“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.”
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.
Francis Ford Coppola
Gray Frederickson
Fred Roos
Francis Ford Coppola
Kathleen Rowell
Stephen H. Burum
Carmine Coppola
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
Diane Lane
Cherry Valance
Leif Garrett
Bob Sheldon
Darren Dalton
Randy Anderson
Michelle Meyrink
Marcia
... and 19 more
Wuchak
_**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 Ral...
CinemaSerf
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...
THE OUTSIDERS Reunion with Francis Ford Coppola, Ralph Macchio & C. Thomas Howell
Featurette • YouTube
Johnny Kills a Soc
Clip • YouTube
The Rumble: Greasers vs. Socs
Clip • YouTube
Auditions
Featurette • YouTube
Interview with Director Francis Ford Coppola
Featurette • YouTube
Q&A with Francis Ford Coppola
Featurette • YouTube
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