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March 25, 1983 (United States)
The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton and was released on March 25, 1983 in the United States. 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 (who garnered a Young Artist Award), 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; Dillon and Estevez also starred in Tex. Estevez went on to write and star in That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), the only Hinton film adaptation not to star Dillon.
Storyline[]
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.
Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Car Tire Squeal Short PE074301
- Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Light PE011501
- Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Light PE011701
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 13 (The 1st half is heard once in a slightly lower volume when a car crashes at the railroad system.)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, OWL - SINGLE OWL HOOTING, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, CARS - EXTERIOR: HORN - 6 BLASTS
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - PAPER BAG BURST
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE: IDLE AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS (Debut; either the first half of this sound or a very similar sound is heard once in a very low volume when the locomotive leading Train 315 is sitting idle as Ponyboy and Johnny hop onboard a boxcar.)
- Sound Ideas, TRUCK, HORN, AIR - AIR HORN, PASSES BY, DOPPLER EFFECT (Doppler horn only; used once for the horn of an off-screen truck passing by when Ponybody and Johnny go to ask Dallas (Dally) for advice.)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT (Heard once from the drive-in movie.)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - COWBELL ZIP (Heard once from the drive-in movie when a woman hits a man with her stick.)
- Unknown Train Whistle