Blu-ray, DVD Release: The Wanderers

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 28, 2017
Price: DVD $13.99, Blu-ray $19.15
Studio: Kino Lorber


Based on the acclaimed first novel by Richard Price (The Night Of), Philip Kaufman’s 1979 coming-of-age film The Wanderers follows the exploits of the eponymous Italian-American gang in the Bronx in 1963, just before the country underwent profound change.

Part comedy and part drama, the film movie an evocative and thrilling look back at a more innocent time.  The cult classic features a jukebox full of golden oldies and a young cast of up and comers including Ken Wahl (TV’s Wiseguy), Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark), and Linda Manz (Days of Heaven)!

The film’s outstanding cinematography by Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) looks better-than-ever in this release, which has been given a sterling 2K restoration.

The extensive bonus package on the DVD and Blu-ray includes the following:

-124 Minute “Preview Cut” of The Wanderers
-Audio Commentary by co-writer and director Philip Kaufman
-Audio Commentary by Columbia University Film Professor, Annette Insdorf, author of the book Philip Kaufman
-Back to the Bronx with Richard Price Featurette
-Wanderers Forever – Live Q&A at NYC’s Film Forum with Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Tony Ganios and Richard Price
-The Wanderers Q&A at LA’s Cinefamily with Philip Kaufman, Alan Rosenberg and Peter Kaufman
-Audio Q&A at NYC’s Film Forum and SF’s Drafthouse with Philip Kaufman and Richard Price
-Introduction by Karen Allen, Toni Kalem and Tony Ganios
-Original theatrical trailers and TV Spots

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.