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Title: The Outsiders (1983)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
| Tom Waits | ... | Buck Merrill | |
| Gailard Sartain | ... | Jerry | |
| William Smith | ... | Store Clerk | |
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1965. Fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis is the youngest of three orphaned brothers who live on the north side of town, the "wrong side" of the tracks. Sensitive Ponyboy used to have a good relationship with his oldest brother Darrel, but since Darrel became the household caregiver, he is always on Ponyboy's case. Caught in the middle is third brother Sodapop, who dropped out of school to work full time. They all belong to The Greasers, a gang of boys from the north side also from working class families, often broken. Ponyboy's main concern is that any problem they may encounter, especially in their Greaser activities, will lead to the authorities splitting up their family. He also believes Darrel would have outgrown them and become something in his life if it wasn't for his loyalty to the gang, and the need to take care of the family. The rest of the world sees the Greasers as all the same, the face being Dallas Winston, the most volatile one who has just been released... Written by Huggo
This lovely film was universally trashed and smashed by all the critics. FF Coppola directed it, but they still smashed it. I don't get that.
The then unknown cast was: Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Diane Lane, and Leif Garrett. All these actors went on to fame, but the whole movie, the performances, the writing, were trashed.
I thought the cinematography was exceptionally lovely. The "Nothing Gold Can Stay" sunrise scene was gorgeous. The camera angles during the hair cutting scenes were creative and intimate. The music was "epic" sounding, yeah, but this film had a huge tie in with Gone With The Wind, remember. I thought the soft lighting and the creamy edging made the film look very much like IT was filmed in 1939!!!
I don't know. I thought the chracters were very engaging and the performances excellent. Lots of people loved this film, regular people like myself, that is.