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In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.
Theatrical
Mar 25, 1983
Box Office
$33.7M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
3.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 30, 1999
Theaters
12
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Writer
Kathleen Rowell
Producers
Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, Francis Ford Coppola
Music
Carmine Coppola
Studio
American Zoetrope
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Quotes
See all →Youth Struggles in S.E. Hinton's Classic
Taglines
S.E. Hinton's classic novel about youth.
Seeking Belonging Beyond Societal Norms
Taglines
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
Reflections on Life and Loss
Johnny
Ponyboy, I asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. The doctor came in a while ago but I already knew it anyway. I keep getting tireder and tireder. Listen, I don't mind dying now. It was worth it. It was worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine; they have more to live for. Some of the parents came by to thank me, and I know it was worth it. Tell Dally it was worth it. I'm just gonna miss you guys. I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you are gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything is new, dawn. It's just...just when you get used to everything it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's Gold. Keep it that way, it's a good way to be. I want you to tell Dally to look at one. He'll probably think you're crazy, but ask for me. I don't think he's ever really seen a sunset. And don't be bugged over being a greaser. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. Your Buddy, Johnny.
[voiceover, and seen as a vision, in a letter]
Ponyboy
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight, from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman, and a ride home.
[voiceover]
Sibling Tensions and Life Choices Explored
Darrel
Listen, with your brains and grades, you could get a scholarship, and we could put you through college, ain't that right, Soda? But you're livin in a vacuum, Pony, and you're gonna have to cut it out. You just don't stop living because you lose somebody. I thought you knew that. And anytime you don't like the way I'm running things around here, you can just get out, all right?!
Ponyboy
You'd like that, wouldn't you?! You'd like me to just get the hell out! Well it's not that easy, is it, Soda?
Sodapop
Goddamn, you guys! Leave me out of it! Goddamn it, Ponyboy, you should have gone out for football instead of track.
[having enough; runs off. Both Darrel and Ponyboy, realizing this, run after him. They reach across the football field, and Ponyboy tackles him on the ground]
Ponyboy
Where the hell do you think you're going?
[on the ground]
Sodapop
I don't know, man. It's just like sometimes I have to get out. It's like I'm the middle man in a tug-of-war or something between you guys. I don't know, I can't take sides. Ponyboy, Darry could've put you in a boys home, worked his way through college. I'm telling you the truth, Pony. I'm happy working at a gas station. Working with cars. I'm dumb. It's alright, I don't mind. You're not, Pony. You'd never be happy doing something like that. Darry, you gotta stop yelling at him for every little thing he does, man. I mean, he - he feels things differently than you. Bad enough to have to... ...to listen to you. But when you start trying to get me to take sides. We're all we got left now. If we don't have each other, then we ain't got nothing. And when you ain't got nothin, you end up like Dally...I don't mean dead either, I mean, I mean how he was before. So please... Don't fight anymore...please...
[sits down; to Darry; sniffling; starts crying]
Darrel
Sure...sure little buddy, we ain't goin to fight anymore.
[finally understands; calming down; hugs him]
Sodapop
Ponyboy...Pony. Now, don't you start bawlin too, Pony. One bawl-baby in this family's enough.
[sees Ponyboy looking left out and crying; Ponyboy goes over to hug him]
Ponyboy
I ain't cryin'.
[Crying]
Cast
Full credits →C
C. Thomas Howell
Ponyboy Curtis
M
Matt Dillon
Dallas Winston
R
Ralph Macchio
Johnny Cade
P
Patrick Swayze
Darrel Curtis
R
Rob Lowe
Sodapop Curtis
E
Emilio Estevez
Two-Bit Matthews
Tom Cruise
Steve Randle
G
Glenn Withrow
Tim Shepard
D
Diane Lane
Cherry Valance
L
Leif Garrett
Bob Sheldon
D
Darren Dalton
Randy Anderson
M
Michelle Meyrink
Marcia
T
Tom Waits
Buck Merrill
G
Gailard Sartain
Jerry
W
William Smith
Store Clerk
T
Tom Hillmann
Greaser in Concession Stand
S
Sofia Coppola
Little Girl
S
S.E. Hinton
Nurse
J
John C. Meier
Paul
D
Daniel R. Suhart
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