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The Wanderers is a 1979 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Tony Ganios and Jim Youngs. Set in the Bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of Italian-American teenagers known as the Wanderers and their ongoing power struggles with rival ...
Aug 26, 2020 · Released in 1979, The Wanderers is a lesser-known teen movie that deserves to be a classic, writes Christina Newland. You know the sort of film, don’t you? Imbued with nostalgia, full of...
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Dec 21, 2023 · “The Wanderers” is a classic movie released in 1979, based on a novel by Richard Price, and follows the lives of Italian-American teenagers in the Bronx during the 1960s. It explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and coming of age in a neighborhood filled with rival gangs and social conflicts.
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The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
R Released Jul 4, 1979 1h 53m Comedy Drama List. 89% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings. The Wanderers are an Italian-American gang vying for respect on the streets of...
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Synopsis. Set in the Bronx, New York City in the year 1963, the film opens with Richie (Ken Wahl), the leader of an Italian-American street gang called 'The Wanderers' persuades his girlfriend Despie (Toni Kalem) to go "all the way" as a World War II Hollywood war movie plays on a TV set.
