The Outsiders
(1983)Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel (written by Hinton when he was just 16). An array of before-they-were-famous actors - including Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe and Emilio Estevez - play working class toughs with fantastic names like Ponyboy, Dallas, Two-Bit and Sodapop. Story follows two rival gangs in 1960s Oklahoma - the Greasers and the Socs. When they clash, the fracas ends with a dead Soc setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Coppola re-released the film in 2005 with about 20 minutes of additional footage and new music.
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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Glenn Withrow, Diane Lane, Tom Waits
Written by Kathleen Rowell (based on the novel be S.E. Hinton)
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Well acted and crafted but highly conventional. Full Review
[Coppola's] revisions to the film, which include a new, improved soundtrack, invest it with grandeur worthy of both its characters and his own ambitions. Full Review
There's not much life in this movie, or spontaneity. It's a stylistic exercise. Full Review
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