This morning, I pulled my old copy of The Outsiders out of the box of books my dad sent a while ago. I first read The Outsiders in Mr. Burruto's 8th grade honors English class and loved it. We spent at least a quarter of the year reading and analyzing the book, though we didn't watch the movie because Mr. Burruto said it was poorly made, coming on the heels of Apocalypse Now, a film Francis Ford Coppola had spent too much time and money making. So, of course, I rented The Outsiders, and it wasn't a great movie. It could have been on par with American Graffiti or, maybe, Grease (without the singing). But, in spite of all this, it does star Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, and the beautiful Diane Lane as Cherry Valance. How could you go wrong with a cast like that, Mr. Coppola?...
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