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The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / SOH-shiz—short for Socials).
During the 1950s, the wealthy and clean cut Squares, Rahs and Socs (Soc being short for social) with their Ivy League clothes were the rivals to the working class Greaser subculture. [13] The conflict between the two groups features in Grease, The Outsiders, [14] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Cry-Baby. [15]
Ponyboy Michael "Pony" Curtis is a fictional character and the main protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. On screen, he is played by C. Thomas Howell in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation and by Jay R. Ferguson in the 1990 sequel TV series. Brody Grant originated the role on stage in the 2023 stage musical adaptation.
Angelina Jolie was joined by daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt for a rare outing at the opening night of her Broadway musical, The Outsiders.. Jolie, 48, was beaming as she and Vivienne, 15, posed ...
That book was S.E. Hinton’s 1967 gang drama The Outsiders, which fittingly, the Tulsa, Okla., native had begun writing when she was only 15.. The rest is history. Coppola began rolling cameras ...
The Outsiders is a 2023 musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance from the folk rock band Jamestown Revival alongside Justin Levine and a book by Adam Rapp and Levine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is based on The Outsiders , first published in 1967 and written by S. E. Hinton , and on its 1983 film adaptation written by Kathleen Rowell ...
The 1967 critically acclaimed young adult novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton told the story of a gang of greasers, and was controversial upon release due to its depiction of gang violence. The film adaptation of The Outsiders was released in 1983 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. [28]
While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name [a] as the author of The Outsiders, her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965. [ 7 ] The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School , [ 8 ] the Greasers and the Socs , [ 3 ] and her desire to empathize ...