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The cracks continue to show in Coppola's directorial style, but The Outsiders remains a blustery, weird, and fun adaptation of the classic novel. Read critic reviews
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A teen gang in rural Oklahoma, the Greasers are perpetually at odds with the Socials, a rival group. When Greasers Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) and Johnny (Ralph Macchio) get into a brawl that ends in the death of a Social member, the boys are forced to go into hiding. Soon Ponyboy and Johnny, along with the intense Dallas (Matt Dillon) and their other Greaser buddies, must contend with the consequences of their violent lives. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption, others meet tragic ends.
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Producer: Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos
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Writer: S.E. Hinton, Kathleen Rowell
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Vídeo
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Production Co: Zoetrope Studios
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Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround
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Held up as a prime example of the 80's Brat Pack I found this a beautifully shot but ultimately dull film with some uncertain acting from a very young cast. The ones who make the most impression (Estivez, Swayze) have the least to do and Howell and Macchio grated on me for most of the time. Maybe the book is better but this film didn't make me want to read it.
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The Outsiders directed by Francis Ford Coppola is a very well done adaptation of S.E Hinton's classic novel, The Outsiders. Francis Ford Coppola brings together an impressive and talented cast of actors. This is a superb film with a terrific story. I find that The Outsiders is often overlooked as a great film, because after all, Francis Ford Coppola did direct The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. The Outsiders is a terrific, well plotted and directed film that stays truthful to the book. That's what I love about Coppola, his respect for the source material. Just like he did with Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coppola stayed true to the novel when he made The Outsiders. This boasts a great cast of now known actors, and they each deliver good performances. The Outsiders is both dramatic and funny, and Coppola's brilliant directing definitely pulls you in. You feel something for the characters and you sympathize with them. Francis Ford Coppola is a phenomenal director, and because he's directed three film classics before this, The Outsiders is often forgotten, but it shouldn't. The film will appeal to fans of the book, as it stays truthful to the source material, and is yet another solid effort from Francis Ford Coppola. The Outsiders tells a remarkable story of a rivalry between two Teen gangs and the struggle to survive a brutal confrontation and the ultimate run from the law. The Outsiders is not a perfect film, but it definitely is a classic\, and is a definite must see.
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Notable for its, then unknown, cast of movie stars--Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Diane Lane and (golly) Tom Cruise--The Outsiders must go down as a well-intentioned folly. Francis Ford Coppola's attempt to transform S.E. Hinton's syrupy teen novel into nostalgia infused pop-poetry only buckles under its faithfulness to the sentimentality of the author's saccharine prose--a book about male camaraderie clearly written by a young girl with a lot of feminine feelings.
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I'll be the first to admit when I don't get a movie...and I don't get The Outsiders. It doesn't have anything of major importance to say, the characters are not memorable and the film appears to be a sanitized version of real life. The worst part, I think, is not being able to emotionally connect with any person on screen; we are dropped into the middle of an existing story and left to figure out exactly what's going on and why as the story unfolds. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though it takes too much time and energy to get everything at the same time. I'm also dubious about some of the acting, especially the younger actors. They don't have the authority to pull off a bunch of hoodlums from the wrong side of the tracks in a fight to the death with a bunch of preppies. Sorry, not buying it.
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