In this adaptation of richard prices acclaimed novel, a high school teacher accidentally sparks a race riot between italian gang the wanderers and black gang delbombers. While, there seems to be some confusion over the ethnic identity of the ducky boys gang. The movie builds up to a mass fight that really delivers. When then whites captain, harry goslin, gave a rousing speech after a game in front of 23,000 fans at burnden park, then led the whole team to.
Ethnicgang members ken wahl, john friedrich grow up in 1963 bronx. Ben meadows awakes from a coma with amnesia and returns home with his brother to recover and try to regain his memory. See more ideas about wander, movies and classic movies. It is set in late november of 1963, in the days following jfks assassination. Of the films fifteen scenes, wernquist created some using solely computer graphics, but most are based on actual photographs. Set in the bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of italianamerican teenagers known as the wanderers and their ongoing power struggles with a rival gangs such as the del bombers. The wanderers are an italianamerican gang vying for respect on the streets of the bronx in 1963. The wanderers is one of those rare gems, a movie superior to the book it is based on.
The wanderers was filmed in 1979 by philip kaufman. By the end the boys know nothing will be the same again, which is illustrated by bob. The movie, entitled wartime wanderers, follows the story of the bolton wanderers team who went off to fight in world war 2. The wanderers, an italian street gang in the bronx 1963, preparing for a rumble with rival gang the delbombers, try to enlist other gangs to help their cause. Sep 06, 20 the dell bombers and the wanderers challenge each other to a fight at the end of a chaotic classroom confrontation. Dissolved 1887 reformed in 2009 ground prince george playing fields chairman jamie harvey manager joe poxon league surrey south eastern combination junior division two website club website home colours wanderers football club is an english football club based in upper norwood, london. The wanderers is a 1979 american comedydrama film written and directed by philip kaufman.
Timeless movie that brought back memories of being a teenager when i first saw the wanderers. A new guy arrives in town and lays waste to the feared baldies in the underrated gang film the wanderers. This might come as a surprise, seeing as how the movie revolves around a new york city gang trying to make their way from the bronxs van cortlandt park to brooklyns coney island, but filming only took place in manhattan, brooklyn, and queens. At the end of the movie, its obvious that richie is getting too old to be with the wanderers and. Not until reading some of the posts on the warriors movie page had i ever even heard of the wanderers. The wanderers is a classic gangcomingofagehomage to the end of an era film with a touch of the warriors, outsiders, grease and american graffiti to it. After filming the remake of invasion of the body snatchers, kaufman went to new york and successfully pitched the wanderers to martin ransohoff. There are some relationships gained and lost along the way, and even memorable death of one of the wanderers.
At the end of the wanderers, two of the more independent minded gang members played by john friedrich and tony ganios run away from home. The films budget is unknown, but kaufman said it was relatively low. Some adults get involved and change the rumble into a football game between the two factions. At the end of the movie, its obvious that richie is getting too old to be with the wanderers and will promote upward into his fatherinlaws gang. The wanderers will always be a film i like to return to from time to. Set in the bronx in 1963, the film concerns the titular gang of italian. The final shot shows joey and perry driving away into new jersey and heading for a. However, as the times are a changing, the wanderers and all the other gangs of the city must come to terms with pending adulthood, and, the ending of an era. Even if you were to perfectly describe a scene where the hero jumps into the air and carries out a series of complex maneuvers as the villain soars past them, the human brain cant hold onto that many details at once. The gang fight between the wanderers and delbombers get taken over by both the italian and black mafias and turned into a football match that the mobsters could bet over. Instead of a game we of course get a huge rumble with the wanderers, the del bombers, the wongs joining forces to fight the irish gang, the ducky boys. Nomadic andor itinerant people, working shortterm before moving to other locations, who wander from place to place with no permanent home, or are vagrant.
The wanderers 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After beating the baldies to a pulp, the wanderers take perry under their wing and show him the ropes this group needs a strong muscle. The new york city filming locations of the warriors part. Whats your analysis of the mysterious ducky boys gang. Its scenes like this that are the reason why i love movies. Set in the bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of italianamerican teenagers known as the wanderers and their ongoing power struggles with rival gangs such as the baldies and the wongs.
Unfortunately, it is sometimes confused with the warriors, another film depicting gang life released the same year when broken down to its bare bones, the plot is deceptively simple. Italians that decide to rumble with a gang of black kids, the del bombers. As spectators flee, the wanderers and the del bombers brace for a fight. The wanderers is a teenage, italian gang in bronx, nyc, 1963. Wanderers is a vision of humanitys expansion into the solar system, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The movie ends with joey and perry traveling to california. The wanderers nude scenes 8 images and 2 videos including appearances from karen allen toni kalem.
The film centres around the members of a north bronx youth gang, the wanderers, and their fights with other gangs, and as well as gang rivalry, it deals albeit in a highly juvenile manner with issues such as racial tensions, sex, growing up, loyalty, the good and bad points of machismo and brotherhood, and the reflection of youth rebellion in the music of the era. Set in the bronx, new york city in the year 1963, the film opens with richie ken wahl, the leader of an italianamerican 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. We were too young to see it in the theaters but frequently rented it and several of us have it these days on dvd. He also played the rollerskating leader of the punks gang in the the warriors, and was an actorstuntman in many movies filmed in nyc between 1976 and 1985. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of actual places in the solar system. In 1995 the program for the telluride film festival proclaimed, put on. I dont think there should be any doubt that the ducky boys gang in the movie the wanderers are in fact of irish descent.
Nov 05, 2015 the movie, entitled wartime wanderers, follows the story of the bolton wanderers team who went off to fight in world war 2. The wanderer, an alternate name for the wandering jew. You admit you were born too young to have seen either movie in the theater,so let me explain something to you about realism something you claim the wanderers didnt have the gangs in the late 50searly 60s in nyc were more based on neighborhoods where guys went to the same. How fictional pandemics can help fight realworld disease people have been.
The wanderers is a 1979 american comedydrama film written and directed by philip kaufman and starring ken wahl, john friedrich, karen allen and toni kalem. How fictional pandemics can help fight realworld disease. The wanderers easily has to be one of the best gang movies ever. For a start its partly based in fact and if thats not enough,its also an adaptation of one hell of a novel. To find out more about the reallife ducky boys gang, check out james hannons lost boys of the bronx. The wanderers try to recruit other gangs to join them in their fight the baldies, and the wongs among others.
The wanderers cult film face off video version of cffo 068 duration. The first avon books printing from february 1975 refers to the upcoming movie soon a major motion picture. The artwork of the title on the front cover of the same book may have been the inspiration for the wanderers logo on the back of the uniform jackets in the film. Between rumbles with rivals such as the ducky boys and the fordham baldies, the group of toughs. Many gangs are depicted but one in particular the ducky boys a truly feared and real gang are the wanderers toughest rivals. With ken wahl, karen allen, john friedrich, toni kalem. A primer on the fictional version of the ducky boys covered in richard prices the wanderers. Looking to gather allies, they get a new member with the arrival of bulky perry, who proves himself in a fight. Once there they find their estranged father deeply involved in the world of crime. One of the most common mistakes is attempting to recreate the visual complexity of a movie or tv fight with narration. The wanderers was clearly a comedydrama,while the warriors was clearly actionadventure. Also, the fate of the fordham baldies, although humorous, strains credulity. The film is based on the novel of the same name by richard.
Displaying their martial arts skills, the wongs also enter the melee and assault the ducky boys. Aug 14, 2010 dedicated to all my fans of the wanderers movie. Jul 16, 2012 what revs up the movie and keeps it humming is the driving energy of early rock, with its innocentrebellious spirit, and its theme that teens must find their own ways to love and fight. The dell bombers and the wanderers challenge each other to a fight at the end of a chaotic classroom. The final fight with the ducky boys was absolutely wild, and for all practical. Directed by philip kaufman, this film about a teenage gang set in the bronx of 1963 was released in 1979. These wanderers are heading for the end of the world.
When then whites captain, harry goslin, gave a rousing speech after a game in front of 23,000 fans at burnden park, then led the whole team to the recruitment office to sign up. May 01, 2018 169 videos play all the wanderers full movie 1979 groupers 2019 fullhd movie dirty harry best quotes, lines clint eastwood duration. Apr 02, 2012 this is the magnificently symbolic ending to the 1979 cult classic, the wanderers. Wanderers full name wanderers football club nicknames rovers founded 1859 as forest f. The best moment is when perry and terror, the neighborhood bully, size each other up in a. The film depicts actual locations in the solar system being investigated by human explorers, aided by hypotheticalbutnotabsurd potential space technology. For me, the whole classroom scene is too calculated. Whats your analysis of the mysterious ducky boys gang the. Cinematic ducky boys that inspired lost boys of the bronx.