The Outsiders
starring Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon
Director: Francis Ford Coppola

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Director Francis Coppola's adaptation of the popular S.E. Hinton novel about the price of rebellious youth is notable chiefly for the stunning cast of young actors who went on to rich and varied careers. In supporting roles, the film features the likes of Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Tom Waits, among others. The story centers on two rival gangs in the early 1960s Midwest, and the violent turf wars that escalate and tragically claim young lives. C. Thomas Howell plays the central character who yearns to prove himself and be accepted by his older brothers' gang, while at the same time finding his first love and dreaming of a life beyond his dead end existence. Geared toward the teenage crowd, the film nonetheless features some fine direction from Coppola in a story that evokes memories of the classic coming-of-age films of the 1950s.

Synopsis
Francis Ford Coppola's stylized teen melodrama based on the popular novel by S.E. Hinton. In 1960s Tulsa, the "right" and "wrong" side of the tracks are represented by rival gangs, the upscale Socs and the underprivileged Greasers. The leader of the Greasers is the tough but sensitive Ponyboy, a budding writer who is in love with the unobtainable beauty from the enemy gang. When Ponyboy's buddy kills one of the Socs in self-defense, the two youths hide out in an abandoned country church, exiles from a society that doesn't want them.

Video Description
The story of the conflict between rival gangs of rich and poor kids in 1960's Oklahoma. Accurately based on S.E. Hinton's poplular novel. --This text refers to the VHS edition of this video

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Film debut for Rob Lowe. Filmed in Panavision; color by Technicolor. Additional cast members: Glenn Withrow (Tim Shephard); Darren Dalton (Randy Anderson) S.E. Hinton wrote "The Outsiders" in 1967 when she was still in high school. It was her first novel and sold millions of copies. Hinton was the author of other popular "teen" novels such as "Tex" and "Rumble Fish," both of which were made into movies starring Matt Dillon. "Rumble Fish" was also directed by Coppola the same year. "The Outsiders" spawned a TV series.

 

 

 

 

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