The Wanderers Page #6

Synopsis: Set against the urban jungle of 1963 New York's gangland subculture, this coming of age teenage movie is set around the Italian gang the Wanderers. Slight comedy, slight High School angst and every bit entertaining with its classic 1950's Rock n' Roll soundtrack such as "Walk Like a Man", "Big Girls Don't Cry" by The Four Seasons and "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels. Focusing around a football game where the different gangs play with and against each other, then at its grand finale, come together in a mass of union to defend their honour and their turf. Nostalgic stuff and above all a Rock n' Roll retrospective on a grand musical era. Timeless.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Philip Kaufman
Production: Warner Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1979
112 min
$14,492
1,013 Views


Not only did you do it with my daughter,

but you knocked her up, you dumb wop!

You ain't got nothing up here.

It's all down here.

All right. I ain't no hard guy.

It takes two to tango and all that bullshit.

She's been banging since junior high

and you're the first jerk to get caught.

Daddy, how could you?

Maybe you should've given her

an ankle bracelet.

Stop the jerking off.

The thing is, you knocked her up.

And now you gotta pay the price

and do the right thing.

It's the sportsman's way.

Hey, what's this?

Now you're scared.

Get up!

To my new son-in-law.

You'll live in the basement.

We got wood paneling.

Gloria! Come on down!

Come on over here, pupsie!

Hey, do you like clams?

I'll take us all to City Island

for some clams. I ain't no hard guy.

- What does it say?

- Eighteen inches.

Eighteen inches.

You know what it was in '40, '41?

Seventeen and a half.

In Greece, it was eighteen.

Did I tell you I seen him the other day?

He's turned into a tub of lard.

Feel it.

Eighteen inches, right where it counts.

Who do you think

the judges would vote for now?

I'll be right down!

- Yeah!

- Keep it down in there!

Why don't you go see Joey play, Emilio?

I don't want to get embarrassed.

I understand he's good.

You won't get embarrassed.

- Go on, Emilio.

- Not today. I'm busy.

'"We're so great! We're first rate! '"

Sh*t. Looks like them n*ggers

ain't gonna show.

- The chickenshits.

- Yeah.

Always have been.

What's that?

Holy sh*t! It looks like

they ripped off a circus.

'"We gotta win, we gotta win,

we gotta really win! '"

Where's that boyfriend?

Okay!

You know why

they call you the Wanderers?

Because after this game,

you'll '"wander'" what happened.

Come on, motherf***er! Right now!

Play ball!

Come on, break it up.

Break it up. Come on.

- Give me a 5-2.

- Break!

All right!

Thirty-nine!

Twenty-four!

Time! Time!

F***ing protection!

- Stay in your pocket!

- Pocket?

You got your hands in my pockets.

You guys block like a bunch of fruits.

- Don't talk like that.

- I'll talk the way I want, understand?

- I'm the quarterback!

- Then be the quarterback.

Shut up, all of you guys!

Maybe some of you guys got a right

to hate my guts.

I've been watching.

If we had Joey at halfback...

...and me at quarterback,

we'd have a chance.

That's the way it was meant to be.

I've been thinking a lot about it...

...and I want to say to Joey here, I'm sorry.

I want to apologize.

What do you say?

That's great man, great.

All I want to say is that

whatever I've done is in the past.

All is forgotten. Okay?

We've got to win this game

for the Wanderers.

What do you say?

Wanderers forever, right, Joey?

Let's kill them!

Set.

Strong right, full house.

Wanderers' special, on one, ready?

Going left, full house, death destruction.

Tie game, mothers!

Throw me the goddamn ball!

You got it, brother.

- Okay, let's have the ball.

- I ain't going over there.

You want it, you go get it.

You guys chickening out?

Hell, no. There's some short, runny-ass

sucker over there with a big blade.

- What?

- Yeah.

- I don't see nothing?

- You don't?

They're here!

- Look, they're here!

- What?

Ducky Boys.

Where?

I ain't f***ing around, man. He was here.

Everyone's starting to see things.

What is this?

Can't we just play some football? Let's go!

Sh*t.

Ducky Boys.

What are they doing here?

Where are they all coming from?

- What are we gonna do?

- Don't run.

Fight them. We'll stay.

We're gonna stay. Nobody goes.

Sh*t!

There's hundreds of them.

I think my mother's calling me.

I'm thirsty. I think I'm gonna get a Coke.

They killed Turkey.

Sons of b*tches. Come on!

Come on!

Joey!

Hey, come and play.

We beat them! We won!

Come on, f***er sucker!

Are you okay?

Hey, we beat them, Dad!

I tell you, I just ain't going home.

I don't know what to do,

but I ain't going home.

It's my poor ma I feel sorry for.

Twenty years of walking on eggshells

living with that a**hole.

- Where's your ma?

- I don't know.

She went out for a while.

- Sleep over. She don't mind.

- What's the matter?

Nothing.

Take a swig of this.

She's got high blood pressure,

something like that?

- Hey, come on.

- No, really.

It ain't exactly high blood pressure.

What is it?

It's an alcoholic kind of thing.

Last night, it got real bad.

She checked in to some kind of hospital.

Perry, I'm sorry, man.

Oh, man, there's nothing to be sorry for.

She's better off.

It's okay, it happened before.

Don't worry, she'll be fine.

- I'm taking off.

- What?

They want me to go back

to Trenton, f***ing New Jersey.

Screw graduating. I've been thinking about

heading out to California anyway.

California?

That's it.

Man, that's a great idea.

- I'm coming with you.

- No, no.

I travel alone.

Besides, I ain't sure I'm going to California.

Maybe I'll go to China.

Hey, I was just...

Perry?

What?

I'm scared.

Hey, what's wrong with that?

What do you mean?

Joey, do me a favor. If we travel together,

you have to promise not to be an a**hole.

We'll take off right after

the bachelor party for Richie.

Tina? Tina?

- Who's Tina?

- My mom.

- Who the hell is that?

- It's my dad, Emilio.

Tina!

Hey, Tina!

I thought you told your mother

you were going out bowling tonight?

You've been lying to her or what?

Don't come near me.

What are you talking about? I want to

know why you weren't home for dinner.

- Don't come near me.

- Leave the kid alone.

Were you talking to me?

Didn't your father teach you no manners?

- Leave the kid alone.

- Perry, he'll kill you.

That's the trouble with you rotten kids.

Your fathers are afraid

to kick some sense into your heads.

Your father must have been

some kind of piss ant...

There's no sense of humor.

Come on, what's all this about?

You shouldn't have done that!

He's your father. Don't forget that.

I think I killed the bastard.

Let's get out of here.

Get out of here!

- What are we going to do?

- Get to my car.

'"Hello! '"

Richie! Sex fiend!

What are you guys doing here?

You're going to get me fired.

- What're you doing? What's going on?

- Tell me, did you sleep with her?

What else are you going to do with her?

- Fix your hair.

- Come on, let's go.

Trouble? Where? With who?

- You're in big trouble.

- You're fine now.

- Okay, I'm coming.

- Come on, let's go.

- Comb your hair.

- I'll do it.

We all chipped in to get you something

for your bachelor party.

Here you go.

- Come on, open it.

- This is something you needed all along.

Dirk, you're my main man.

That's the least we could have done.

- Come on, open it.

- Would you open the box?

We're going to be here all night.

Sometime today, I want to eat.

- What is it?

- Open it.

One more time.

F*** you guys. One lousy rubber.

Thanks a lot, you f***ing a**holes.

We got you a life-time supply.

- Talk to you later.

- Come on. You just got here.

We gotta leave.

Come on. We'll have a little food,

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Rose Kaufman

Rose Kaufman (née Fisher; March 30, 1939 – December 7, 2009) was an American screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplays of The Wanderers (1979) and Henry & June (1990) with her husband, writer-director Philip Kaufman. more…

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