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Binding: Blu-ray
Label: Warner
Manufacturer: Warner
Publisher: Warner
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Warner
Editorial Review:
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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
Average Rating: 
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This was one of my favorite films when I was growing up and it is still a favorite.
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I was wondering if anyone knew if this particular version was the one with the court scene and the scene where Soda runs off. My copy doesn't have that and thats one of my favorite scenes!
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Great Cast, great cinematography, Diane Lane is awesome looking, but who the hell wrote the screenplay? I wasn't sure if this was camp or what. And is F. Ford C perhaps the most over rated director of our time. Perhaps. I wasted my money buying this dvd. Oh well, the housing market has bottomed, the stock market is going up, and everything in America Sept 2009 is just great.
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The Bottom Line:
With its homoerotic scenes of pretty boys bonding and fighting, West Side Story style gangs, and decidedly old-fashioned sense of storytelling The Outsiders certainly does not stack up to Coppola's enduring classics, but it's fun in a goofy sort of way and you could do worse if you just want 90 minutes (in the unextended edition) of campy entertainment.
2.5/4
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I like the addition of extra scenes in this new edition, but the soundtrack was overdone. Now you can't hear a lot of the lines because they are drowned out by an overbearing soundtrack. This would be a total masterpiece if it weren't for the soundtrack.
The original version of the film wasn't as true to the book, but it was a better movie. The best movies are true to the medium of movie making, which does not necessarily include everything from the book on which it is based.
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