The Outsiders is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. The film was released in March 1983. Jo Ellen Misakian, a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno, California, and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film. The film is noted for its cast of up-and-coming stars, including C. Thomas Howell , Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, and Diane Lane. The film helped spark the Brat Pack genre of the 1980s. Both Lane and Dillon went on... to appear in Coppola's related film Rumble Fish. In mid-1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Greasers are a gang of tough, low-income teens. They include Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry , as well as Johnny Cade , Dally Winston , Two-Bit Matthews , and Steve Randle . Their rivalry is with the Socs , a gang of wealthier kids. Five of the Socs jump Ponyboy and cut his neck with a switchblade; Johnny had been similarly attacked the month before.
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| Release date: | March 25, 1983 |
| Directed by: | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos |
| Music by: | Carmine Coppola |
| Cinematography: | Stephen H. Burum |
| Screenplay by: | Kathleen Rowell |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Outsiders |