Four days later, Dallas visits he has lied to the police, who are now searching in Texas. They flee to Windrixville, Oklahoma, hopping on a train and then hiding in an abandoned church there, where they dye their hair, play poker, and read Gone with the Wind to each other.

Johnny is beaten, and Pony is almost drowned in the park's fountain, until Johnny stabs Bob, killing him.įearful of the legal ramifications, Ponyboy and Johnny find Dallas, who gives them money for food and a loaded gun. They climb on the jungle gym, reminiscing about their childhood until they are confronted, chased, and attacked by Bob, Randy and three other Socs. Falling asleep, Ponyboy awakens a few hours later and rushes home, fearing discipline from his elder brother, who rebukes and even strikes him. He laments the hopelessness of his young life, both domestically and within the socio-economic structures established at school.

Pony and Johnny walk to an abandoned lot, instead of home, so Johnny can avoid his parents' routinely volatile bickering and domestic violence. Later, while Ponyboy and Johnny are walking the two teen girls home, their Soc boyfriends, Bob and Randy, take umbrage at this, so the girls leave with them to avoid any escalation. However, Cherry invites Ponyboy and Johnny to sit with her and Marcia. The next night, he, Johnny and Dallas catch a movie at the local drive-in, where Dallas unsuccessfully flirts with 'Soc' Cherry Valance and later leaves.

Some more affluent teens, the 'Socs', harass and assault Ponyboy until some of his fellow greasers chase them off. The Curtis brothers' parents are dead, so eldest brother Darrel ('Darry') is left to raise and support his two younger brothers, Ponyboy and Sodapop ('Soda'), in 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma. Over the years, the film has earned a cult following. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, most notably for its performances, and performed well at the box office, grossing $33.7 million on a $10 million budget. Estevez wrote and starred in the Hinton adaptation That Was Then. Dillon would also star in two more films based on Hinton novels: Tex (1982) with Estevez and Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) with Lane. The film helped spark the Brat Pack genre of the 1980s. Thomas Howell (who garnered a Young Artist Award), Rob Lowe, in his feature film debut, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, and Diane Lane. The film is noted for its cast of up-and-coming stars, including C. 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. Hinton and was released on March 25, 1983, in the United States. The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

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