of the Wanderers gang in the Bronx hangs out with his girlfriend (Toni Kalem) and fellow Italian-American Wanderers Joey (John Friedrich), Turkey (Alan Rosenberg), Buddy (Jim Youngs), and Perry (Tony Ganios) while they negotiate tensions with other gangs, including the skinhead Fordham Baldies, the African-American Del Bombers, the Asian-American Wongs, and the menacing Irish-American Duckys; meanwhile, Wahl falls&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86584\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Sometimes all you got is pride. 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