Open Blog - The Outsiders (film)

Good morning, guys! I'm excited to write an open blog on one of my favorite movies-- The Outsiders. I discussed the novel written by S.E Hinton in a previous blog, and thought it'd be a nice follow up to discuss the movie.

The Outsiders was originally a novel written by S.E. Hinton that was published in 1967. It later on became a film that released in 1983 starring many different well-known actors of today. Such as: Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, and Emilio Estevez. This film took place in the mid 1960’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a story about two rival gangs at the time called the Greasers and the Socs. Young Ponyboy and Johnny are two members of the greasers who find themselves in trouble and having to flee town after a dangerous late night fight with the drunken Socs. After letting the town cool off the boys talk to their friend Dally and decide they are ready to turn themselves into the police. However, on the way back home they find themselves faced with saving young children from a church that was accidently set on fire. Dally and Ponyboy were able to make it out of the fire but Johnny was not so lucky. While back in town when story of the young three heroes was spreading, Johnny had been dying in the hospital and only had a few more days to live. Once Dally found out about his young friends death, he left the hospital and got shot down by the police for robbing a gas station. The movie concludes with Ponyboy finding a letter from his friend Johnny, telling him to “stay gold”, and reassuring him that saving the children from the burning church was worth it. In my opinion, these pieces of work are timeless. I definitely recommend reading the novel first, then watching the movie. As I said before, tissues are a must have!