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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3675
Released: September 20, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola's film of S.E. Hinton's novel struck a powerful chord with audiences, capturing the intense feelings of being caught between childhood and adulthood, and not belonging anywhere. Decades later, Coppola has revisited the film and reintegrated 22 minutes of character-enriching footage, including a new beginnning and ending more true to the book. A rousing new rock-n-roll soundtrack featuring six songs from Elvis Presley and other music greats make this new version of The Outsiders one of movie history's great rediscoveries.
DVD Features:
Additional Scenes:10 Minutes of Additional Scenes
Audio Commentary:New Introduction and Commentary by Director Francis Ford Coppola New Introduction and Commentary by Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Diane Lane
Documentaries:The Casting of The Outsiders Staying Gold: A Look Back at the Outsiders S.E. Hinton on Location in Tulsa
Featurette:NBC Today Segment: The Outsiders Started by School Petition Readings: Seven cast members do readings of the book.
Other:Fred Roos and the Casting of The Outsiders, Including Never-Before-Seen Screen Tests and Auditions
Theatrical Trailer:1983 Theatrical Trailer
Description of The Outsiders - The Complete Novel (Two-Disc Special Edition):
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
The Outsiders - The Complete Novel (Two-Disc Special Edition) Reviews:
The Outsiders 
2009-10-21 - This was one of my favorite films when I was growing up and it is still a favorite.
Question Actually 
2009-09-25 - 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!
Nice Acting and Actors, but Weak Script sinks the movie 
2009-09-18 - 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.
Fun but not very good 
2009-08-16 - 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
The original version was better
2009-07-03 - 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.
