The Outsiders (1983)


The Outsiders
Release Date25 March 1983
Budget$10,000,000
US Box Office$26,000,000
TaglineThey grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
GenreCrime, Drama, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsOwasso, Oklahoma, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassTeen Movie, Coming-of-Age
MoodOnly Human
ThemesFeuds, Class Differences, Sibling Relationships, Kids in Trouble, Street Gangs
TonesAtmospheric, Compassionate, Intimate, Poignant, Sentimental, Slick, Warm
TagsBrother, Church, Class Consciousness, Delinquency, Drive In, Fire, Friendship, Gang Violence, Murder, Teenagers

The Outsiders is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The film was released in March 1983. Jo Ellen Misakian, a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno, California, and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film.


Cast and Crew


Dallas Winston

Glenn Withrow
Tim Shepard

Bob Sheldon

Randy Anderson

Buck Merrill

Gailard Sartain
Jerry

Store Clerk

Greaser in Concession Stand

Hugh Walkinshaw
Soc in Concession Stand

Little Girl

Teresa Wilkerson Hunt
Woman at Fire

Linda Nystedt
Nurse

Nurse

Brent Beesley
Suburb Guy

John Meier
Paul

Ed Jackson
Motorcycle Cop

Daniel R. Suhart
Orderly

James P. Rice
Drive-in Patron

Writer

Kathleen Rowell

Producer

Kim Aubry
producer: The Outsiders - The Complete Novel

associate producer

Gray Frederickson
producer

Fred Roos
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Stephen H. Burum

Editor

Rob Bonz

Anne Goursaud
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Melissa Kent

Roy Waldspurger

Casting Director

Janet Hirshenson
-

Production Designer

Dean Tavoularis
-

Set Decorator

Gary Fettis
-

Makeup Department

Dee-Dee Petty
hair stylist

Jack Petty
makeup artist

Production Manager

Ronald Colby
unit production manager

Michelle Manning
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James M. Freitag
second assistant director

David Valdes
first assistant director

Art Department

Roger Dietz
set artist

Donald Elmblad
assistant: Mr. Fettis

Douglas E. Madison
property master

John J. Rutchland Jr.
construction coordinator

Sound Department

James Austin
sound re-recording mixer

Richard Beggs
sound re-recording mixer, sound designer

Karen Brocco
mix coordinator

Gordon Ecker
supervising sound editor

Pete Horner
sound supervisor , sound re-recording mixer

Richard Hymns
sound editor

Chris McLaughlin
boom man

Vince Melandri
adr editor

Michael Minkler
sound re-recording mixer

Norman B. Schwartz
adr editor

Jim Stuebe
boom man

Wayne Wagner
sound re-recording chief engineer

James E. Webb
production sound mixer

John A. Amicarella
assistant sound editor

Randal A. Goya
foley mixer

Anthony Milch
sound editor

Bob Newlan
foley supervisor

Marvin Walowitz
sound editor

Michael D. Wilhoit
sound editor

Special Effects

Dennis Dion
special effects

Visual Effects

Millie Z. Alexich
project manager: visual effects unit

Don Baker
camera operator: visual effects unit

Martin Bresin
pyrotechnic effects: visual effects unit

Robert Spurlock
mechanical effects: visual effects unit

David K. Stewart
director of photography: visual effects unit

Robert Swarthe
special visual effects

Stunts

Steve M. Davison
stunts

Buddy Joe Hooker
stunt coordinator

Reid Rondell
stunts, stunt double: Tom Cruise

Scott Wilder
stunts

Tom Elliott
stunts

John Meier
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Dustin Blauvelt
first assistant camera

Emmett Brown
key grip

Elliot Davis
camera operator

Ralph Gerling
camera operator: second unit

Steven Hiller
second assistant camera

Ed Nielsen
first assistant camera: second unit

Louis Tobin
gaffer

James Zenk
still photographer

David A. Smith
video assist operator

Casting Department

Nancy Foy
casting assistant

Teresa Wilkerson Hunt
extras casting

Jane Iredale
casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Marjorie Bowers
costumes

Kathleen Gore-Misko
wardrobe supervisor

Ernest Misko
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Cathy Carr
negative cutter

Craig Conwell
apprentice editor

Carrie Ellison
assistant editor

first assistant editor

Richard Ritchie
color timer

Music Department

Bob Badami
music editor

musician

Robert Randles
music editor

Transportation Department

Ernie Foster
transportation

Bill Hunt
transportation

Other Crew

Mitchell Amundsen
electronic cinema

Jean A. Autrey
location auditor

Jeff Block
production aide

Jim Clark
location manager

production aide

Loolee DeLeon
executive secretary

Tony Dingman
location coordinator

Teri Fettis-D'Ovidio
production coordinator

title designer

special consultant: Francis Coppola

Murdo Laird
chief systems engineer: electronic cinema

Brian Lee
electronic cinema

Michael Lehmann
electronic cinema

Barbara Lucey
payroll auditor

Bonnie Macker
executive secretary

David Marconi
production aide

Connie McCord
production aide

Anahid Nazarian
script supervisor: electronic cinema

Lloyd Nelson
script supervisor

Bonna Newman
production aide

David Oliver
title designer

David A. Smith
electronic cinema

Daniel R. Suhart
dialogue coach

Jane Vickerilla
production aide

Beverly Walker
public relations

Laurel Walter
production aide

Kurt Woolner
completion bond representative

Bundy Chanock
set medic

Scott Clark
production assistant

Sandy King
script supervisor

Sue Bea Montgomery
production assistant

Thanks

Mary Nell Clark
special thanks: Oklahoma Film Commission

Jo Ellen Misakian
dedicatee

Production Company

Zoetrope Studios

Pony Boy
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

CBS Television

Herald Film Company

Hoyts Distribution

Kinosto

CNR Video

Nordic Video

RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video

Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vídeo

Yleisradio (YLE)

Miscellaneous

Coppola Music Co.
copyright owner: original music

Filmways Pictures
courtesy of

Holt, Rinehart and Winston
used by permission of

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
this picture made under the jurisdiction of

Modern Film Effects
opticals

Moviola
Zoetrope filmvideo transition by

Oklahoma Film Commission
special thanks to

Optical House, The
opticals

Pacific Title
opticals

People of the State of Oklahoma, The
special thanks to

Sony Corporation of America
in cooperation with

Technicolor
prints by

Wallaworks
sound editorial

Walt Disney Productions
copyright owner

ZAP Zoetrope Aubry Productions
post-production facilities






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