The Outsiders

The Outsiders initially started out as a book written by S.E. Hinton at the age of 16. She started the book at the age of 15. The movie stars Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillion, Rob Lowe, C. Thomas Howell, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, and Leif Garrett. It was directed by Francis Coppola.

The Outsiders is about the difference between the "Greasers" and the "Socs." the group of greasers are a bunch of wild, bad boy teens. They have rumbles constantly. The Socs are the goody goods of the town. Johnny Cade (Macchio), a greaser, is walking home one night and he gets jumped by Sheldon (Garrett), a Soc. Johnny's best friend, Ponyboy Curtis (Howell), doesn't leave Johnny's side. Ponyboy's older brothers, Darry (Swayze) and Sodapop (Lowe), are raising Ponyboy because their parents died. When they work, the family friends, Two-Bit Matthews (Estevez) and Steve (Cruise), hangout with Ponyboy, so he doesn't get into any trouble. One night while Johnny and Sodapop are walking through the park, Sheldon and some of his buddies pull up. They start beating up Ponyboy and shoving his face in the fountain. Soon the water turns red with blood and Pony realizes that Johnny has killed Sheldon. The boys run to their friend, Darry (Dillion), for advice. He tells them to go stay at the church in the country because no one will find them there. The boys do so and when they get there they go to the store to get food and bleach to change their appearance. They end up coming back with the book, Gone With the Wind. They bleach Pony's hair and cut Johnny's. As they are coming back to the church with Darry, they see that there is a building on fire and kids are trapped. Johnny and Pony jump out to save the kids but Johnny gets severely burnt. He is in the hospital and he dies. Darry goes crazy and the unthinkable happens. To see what happens to Darry, you better check out this movie!!

 

This movie contains my favorite poem, 'Stay Gold.' I love this movie and it is a MUST SEE!!