I remember the girls in junior high fawning over The Outsiders. Here is a brief excerpt from the story.
‘The Outsiders’ Cast 20 Years Later
“The cast of “The Outsiders” was a rare assemblage of young, upcoming talent — in
Matt Dillon’s words, “everyone wanted to be cast in it.”The casting, led by Francis Ford Coppola and producer Fred Roos, was untraditional — an all-day affair on a sound stage with actors being rotated to read together.
Ralph Macchio says the unusual experience is “now infamous,” while
C. Thomas Howell remembers it as “one of the most grueling processes that I’ve gone through as an actor.”More than 20 years later, the film’s cast — most of whom weren’t well known at the time — reads half ’80s nostalgia, half contemporary A-list.”
Here is the list of performers from the movie.
C. Thomas Howell,Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise,
Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Emilio Estevez.
I thought that the movie was really good. But the book is better. It’s my favorite book.
Haven’t watched the movie nor read the book, however I am old enough to know many of these actors were unknowns not so many years ago it seems…but then again time has flown by has it not? Perhaps too quickly….much can happen in a couple or few decades. (smiling)
Hi RN,
Thanks.
For a rare interview with the author go here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/movies/MoviesFeatures/07hint.html
For a positive review of the rereleased version of the film go here:
http://movies2.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/movies/09choi.html
I’ve never seen the movie, but I read the book when I was in High School. It had quite an impact on me. S.E. Hinton wrote a couple of other books that are almost as good.
I haven’t seen the movie since it came out, but I suspect that it was horrible.
I watched the movie a couple of years ago, and wasn’t impressed. Maybe because I was totally blown away by the book.