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Rating: 7.5 stars

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new york city coming of age

All movies seen on 04/19/2013

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The Wanderers (1979)

Directed by Philip Kaufman

Drama | Action

Overview

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.’

Rated R | Length 117 minutes

Actors

Ken Wahl | John Friedrich | Karen Allen | Toni Kalem | Alan Rosenberg | Jim Youngs | Tony Ganios | Linda Manz | William Andrews | Erland van Lidth | Val Avery | Dolph Sweet | Michael Wright | Burtt Harris | Samm-Art Williams | Dion Albanese | George Merolle | Terri Perri | Tara King | Michael Pasternak | Bruce Nozick | Faith Minton | Jery Hewitt | Leon W. Grant | Sally Anne Golden | Ken Foree | Rosemary De Angelis | John Califano | Richard Price | Linda Artuso | Earlie J. Butler III | Rafael Cabrera | Brian Colleary | Lorna Erickson | Adam Kimmel | Sheryl Posner | Bert Samuel | Konrad Sheehan | Frank Ferrara | Paul Lisotta | Thomas H. LoRusso | Anthony Pleskow | Steven Santillo | Billy Stulberg | Victor Terry | F.X. Vitolo | Harry Benjamin | Alan H. Braunstein | Mark Lesly | Farrel R. Tannenbaum | Anthony Tirico | Vinnie De Carlo | Dom De Prospo | Tony Munafo | Michael J. Raffaele | Danny Aiello III | Michael Amato | John Devaney | Terrence George | Nicholas J. Giangiulio | Eddie Horre | Dennis M. Lee | Ralph Mazzella | Peter Potulski | Jimmy Scagnelli | Joe Zimmardi | Anton Evangelista | Olympia Dukakis | Wayne Knight

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Forgot about this movie until Scott Weinberg mentioned in on Twitter and that it was currently OOP (still available on the secondary market). But of course my library network had it available. Set in 1963 but released in 1979 I would have thought this to be made even earlier than that since everyone is so young (and portraying high schoolers).

Karen Allen is super cute and looks closer to the appropriate age. Can’t believe she was starring in Raiders only a couple years later. She’s adorable in this. Also Ken Wahl looks so young as well. A tad too long but a fine film about the urban gangs of that time. Occasionally comical but a really good watch. Glad to have finally watched this.

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