The Outsiders

Name: The Outsiders
Genre: Drama
Released: March 25, 1990
Rating: 60
Cast: Robert Rusler, Jay R. Ferguson, Heather McComb, Sean Kanan, Boyd Kestner

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FOX | Release Date: March 25, 1990

Starring: Robert Rusler, Jay R. Ferguson, Heather McComb, Sean Kanan, Boyd Kestner, David Arquette, Billy Bob Thornton, Scott Coffey, Jennifer McComb, Kim Walker, Harold P. Pruett, Rodney Harvey

Summary: Based on the award-winning book by S.E. Hinton and the film by Francis Coppola, comes the TV series of "The Outsiders". The story of the Curtis brothers, Darry, Soda Pop, and Pony Boy, struggling to make it as a family.
According to Ponyboy, there's two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") hasBased on the award-winning book by S.E. Hinton and the film by Francis Coppola, comes the TV series of "The Outsiders". The story of the Curtis brothers, Darry, Soda Pop, and Pony Boy, struggling to make it as a family.
According to Ponyboy, there's two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser. This classic, written by S. E. Hinton when she was 16 years old, is as profound today as it was when it was first published in 1967.

From Producer FRANCIS COPPOLA and Writer/Director ALAN SHAPIRO comes the Fox network's acclaimed series, "THE OUTSIDERS."… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E15. Unknown
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S1:E13. Opal Strike
Air Date: July 22, 1990
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S1:E12. The Beat Goes On
Air Date: July 15, 1990

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Robert P. Laurence

May 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: There is much good to be found in "The Outsiders," which marks still another example of the Fox network's willingness to take chances on unconventional stories told in unconventional ways. The actors' performances are unfailingly excellent, the production polished and stylish. More than that, despite the surplus of violence in the pilot film, it is refreshing to see a television drama about young people in which the protagonists are doing something besides drugs, in which their concerns run deeper than clothes and dates...It could get terrific. [24 Mar 1990, p.D-9]

Howard Rosenberg

May 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: Although the characters are too inconsistent to be entirely believable and often act too inanely to be respected, there are enough nice moments here to lift "The Outsiders" above the ordinary and give it promise. Read full review

Matt Roush

May 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: If you can get past the glorified and tiresome rumbles and taunts between the low-class ''greasers'' and their rich-kid rivals - the ''socs,'' pronounced ''sosh-es,'' a tribe of mostly blond pompadours - there's a sweet family drama being enacted by some unschooled heartthrobs-to-be. [23 Mar 1990, p.3D]

John Engstrom

May 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: What The Outsiders needs is more finesse - some "soc" boys with at least a few redeeming values, some parents who have a gnat's notion of what's going with their kids, more blurred lines between the two teen groups, more background on all these kids, and more sides to their lives and personalities, just like real life. [22 Mar 1990, p.C9]

Tom Shales

May 7, 2014

Season 1 Review: Outsiders is clinically designed to flatter a teenager's sense of isolation and persecution. Adults are likely to find it boring, but then, they're supposed to. [24 Mar 1990, p.C1]

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iCampoRamil

Jan 8, 2023

Cuando leí la novela recuerdo que me encantó, de hecho, no sabía que existía la película, pero cuando la vi, más de lo mismo, quizás me esperaba algo más, o incluso la recordaba mejor, pero un reparto muy bien escogido, la historia me encanta, un muy buen punto de vista de la sociedad deCuando leí la novela recuerdo que me encantó, de hecho, no sabía que existía la película, pero cuando la vi, más de lo mismo, quizás me esperaba algo más, o incluso la recordaba mejor, pero un reparto muy bien escogido, la historia me encanta, un muy buen punto de vista de la sociedad de aquella época.

· Cosas buenas: es muy emotiva, lo que más, el reparto está muy bien elegido, la historia genialmente adaptada, y la banda sonora, en algunos momentos es espectacular.
· Cosas malas: al igual que dije lo de banda sonora que es espectacular, en algunos momentos me da la sensación de que se cuela algo. Quieras o no, la película es demasiado convencional, le falta un toque, algo. El último tercio no te emociona ni te pone tan en tensión como el libro.
· Conclusión: en su momento me encantó, y me sigue encantando, me falta algo, un toque más emotivo, más de tensión, pero siempre será un peliculón.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

60
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 25, 1990
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  S1:E15. Unknown
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  S1:E13. Opal Strike
  Air Date: July 22, 1990
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  S1:E12. The Beat Goes On
  Air Date: July 15, 1990
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  S1:E11. Winner Take All
  Air Date: June 24, 1990
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  S1:E10. Tequila Sunset
  Air Date: June 10, 1990
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  S1:E9. Carnival
  Air Date: May 20, 1990
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  S1:E8. Mirror Image
  Air Date: May 13, 1990
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  S1:E7. Storm Warning
  Air Date: May 6, 1990
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  S1:E6. Maybe Baby
  Air Date: April 29, 1990
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  S1:E5. He Was A Greaser, Only Old
  Air Date: April 22, 1990
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  S1:E4. Breaking The Maiden
  Air Date: April 15, 1990
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  S1:E3. Only The Lonely
  Air Date: April 8, 1990
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  S1:E2. The Stork Club
  Air Date: April 1, 1990
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  S1:E1. The Outsiders (pilot - 90 mins)
  Air Date: March 25, 1990