The Outsiders ★★½ 1983 (PG) Based on the popular S.E. Hinton book, the story of a teen gang from the wrong side of the tracks and their conflicts with society and each other. Melodramatic and over-done, but teenagers still love the story. Good soundtrack and cast ripples with up and coming stars. Followed by a TV series. Coppola adapted another Hinton novel the same year, "Rumble Fish." 91m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Tom Waits, Leif Garrett;
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola;
Writer:
Kathleen Rowell;
Writer:
Stephen Burum;
Cameo:
Carmine Coppola.
