‘The Outsiders’ celebrates fortieth anniversary: The solid then and now

It has been 40 years since audiences had been first launched to Ponyboy — performed by C. Thomas Howell — and his gang of greasers, making the solid of “The Outsiders” family names.

Based mostly on the 1967 novel with the identical identify, the film tells the story of Ponyboy and his battle between proper and incorrect. He finds himself in the course of a struggle between two rival gangs — the Greasers, the working-class gang that he and his family and friends belong to, and the Socs, the upper-class gang — as he tries to determine the place he actually belongs.

The film launched the careers of a lot of its younger stars, together with Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise, elevating them to the standing of Hollywood heartthrobs. 

In a current interview with Fox Information Digital, Lowe in contrast his expertise to creating the movie to the bonds folks kind as members of a fraternity, saying: “It was my first time away from dwelling, it was my first film. I will always remember it. It feels prefer it was 4 days in the past, not 40 years.”

Here’s a have a look at the solid of “The Outsiders” then and now. 

American actors Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Thomas C. Howell and Tom Cruise on the set of “The Outsiders,” directed by Francis Ford Coppola.  (Sundown Boulevard/Corbis by way of Getty Photographs)

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Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe starred in “The West Wing” from 1999 to 2006 within the function of Sam Seaborn. (Getty Photographs)

Rob Lowe had solely had just a few credit to his identify earlier than he was solid as Sodapop in “The Outsiders,” a personality described as having film star attractiveness with silky brown hair within the e-book.

Following the success of “The Outsiders,” Lowe continued to behave in quite a few films, together with “St. Elmo’s Fireplace,” additionally starring Demi Moore and his “Outsiders” co-star Emilio Estevez. He later reunited with Moore in “About Final Evening.” He then appeared within the film “Wayne’s World” and three Austin Powers films, together with “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.”

From 1999 to 2006, Lowe starred as Sam Seaborn within the in style NBC drama “The West Wing,” which follows the lives of presidential advisers as they battle to steadiness the calls for of their job within the White Home with their private lives. His function on the present earned him an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe nominations.

He additionally starred within the miniseries “Salem’s Lot,” the London West Finish manufacturing of “A Few Good Males,” had a 78-episode run on “Brothers & Sisters” from 2006 to 2010 and had a supporting function in “The Invention of Mendacity.”

From 2010 to 2015, Lowe starred as Chris Traeger in “Parks and Recreation” alongside Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones. (Colleen Hayes/NBCU Picture Financial institution/NBCUniversal by way of Getty Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)

In July 2010, it was introduced Lowe would be a part of the solid of “Parks and Recreation,” as Chris Traeger, the well being acutely aware Pawnee metropolis supervisor, alongside Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones. Since then, he is appeared in “The Grinder,” “Canine Gone” and “9-1-1: Lone Star.”

In 1988, Lowe was the topic of a significant scandal when he filmed himself having intercourse with a lady who turned out to be underage. He settled a lawsuit with the woman’s household, was by no means charged with against the law and maintained that he wasn’t conscious she was underage provided that they met in a nightclub. Nevertheless, the rumors and innuendo marred his profession at a time when his star ought to have been on the rise because of “St. Elmo’s Fireplace.”

Finally, his status recovered, and he even made jokes about it when internet hosting “Saturday Evening Dwell” just a few occasions. Two years after his intercourse tape scandal, Lowe determined to give up ingesting and embrace sobriety, later calling that the most effective determination he ever made. 

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Lowe and spouse Sheryl Berkoff have been married since 1991 and have two youngsters. (Arnold Jerocki/WireImage)

Lowe met spouse Sheryl Berkoff after they had been arrange on a blind date in 1983, however they did not get shut till they met once more on set of their film “Dangerous Affect.” They’ve been married since 1991 and have two sons, Matthew Edward Lowe and John Owen Lowe.

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze went on to star in “Soiled Dancing” and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. (Getty Photographs)

After quite a few small tv roles, Patrick Swayze starred as Darrel Curtis, the oldest brother to Rob Lowe and C. Thomas Howell’s characters in “The Outsiders.” 

Whereas this function gave him his begin, Swayze’s huge breakthrough got here in 1987 when he acquired the function of Johnny Fort in “Soiled Dancing.” His efficiency within the movie earned him his first of three Golden Globe nominations. He additionally wrote a High 10 hit, “She’s Just like the Wind,” which was on the film’s soundtrack.

The success of “Soiled Dancing” opened lots of doorways for Swayze, who shortly grew to become a sought-after actor. After just a few profitable movies, his subsequent huge function got here in 1990 when he starred alongside Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg in “Ghost.” The film was an enormous success and earned him his second Golden Globe nomination.

Patrick Swayze was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in “Ghost” shortly after showing in “The Outsiders.” (Paramount/Getty Photographs)

He continued to seem in quite a few profitable movies within the ’90s, together with “Level Break,” “Letters From a Killer” and “To Wong Foo, Thanks for All the pieces! Julie Newmar,” which earned him a 3rd Golden Globe nomination. Throughout this time, he additionally acquired a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.

All through the early 2000s, Swayze continued to dominate each on display and on the stage, starring in “Donnie Darko,” “Waking Up in Reno,” “King Solomon’s Mines” and “One Final Dance,” in addition to the manufacturing of “Guys and Dolls” on the West Finish in London in 2006.

His remaining performing function was within the A&E drama “The Beast.” Swayze was identified with pancreatic most cancers shortly after filming on the present started. Nevertheless, the actor remained dedicated to fulfilling his contract, working all through his therapy course of.  

Swayze was married to spouse Lisa Niemi 34 years. They met in 1970 when he was 18 and he or she was 14. The 2 had been married in 1975. Swayze died in September 2009.  (Helmut Reiss/United Archives by way of Getty Photographs)

Swayze was married to spouse Lisa Niemi 34 years. They met in 1970 when he was 18 and he or she was 14 and acquired married in 1975. In January 2008, Swayze was identified with stage 4 pancreatic most cancers. 

In January 2009, he was hospitalized resulting from pneumonia, and in April of that yr, his situation worsened. He died in September 2009 on the age of 57, 20 months after his preliminary analysis.

Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio’s first huge function was that of Ponyboy’s greatest good friend in “The Outsiders.” (Getty Photographs)

Ralph Macchio’s first huge function was Johnny Cade in “The Outsiders,” the most effective good friend of the principle character Ponyboy.

Macchio’s success in “The Outsiders” led him to the function for which he’s most identified for — Daniel LaRusso in 1984’s “The Karate Child.” 

He reprised his function for the movie’s two sequels, “The Karate Child Half II” and “The Karate Child Half III.”

Macchio went on to star in “The Karate Child” and its two sequels as Daniel LaRusso. (Columbia Footage/Getty Photographs)

Macchio has additionally appeared in Broadway’s “Cuba and His Teddy Bear,” alongside Robert DeNiro. Subsequent, he starred as Invoice Gambini in “My Cousin Vinny,” alongside Marisa Tomei and Joe Pesci. He adopted that efficiency with a return to the stage within the musical “How you can Reach Enterprise With out Actually Attempting.”

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After just a few visitor appearances on exhibits like “Ugly Betty,” “How I Met Your Mom” and “The Deuce,” it was introduced Macchio would reprise his function of Daniel LaRusso within the Netflix sequence “Cobra Kai.” The present picks up many years after the unique film and facilities across the resurgence of the Cobra Kai Dojo and the connection fashioned between him and his former rival.

The actor opened up about how the Karate Child films and “Cobra Kai” have formed his life in his 2022 memoir “Waxing On: The Karate Child and Me.” The Netflix present is about to finish with its upcoming sixth season.

Macchio was launched to his eventual spouse when he was 15 years outdated. The 2 acquired married in 1987 and have two youngsters collectively. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Photographs)

Macchio married his spouse Phyllis Fierro, a nurse practitioner, in 1987. They’ve two youngsters, a daughter Julia and a son Daniel.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise has gone on to win three Golden Globes and has change into a bona fide motion film star.  (Getty Photographs)

With just a few performing credit to his identify, Tom Cruise appeared in “The Outsiders” as Steve Randle, one of many story’s fundamental protagonists. He adopted that up shortly with one other success, the movie “Dangerous Enterprise,” thought of a basic film for Cruise.

Cruise proved his value as a number one man when he starred as Maverick in 1986’s “High Gun,” starring alongside Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan. He adopted that with a number one function in “Rain Man,” starring reverse Dustin Hoffman. The movie received greatest image on the Academy Awards. 

The following yr, he starred in “Born on the Fourth of July,” a task that earned him a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nod. 

After a sequence of films, together with “Days of Thunder,” “Far and Away” and “Interview with the Vampire,” Cruise starred in “Jerry Maguire” alongside Renee Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr., main him to a different Golden Globe award and Oscar nomination. 

A couple of years later, he received a 3rd Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for his function in “Magnolia.” 

Cruise additionally had a starring function within the movie “Jerry Maguire,” for which he received a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. (TriStar/Getty Photographs)

From 2000 to 2010, Cruise starred in lots of profitable movies. In that decade, he was nominated for 2 extra Golden Globes for his roles in “The Final Samurai” and “Tropic Thunder,” in addition to starring in “Vanilla Sky,” “Minority Report,” “Struggle of the World” and “Valkyrie.”

Beginning in 1996, Cruise started performing as Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Not possible,” a task that cemented his standing as an motion star. He has since starred in 5 extra installments and one other two which can be set to be launched in July of this yr and 2024. Whereas starring in these films, Cruise grew to become identified for doing his personal stunts.

In 2022, Cruise returned to the character of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell within the extremely anticipated “High Gun” sequel, “High Gun: Maverick.” It was met with essential acclaim and shortly grew to become the highest-grossing movie of Cruise’s profession. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his function within the movie, and the film was nominated for greatest image on the 2023 Academy Awards. It was introduced in 2020 his subsequent film shall be filmed in area.

Cruise returned to the function of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell within the highly-anticipated sequel to “High Gun,” in “High Gun: Maverick.” (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)

Cruise was married to his first spouse Mimi Rogers from 1987 to 1990. He was first launched to the Church of Scientology as a result of Rogers was considered one of its prime members. 

Not lengthy after their divorce, Cruise met Nicole Kidman on the set of “Days of Thunder,” and the 2 had been married in December 1990. The couple adopted two youngsters, Isabella and Connor, earlier than they break up in 2001.

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After being linked to a couple girls, Cruise began a relationship with actress Katie Holmes. Cruise famously professed his love for her throughout an look on “The Oprah Winfrey Present” by leaping on the sofa saying how a lot he liked her. 

Holmes and Cruise had been married for six years from 2006 to 2012 and share a daughter named Suri. (Reuters)

Their daughter Suri Cruise was born in April 2006, they usually had been married in November of that very same yr. In June 2012, Holmes filed for divorce, which was finalized a month later.

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon was already in quite a few profitable movies earlier than getting solid as Dallas Winston on “The Outsiders.” (Getty Photographs)

Matt Dillon was already in quite a few profitable movies earlier than getting solid as Dallas Winston on “The Outsiders.” He starred in two different diversifications of S.E. Hinton’s novels, together with “Tex” and “Rumble Fish,” working with Francis Ford Coppola and Diane Lane on a number of events.

He continued to behave all through the ’80s, showing in films resembling “The Flamingo Child,” “The Large City” and “Native Son.” And he made his Broadway debut within the play “The Boys of Winter” in 1985. His hottest movie in that decade was “Drugstore Cowboy,” during which he performed a drug addict.

The actor went on to star in quite a few profitable films all through the ’90s, together with “Singles,” “To Die For” starring Nicole Kidman, “Wild Issues” and “There’s One thing About Mary” starring Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller. In 2002, he wrote, directed and starred within the film “Metropolis of Ghosts” alongside James Caan. 

Dillon additionally starred in “There’s One thing About Mary” and “You, Me and Dupree.” (Vivien Killilea/Getty Photographs)

In 2004, Dillon starred within the film “Crash,” additionally starring Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock, and Dillon earned a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination. 

He then appeared reverse Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson in “You, Me and Dupree” in addition to “Dangerous Nation,” “The Home That Constructed Jack” and, most just lately, “American Dreamer.”

Dillon dated his “There’s One thing About Mary” co-star Cameron Diaz from 1995 to 1998 and has been courting Italian actress, dancer and choreographer Roberta Mastromichele since 2014.   

C. Thomas Howell

The function of Ponyboy was C. Thomas Howell’s first huge performing function after having a small half in “E.T.” previous to filming “The Outsiders.”  (Getty Photographs)

C. Thomas Howell’s starring function as Ponyboy in “The Outsiders” was solely his second performing credit score. His first was in Steven Spielberg’s movie, “E.T. the Additional Terrestrial.” 

The actor has labored persistently after “The Outsiders,” starring in films like “Grandview, U.S.A.” and “Pink Daybreak” with Patrick Swayze, in addition to “Secret Admirer” with Lori Loughlin, “The Hitcher” and its sequel and “Younger Toscanini” alongside Elizabeth Taylor. 

He continued to behave all through the ’90s, usually making visitor appearances on in style TV exhibits and in each function movies and TV films. Throughout this time, he additionally wrote and directed the film “Hourglass” and likewise appeared in “Appearing on Impulse,” “Legal guidelines of Deception,” “Dilemma,” “Child Face Nelson” and “Sealed with a Kiss.”

From 1999 to 2000, he starred within the present “Amazon,” and, in 2005, he had a recurring function on “Summerland,” enjoying Zac Efron’s father. Round that point, he additionally starred in “The Hillside Strangler,” “Struggle of the Worlds,” “The Day the Earth Stopped” and performed a serial killer in a recurring function on “Felony Minds.”

C. Thomas Howell continues to behave after “The Outsiders,” even directing his personal movie, “Hourglass.” (Man D’Alema/CBS by way of Getty Photographs)

Howell additionally appeared in “The Superb Spider-Man,” which starred Andrew Garfield, had recurring roles on “Ray Donovan” and “Animal Kingdom,” and most just lately appeared in “The Strolling Lifeless” and “SEAL Staff.”

In 2001, the actor was acquitted of 5 misdemeanor fees stemming from an incident in southern California. The actor was accused of driving away after hitting a skateboarder along with his automotive, solely to allegedly return with a hammer, threatening to hit him. 

Howell was charged with a hit-and-run, making terrorist threats and brandishing a weapon. Had the jury discovered him responsible, he might have been sentenced to no less than 4 years in a county jail.

In 1989, the actor married actress Rae Daybreak Chong. They divorced the next yr in 1990. He married his second spouse Sylvie Anderson in 1992, they usually welcomed three youngsters collectively, Dashiell, Isabelle and Liam, earlier than getting divorced in 2016.

Emilio Estevez

Emilio Estevez earned a spot on the “Brat Pack” alongside along with his co-star Rob Lowe, after showing in “The Outsiders” and “The Breakfast Membership.” (Getty Photographs)

Emilio Estevez adopted in his father Martin Sheen’s footsteps, pursuing a profession as an actor, showing in just a few movies earlier than touchdown the function of Keith “Two-Bit” Matthews in “The Outsiders.” 

Quickly, he grew to become identified for being part of the “Brat Pack” with Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Andrew Thomas McCarthy and Ally Sheedy.

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Following “The Outsiders,” Estevez had starring roles in “The Breakfast Membership,” which additionally starred many members of the Brat Pack; “Repo Man” and “St. Elmo’s Fireplace,” additionally starring Lowe and Moore. He then wrote the screenplay for and starred in “That Was Then, This Is Now.”

He made his directorial debut in 1986 with the movie “Knowledge,” making him the youngest particular person on the time to jot down, direct and star in the identical film. He continued showing in lots of profitable tasks, together with starring as Gordon Bombay within the three “Mighty Duck” films. He went on to star and direct in “Males at Work,” “The Struggle at Dwelling,” “Rated X” and “Bobby.”

Estevez has additionally made a number of appearances in music movies for Jon Bon Jovi for the songs “Blaze of Glory” and “Say It Is not So,” in addition to making appearances on brother Charlie Sheen’s sitcom, “Two and a Half Males.” Most just lately, he reprised his function as Coach Gordon Bombay within the Disney+ sequence, “The Mighty Geese: Recreation Changers,” in 2021.

Emilio Estevez was married to singer Paula Abdul for 2 years, from 1992 to 1994. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Assortment by way of Getty Photographs)

The actor has two youngsters: a son, Taylor, and a daughter, Paloma, with mannequin Carey Salley, who he dated on and off within the ’80s.

In 1987, Salley filed a $2 million paternity lawsuit in opposition to Estevez. Estevez was additionally engaged to Moore earlier than she known as off their nuptials in December 1986.

He was married to Paula Abdul from 1992 to 1994.

Diane Lane

Diane Lane had been performing for fairly just a few years earlier than touchdown the function of Cherry Valance. (Getty Photographs)

Diane Lane had been performing for fairly just a few years previous to touchdown the function of Cherry Valance in “The Outsiders.” After enjoying Cherry, she acted in just a few extra tasks earlier than taking a break from Hollywood in 1984.

Lane returned to performing in 1987 within the movie “Woman Beware,” however solidified her comeback within the 1989 miniseries, “Lonesome Dove,” which earned her an Emmy nomination. She adopted that up with a task in “My New Gun” in 1992 and “A Stroll on the Moon” with Liev Schreiber, Viggo Mortensen and Anna Paquin.

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Her subsequent huge function got here in 2002 when she starred as a housewife who has an affair within the film “Untrue.” For her function within the film, she was nominated for each an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. The next yr, she starred in “Beneath the Tuscan Solar,” for which she earned one other Golden Globe nomination. 

She then starred in “Should Love Canine,” “Nights in Rodanthe” and “Jumper.”

The actress went on to behave in “Secretariat” and “Cinema Verite,” a task that earned her a 3rd Golden Globe nomination. In 2013, Lane returned to the stage, starring in a manufacturing of “Candy Fowl of Youth.” In 2015, she starred in an off-Broadway play “The Thriller of Love and Intercourse.”

Diane Lane has been nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards in her profession. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Lane has additionally offered her voice for the animated film “Inside Out” and has appeared within the critically-acclaimed movie “Trumbo.” She then appeared within the final season of “Home of Playing cards,” “Let Him Go” and is about to seem in season 2 of Ryan Murphey’s “Feud.”

In October 1988, Lane tied the knot with Christopher Lambert, whom she met on “The Cotton Membership” in 1984. The couple was married for nearly six years and welcomed a daughter, Eleanor Jasmine Lambert, earlier than getting divorced in March 1994. 

Lane later married actor Josh Brolin in August 2004. After just a few months of marriage, Lane known as the police on Brolin in December 2004, and he was arrested on misdemeanor fees of home battery. Nevertheless, Lane declined to file fees, calling the scenario a misunderstanding. 

Diane Lane and Josh Brolin had been married for 9 years earlier than finalizing their divorce in December 2004. (Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)

They filed for divorce in February 2013, and the divorce was finalized in December of that yr.

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