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 Rated 5 out of 5!
Don’’t %@&*%$ With the Wongs
A cult classic from the minute it hit cable, the music soundtrack came out amidst the New Wave music domination of 1979 and was promptly ignored. But the cream always rises to the top and this soundtrack is simply superb. This is a movie steeped in urban New York mythology.Not to be missed. The movie could double as a Sociology class on the immigrant New York experience as we watch the Irish, Italian, Polish, Black and Chinese youth struggle over their piece of the turf in the Bronx of 1963. The movie works on multiple levels -- unearthing a tender love and care for the Italian youth who comprise the gang of the Wanderers.  Rated 4 out of 5
Very 1963
The past is inaccessible to us. It cannot be relived. A very few films are able to catch the feel of a time lost to us. This is one of them. It was made in the late ’’70’’s about the early ’’60’’s. The music helps drive the effect home that we are glimpsing the era as no early "60’’s style film could have shown us. Its a bittersweet romp about a Brooklyn gang-kind of a Junior Achievers Mafia. Nice little things like how Kennedy’’s assasination is experienced and the Bob Dylan "cameo" show the creators knew of what they spoke. The Ducky Boys final episode is masterfully spooky and still gives me chills. Too bad Ken Wahl pretty much disappeared after reaching the top in Wiseguy. If you lived in the ’’60’’s I think you will enjoy this nostalgic film.- Rated 4 out of 5
Underappreciated classic
Happy this film is finally available on DVD, as it’’s one of my favorite films! It was really great to watch the film with the direcor (Kaufman) commenting scene by scene. My only complaints are the lousy, bottom of the barrel packaging, no additional footage, and no comments whatsoever from any cast members. Having said that, I’’m still very happy to add The Wanderers to my collection.
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