Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape Brand: Zoethrope Studios EAN: 9786300270039 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6300270033 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: April 27, 1995 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: March 25, 1983 Sales Rank: 4206
Amazon.com essential video: Director Francis Coppola's adaptation of the popular S.E. Hinton novel about the price of rebellious youth is notable chiefly for the stunning cast of young actors who went on to rich and varied careers. In supporting roles, the film features the likes of Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Tom Waits, among others. The story centers on two rival gangs in the early 1960s Midwest, and the violent turf wars that escalate and tragically claim young lives. C. Thomas Howell plays the central character who yearns to prove himself and be accepted by his older brothers' gang, while at the same time finding his first love and dreaming of a life beyond his dead end existence. Geared toward the teenage crowd, the film nonetheless features some fine direction from Coppola in a story that evokes memories of the classic coming-of-age films of the 1950s. --Robert Lane
Amazon.com: No one was surprised when Francis Ford Coppola revisited Apocalypse Now, but his overhaul of The Outsiders raised a few eyebrows. Here was a modestly successful film better remembered for its Brat Pack cast than its Oscar-winning director, but The Complete Novel succeeds in bringing more of S.E. Hinton's young adult classic to the screen along with Coppola's epic vision. The story remains the same: The working class greasers and wealthy Socs ("Socials") of Tulsa, OK, circa 1966, are at war. Despite the bigger names in the cast--Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe--the friendship between C. Thomas Howell's Ponyboy and Ralph Macchio's doomed Johnny is still the focus. If anything, Tom Cruise, as an obnoxious greaser, gives the least promising performance, while Matt Dillon (Crash) as the unpredictable Dally and Diane Lane (Unfaithful) as the beautiful Cherry provide a taste of the mature work to come. Aside from 22 minutes of restored footage (including a prologue and epilogue), which add heart and grandeur, The Complete Novel includes several new rock and roll tracks, most by Elvis Presley. In the end, the revamped Outsiders still plays like a cross between Rebel Without a Cause and The Last Picture Show--and that's a good thing. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Wonderful
This is a great DVD with the extra scenes in it bringing the book more fully to life Don't get me wrong I adored the original but this is better. I think the music is fine and not at all distracting. Highly ... Read More
Rating: - A fantastic remake
An excellent movie. The additional scenes are brilliant. I felt that the original movie showed Steve as more of a main character than Sodapop which was not how it was in the book. Don't know about the updated ... Read More
Rating: - Great film, terrible music
I can't believe the music is changed in this one. To me, it made the film feel completely different and not in a good way. To anyone that remembers the old version, hearing this new one is very difficult. Since it ... Read More
Rating: - "stay gold, pony boy, stay gold"
This is a movie that will be loved through the generations.
A must get movie if you have read the outsiders book!!!!
Rating: - Had to have it
I had seen and read this book 24 years ago and I just had to own it. The story is as true to life for young people today as it was back then. Timeless!!
- Wonderful