The Outsiders

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

1983 1h 31m EN

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In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.

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

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Cast

C. Thomas Howell
Ponyboy Curtis
Matt Dillon
Dallas Winston
Ralph Macchio
Johnny Cade
Patrick Swayze
Darrel Curtis
Rob Lowe
Sodapop Curtis
Emilio Estevez
Two-Bit Matthews
Tom Cruise
Steve Randle
Glenn Withrow
Tim Shepard

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Kathleen Rowell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, shot by Stephen H. Burum. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carmine Coppola. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anne Goursaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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C. Thomas Howell and Matt Dillon and Ralph Macchio carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

RUNTIME

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

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0086066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Francis Ford Coppola directs. Stephen H. Burum behind the camera. Carmine Coppola scores. Anne Goursaud cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.
243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, shot by Stephen H. Burum. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Carmine Coppola. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Anne Goursaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6C. Thomas Howell and Matt Dillon and Ralph Macchio carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.".
8IMDB entry: tt0086066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "street gang", "based on novel or book", "children's home", "coming of age".

The technical file

Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum
Original score: Carmine Coppola
Editing: Anne Goursaud
Production design: Dean Tavoularis
Makeup / hair: Jack Petty
Sound: Richard Beggs
Stunt coordinator: Buddy Joe Hooker
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $33,697,647
Return: 337% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Outsiders (1983)

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Wuchak2022-05-16
★ 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
CinemaSerf2023-06-08
★ 6/10
Hmmm. Francis Ford Coppola has creatively produced a piece of superbly photographed and frequently quite intimate observational cinema here this is far more remarkable for it's casting than for anything especially innovative about the story or the characterisations. Indeed had seven of this cast not gone on to great and good things - to varying degrees - then I'm afraid I can't think this film would rate much better than as an interesting, "West Side Story" style derivate with neither the style nor the personalities. It is essentially a gang enmity film - the "Greasers" consisting of those at the top of the bill - (a rather toothy) Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze et al having a constant rivalry with their wealthier rivals from the other side of town - The "Socs" (Soshes). Every day there are skirmishes between the two until one evening, young Macchio ("Johnny") and pal "Ponyboy" (C. Thomas Howell) are set upon by a group of older lads and tragedy ensues, a tragedy that leads to all concerned discovering and displaying their true colours. Unfortunately, the acting here is all pretty wooden - except, perhaps, for a decent last minute effort from Rob Lowe. Dillon was a good looking man, but like the others here he was never an especially versatile actor and much of the emphasis here is upon the fact they look good in 501s. The story is otherwise a rather humdrum, violent, coming of age effort that ends in sadness and salvation - but is delivered in an almost rushed fashion. Time hasn't been terribly kind to this, it has lost much of what made it potent at the time - but it is still a story worth a watch.