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The Outsiders

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7.2/10 • 1.4K

1983-03-251h 34m

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They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.

Directors
Francis Ford Coppola
Editors
Anne Goursaud

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  1. C. Thomas Howell

    C. Thomas Howell

    Ponyboy Curtis

  2. Matt Dillon

    Matt Dillon

    Dallas Winston

  3. Ralph Macchio

    Ralph Macchio

    Johnny Cade

  4. Patrick Swayze

    Patrick Swayze

    Darrel Curtis

  5. Rob Lowe

    Rob Lowe

    Sodapop Curtis

  6. Emilio Estevez

    Emilio Estevez

    Two-Bit Matthews

  7. Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise

    Steve Randle

  8. Glenn Withrow

    Glenn Withrow

    Tim Shepard

  9. Diane Lane

    Diane Lane

    Cherry Valance

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Wuchak

May 16, 2022

7/10

Artsy teen melodrama in mid-60’s Oklahoma from the perspective of a 16 year-old In the Tulsa area in 1965 the rivalry between the Greasers (poor kids) and the Socs (rich kids) heats up after a gang member is killed. The Greasers supposedly responsible flee the area (C. Thomas Howell and Ralph Macchio), but ironically end up being viewed as heroes. Matt Dillon costars while the notable peripheral cast includes the likes of Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane and Leif Garrett. “The Outsiders” (1983) was one of two films Francis Ford Coppola shot back-to-back based on S.E Hinton’s young-adult novels. This one was successful at the box office while the even more artsy “Rumble Fish” (1983) failed to draw an audience. Hinton began writing “The Outsiders,” her most popular novel, in 1965 when she was 16, inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School, which is about 2.5 miles west of downtown. I bring this up because the movie definitely comes across as an overdramatic tale from the perspective of a teenager. The most mundane, trivial events are presented as life-or-death happenings, like going to a drive-in theater or facing your nemeses at a park where one person idiotically brings a switchblade to a fistfight. This explains why some people write the flick off as “the cheesiest and corniest movie ever.” In its defense, you have to acclimate to it in order to appreciate it. Go back to what was happening in your life when you were in your mid- teens and how a fistfight or breakup was an earthshattering event. The movie captures this very well. The original theatrical film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, while the 2005 Director’s Cut runs 23 minutes longer and includes new music. It was shot in the Tulsa area. GRADE: B-/B

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$33,697,647.00
Keywords
street gangbased on novel or bookchildren's homecoming of agegangjuvenile delinquenttulsa, oklahomabased on young adult novelteenager