Las guerras de pandillas han sido siempre fiel reflejo del ambiente callejero de los 50 a los 80. Con ellas se han reflejado cientos de películas con apoyo musical o sin él, pero que han ayudado a presentar a través del cine parte de la contra cultura juvenil de esas décadas. Una de las más importante de la época en este sentido fue The Wanderers (Las pandillas del Bronx), estrenada en 1979.
Con la música de Dion, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Bob Dylan, Smoke Robinson, The Shirelles y Ben E. King de fondo la película es un reflejo de las peleas entre bandas del Bronx en Nueva York del 63.
Dirigida en 1979 por Philip Kaufman, basada en una novela de Richard Price (más conocido ahora cono el guionista de The Wire) y con dirección musical de John Phillips, esta película es una joya injustamente olvidada del cine musical del soul y el rhythm & blues. The Four Seasons, Smoke Robinson, The Shirelles y Ben E. King, entre otros grandes del género, ponen banda sonora a las aventuras y desventuras de una pandilla callejera del Bronx Neoyorkino de principios de los los 60.
Jukebox Classics - The Wanderers (Original Soundtrack)
Sello: Hallmark Records – SHM 3069
Formato: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
País:UK
Fecha:1981
Género:Rock
Estilo: Rock & Roll, Soft Rock, Classic Rock
Pistas .
A1 –The Four Seasons Walk Like A Man 2:17
A2 –Lee Dorsey Ya Ya 1:55
A3 –The Four Seasons Big Girls Don't Cry 2:25
A4 –The Angels (3) My Boyfriend's Back 2:37
A5 –The Four Seasons Sherry 2:31
A6 –The Shirelles Baby It's You 2:41
A7 –The Chantays Pipeline 2:18
A8 –Smokey Robinson & The Miracles* You Really Got A Hold On Me 2:49
A9 –The Surfaris Wipe Out 2:15
B1 –The Shirelles Soldier Boy 2:40
B2 –Ben E. King Stand By Me 2:58
B3 –The Isley Brothers Shout 2:15
B4 –The Contours Do You Love Me 2:52
B5 –Dion (3) Runaround Sue 2:35
B6 –The Champs Tequila 2:09
B7 –The Volumes I Love You 2:36
B8 –Dion (3) The Wanderer 2:42
℗ 1979 GEM Records
© 1979 GEM Records
Una trasnochada pandilla de italoamericanos apura sus últimos días antes de dar el paso al mundo adulto y ser arrasados por las responsabilidades y los imperativos de la vida, mientras defienden su territorio de otras pabdillas de distintos signo racial e incluso estético. Un documento de una época y una situación social, muy recomendable por su banda sonora y las buenas interpretaciones de sus protagonistas, entre los que figuran Ken Wahl, Alan Rosenberg, Jim Youngs, Karen Allen y Toni Kalem.
The Wanderers is a 1979 American drama film; it was written and directed by Philip Kaufman, and stars Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen and Toni Kalem. Set in the Bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of Italian-American teenagers known as the Wanderers and their ongoing power struggle with a rival gang called Fordham Baldies.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Price; its screenplay was written by Philip Kaufman and his wife Rose. The film had a troubled development stage; after unsuccessfully trying to obtain finance for The Wanderers from Alberto Grimaldi, Kaufman directed other films. After filming the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Kaufman went to New York and successfully pitched The Wanderers to Martin Ransohoff. The film's budget is unknown, but Kaufman said it was relatively low.
After an advance screening, The Wanderers premiered on July 13, 1979, to mostly positive reviews. The film was a financial success, grossing $23 million at the worldwide box office.On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 89 percent. Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle praised Kaufman's directing and the performances of Wahl and Tony Ganios.
The film's increasing popularity and cult status led to The Wanderers being given a theatrical re-release in the U.S. by Warner Bros. in 1996.According to Kaufman, "it took a long time for [the film] to find [an] audience".
Kaufman and Price compiled the soundtrack themselves. The film features Bob Dylan performing "The Times They Are a-Changin'", but the song was not included on the soundtrack album.