One night, Ponyboy and Johnny fall asleep in a vacant lot. Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade are two teenagers who are members of the "greaser" gang.
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I can't remember exactly what I thought at the time (I guess I thought it was so-so), but I have seen it twice since then, and can't say it reached its full potential, but overall, it's still a reasonable adaptation.
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It has been years since then, but it's a very powerful story, and rather hard to forget! I was shown this movie a couple years later, in my first high school English class. I studied the 1967 novel, "The Outsiders", by S.E. THAT is what a film score is supposed to do. listen for it, it expresses what's going on inside of Andy, and occasionally the other characters. the music in that amazing film, to me, is Andy's voice. Now, if you want to hear a terrific score that actually becomes a character of a story, see "The Shawshank Redemption". Heh, might as well get Danny Elfman (great score composer, btw) to write the scores for Star Wars. What about some of the early rock songs of the time? I know that's been done a lot, and maybe they didn't want to "date" the film, but the fashion and language and cars and dress date it already honestly, I've never heard a musical score that was so badly matched to a story. I understand that FFCoppola wants to make his films a family affair, but did he actually LISTEN to what his dad wrote? Sappy strings and a STEVIE WONDER BALLAD? (ok, that part isn't her fault - what was FFC thinking?). I've seen this film a number of times over the years, and am still disappointed that, with such a FABULOUS cast, that it misses the grit and passion of the story. I loved this book as a kid, and I work with troubled kids who still love the book. I especially recommend this film for teenagers or young adults the message is a powerful one and it hasn't aged over the decades. The Stevie Wonder song "Stay Gold" is a nice finishing touch. The dying words of the alleged killer sum up the entire story: The fighting must stop there are better ways to communicate other than kill one another. Later the boys are celebrated as heroes when they rescue children from a burning building. The main plot line centers around two of the younger "Greasers" who are on the run after one of them kills a "Soash", even though it was clearly self defense. The "Greasers" are tired of being shown-up by the "Soashes", who drive around in fancy cars and wear expensive clothes, and when someone calls for a "rumble", both sides are in for the fight. Set in a small town in 1963 Oklahoma, two groups of teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks defend their "turf" and rival for girls. "The Outsiders" was one of my favorite novels I read in high school, and the film version is just as powerful.
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