| | | They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
Features: DVD, Slip Sleeve, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Commentary, Featurette, Theatrical Trailers, Documentary, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, 2 Discs
In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola's film of S.E. Hinton's novel struck a powerful chord with audiences, capturing the intense feelings of being caught between childhood and adulthood, and not belonging anywhere. Decades later, Coppola has revisited the film and reintegrated 22 minutes of character-enriching footage, including a new beginnning and ending more true to the book. A rousing new rock-'n'-roll soundtrack featuring six songs from Elvis Presley and other music greats make this new version of The Outsiders one of movie history's great rediscoveries.
"...a stylish and visually rich film..." Find-A-Video
"A film about the teenage years that ranks in its own lyrical way with Rebel Without A Cause and American Graffiti." Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
"Florid, highly stylized treatment of S. E. Hinton's best-selling book... Ambitious film...some powerful moments." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
Set in 1966; Produced and released in 1983.Francis Ford Coppola's stylized teen melodrama is based on the popular novel by S. E. Hinton. In 1960s Tulsa, the "right" and "wrong" sides of the tracks are represented by rival gangs, the upscale Socs and the underprivileged Greasers. Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) is doing his best to raise his two younger brothers, Sodapop (Rob Lowe in his first film role) and Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell). Sensitive Ponyboy is a budding writer in love with Cherry (Diane Lane), the unobtainable beauty from the enemy gang. When Ponyboy's buddy, troubled Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio), kills one of the Socs in self-defense, their friend Dallas (Matt Dillon) helps the two youths hide out in an abandoned country church. There they live as exiles from a society that doesn't want them. But not all is lost, when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dallas save some children caught in a fire they become unlikely heroes. The young cast is the jewel of this sensitive, moving film. Tom Cruise and Emilio Estevez play Greasers, and pop singer Leif Garrett plays rich-kid Bob. Dillon also starred that year in another S. E.Hinton adaptation directed by Coppola--the fascinating and extremely entertaining RUMBLE FISH.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround Sound | | Fred Roos And The Casting Of The Outsiders, Including Never-Before-Seen Screen Tests And Auditions | | 1983 and 2005 Theatrical Trailers | | Widescreen Presentation | | On Location with S.E. Hinton | | Then-and-Now Featurette | | The Outsiders on Location NBC Today Segment: Fresno Book to Film | | New Introduction and Commentary by Director Francis Ford Coppola | | New Introduction and Commentary by Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Diane Lane | | Making-of Documentary: Staying Gold | | The Outsiders On Location | | 10 Minutes Of Additional Scenes | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Hollywood Close-Up Segment: The Premiere At Lonestar-Fresno | | NBC Today Segment: Fresno Book To Film | | Then-And-Now Featurette | | Hollywood Close-Up Segment: The Premiere at Lonestar-Fresno Fred Roos and the Casting of The Outsiders, Including Never-Before-Seen Screen Tests and Auditions |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/20/2005 |
| Running Time: 114 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 22554 | | UPC: 00085392255429 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...[A film] in which angels with dirty faces but immaculately pure hearts burn with a hard, gemlike flame..." 09/01/1983 p.287-8Variety
"...Well acted and crafted....Howell is truly impressive....Macchio is outstanding..." 03/23/1983 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 5 -- "THE OUTSIDERS is funny, touching and revelatory....Coppola has given the film a fullness that makes it feel freshly minted." 09/22/2005 p.116 |
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