Talk:The Wanderers (1979 film)

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OK, I'm glad we got the language of the first paragraph worked out! Let's say we try to flesh out this article. Great film -- certainly deserves it.--Mantanmoreland 18:20, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm adding some details. Feel free to pitch in--Mantanmoreland 13:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Changed "Jujutsu" to "Kung-Fu" under the Wongs -- Jujutsu is from Japan, Kung-Fu is from China, the Wongs are ethnically Chinese, and the fighting style in the movie is entirely Kung-Fu, not Ju-Jutsu. To say otherwise is the height of ethnic ignorance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.102.157.93 (talk) 00:34, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Who cares about your opinion? Stop editing and watch the movie. In the movie Joey (John Friedrich) tells Perry (Tony Ganios) they all know jujutsu, not kung fu!!! --Wildsparrow (talk) 00:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I allways thought Del Shannon Performed "The Wanderer" in this Movie. I could easily be mistaken, because I can't find any information about him performing this song at all. If anyone of you has some info on this matter I will krown him/her King/Queen of Music Trivia if he/she tells me. thx. PhiloPizzaFreak (talk) 09:58, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * "The Wanderer" was originally sung by Dion - written by his buddy Ernie Maresca. In 1961 Dion cut two takes of the song. Take 2 was the master. On YouTube, for instance, you find the original demo-version sung by Ernie Maresca - very interesting, but uncool. Del Shannon recorded some great music, too. But as far as I know, he never recorded "The Wanderer". On the other hand, at that time it was quite common to release an album that contained only 50% original material. The remaining 50% were cover versions of - more or less up to date - hits and being used to fill up the record. Dion did that on his Laurie solo albums (he covered classic doowop songs as well as Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover", for instance), Chubby Checker did that (he covered Dion's "Runaround Sue"), even The Beatles did that (their first albums contained 50% roch'n'roll classics from the 50s like "Twist and Shout", "Roll over Beethoven" and "You really got a hold on me", of which the original is featured in this movie). So maybe Del Shannon did that, too. But it definitely was none of his hit singles. And if he recorded "The Wanderer" (which I think he did not), it was just to fill up an album.Nikoskla (talk) 19:53, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I have seen two (UK) cuts of this film. The original cinema release and then video copies did not include Turkey's death scene, which made the reference to the Ducky boys killing him at the football game confusing. I then saw a cut which did include it (a gay subtext if I remember, but it was a long time ago) Does anyone know why this scene was cut from the cinema release and the first video copies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.85.220 (talk) 07:38, 6 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Sometimes scenes are being censored, sometimes scenes are being cut for no understandable reason. The German cinema and VHS version was only 95 minutes. They cut more than 15 minutes. One of the deleted scenes was the one where Joey meets Perry at the elevator of their tenement building. This scene is essential to understand how Perry, "the stranger", can disappear after beating up the Baldies in one moment and the next moment Joey drives with him to school. I have no idea why it was cut. But in Germany they didn't cut Turkeys death. Years later the so called director's cut was released on VHS in Germany. And on DVD, nowadays, it is the only version available: 113 minutes. I hope it is the full movie, because the article here gives a running time of 117 min. It is either a mistake or the German director's cut DVD is still 5 min short.Nikoskla (talk) 19:53, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Movie genres
I would imagine that including the films genre in the first line is standard for Wikipedia movie entries but to the best of my knowledge there is no such movie genre as a "greaser film". (The Wikipedia entry for List of Genres for fiction and entertainment does not include a listing for it)

The Wanderers is a drama. I would change it myself but I have been shut down for this more than once by self declared Wiki Police so I stopped editing. If you guys really want to create something reliable and definitive you might cut down on the pettiness and instead establish a little more standardization for such things.138.32.11.245 (talk) 16:45, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Screw it, I'm changing it. Let's see how long it is before some jackass changes it back because I'm not one of the self appointed elite. 138.32.11.245 (talk) 16:49, 19 March 2014 (UTC)