IN CELEBRATION OF BANNED BOOKS: "THE OUTSIDERS" (1983)
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https://cosfordcinema.com/event/in-celebration-of-banned-books-the-outsiders-1983/In honor of Banned Books week, the annual event to celebrate the freedom to read and raise awareness of censorship issues, the Cosford Cinema will hold screenings of film adaptations of books on the list every Friday evening in October.
THE OUTSIDERS | (1983) | DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola | BASED ON THE NOVEL BY S.E. Hinton | WITH: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Leif Garrett | RATED PG-13 for brief language, mild violence, adult themes
In a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.
“In Tulsa, Oklahoma in the early 1960s, there are two gangs, the greasers and the socs – derived from “socials”, the posher, Wasp kids whose parents can afford to join social clubs. There is a not-so-hidden racism in the socs’ loathing of the greasers who are often from an Italian background. One of the greasers, Ponyboy Curtis (C Thomas Howell) is poignantly in love with a sweet girl, Cherry Valance (Diane Lane), who hangs out with the socs. But this isn’t exactly a tale of star-crossed lovers and the gangs aren’t both alike in dignity. Class and caste divides them: they are the outsiders and the insiders.” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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