THE FILM
FILM DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola
SCREENWRITER: Kathleen Rowell
FILM STARS: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Leif Garrett
COUNTRY: USA
THIS BOOK
AUTHOR: S.E. Hinton
TYPE: Novel
PUBLISHER: Fontana
THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1983
COUNTRY: Great Britain
COVER: Paperback
THE ORIGINAL BOOK
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above
YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1967
ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title
NOTES
GENRE: Teen Drama
WORDS: I was a teenager when this film came out the film, and with its keen and romantic eye over socioeconomic differences between groups of kids, it struck a chord and became a favourite of mine (as did the companion piece by both the director and writer, “Rumble Fish”). To track down the book was inevitable. The film follows the book fairly closely (or, rather, if you prefer, the book informs the film intimately). In 2005 director Coppola added (some) deleted scenes that make the book and film even closer and called that version “The Outsiders: The Complete Novel”. I don’t know which I prefer … the version I saw many times as a youth sticks in the mind but the latter works better. The book is a classic and sent me out looking for other novels by Hinton at the time. You can’t mention the film without mentioning the cast, all who would have their time in the sun and then some. I, also, ended up watching every Matt Dillon movie that was released and, like every teenage boy, I fell in love with Diane Lane.
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