This week, we discuss an American classic: Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film The Outsiders. How does the film compare against Tom Cruise’s other literary adaptations? Why does this film feel so comfortably old-fashioned? What does it mean to stay gold?

Content Warnings: gun violence, domestic violence, violence against children, death of children

Unanswered Questions:

• Is there, in theory, a better cut of the film than The Complete Novel?
  
  
• What is the influence of S.E. Hinton over the original text, and over the film?
  
  
• What is Dallas’ story, and is it a tragic arc?
  
  
• Do we believe that things will change for Ponyboy Curtis?
  

Further reading:

• The version of the book from which Elizabeth removed the cover
  
  
• The Outsiders filming locations in Tulsa, OK
  
  
• The Circle Cinema
  
  
• Distance. Trailer
  
  
• The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films
  
  
• The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule
  

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Join us next time as we head down Mexico way with Curtis Hanson’s 1983 film Losin’ It.

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