THE OUTSIDERS (1983)| HER FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

The book verison was written by Oklahoma-native S.E. Hinton when she was just 16 YEARS OLD! During her junior years at the school she went to in Tulsa, she witnessed a gang rivalry between the Greasers and Socs (Yes, they did exist in real-life) and this inspired her to write an account from the Greasers' point of view. What started as an account ended up becoming a bestselling, worldwide children's novel read every year in 7th and 8th grade. I remember reading the book and watching the movie in 8th Grade English, and it instantly changed our lives forever. Ever since then, "The Outsiders" has been one of my ALL-TIME favorite stories and movies. It never gets old.

This is one of the most classic movies with the best actors....Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez and more....I read this book back in 8th grade..loved this iconic movie...you should also react to Red Dawn.

With the upmost respect, your wife has the warmest and purest of hearts. She really seems to care about everybody. Love y'alls channel.

Fun Facts: The Curtis' house is now a museum for The Outsiders and open for visitors! The red-haired nurse Dally was arguing with in the hospital is the author. The book is banned from some schools as "inappropriate" because of fighting and minors smoking. Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise slept in a strangers basement while filming. The movie was filmed from start to finish in the order of the book. The actors who played Socs were given "special treatment" with leatherbound binders to keep their scripts in, while the Greaser actors had it rougher, this was done to help keep them in character. When Cherry and Pony are talking alone on the hill, Johnny was stood just out of camera view, making faces at Cherry and she struggled not to laugh. Things from the book that might not have conveyed in the movie: (i highly recommend reading the book) There's an extended version of the movie and in that version, it shows Pony getting jumped by Soc's after going to the movies alone - the same Soc's that tried to drown him. They are also the same Soc's from the book that very badly beat Johnny and left him for dead in a field a few weeks prior. So that affirms why Johnny would have been scared enough of them to pull a blade - he knew what they were capable of and that they would likely get away with anything, or at most get off with community service, because they're the rich kids and daddy pays to get them out of trouble. Dally had a rough life, grew up in NY, in and out of jail, he didn't care about anything or anyone, even himself, apart from Johnny. So when they lost Johnny, he was completely broken and after robbing the store and getting chased by the cops, he pointed the gun at the cops coz he wanted them to shoot him. He had nothing left. Pony fell into a fever for a week or so after losing Johnny and Dally and was very, very sick. The Curtis' boys lost their parents and were constantly threatened by social services, so Darry, at only 20yrs old, worked two jobs, and Soda dropped out of school to get a job just so they could all stay together and give Pony a chance at a better life because they knew he was really smart - the author has said that Pony grows up to be a writer. At the beginning, when Pony runs away after Darry pushed him, it's because no one (not even his parents) had ever hit him, he was the baby of the family. Also, being so young and sheltered from a lot of "real life struggles", he didn't understand why Darry was being so hard on him and thought Darry just hated him. When Darry and Soda go to Pony at the hospital, Pony realises that Darry is just scared and worried about him and wants the best for him - that part always makes me sob. It's mentioned briefly in the movie, Two-Bit says "Darry would've been a Soc if it wasn't for us" and at the rumble, one of the Soc's is an old sports team mate - Darry was big into sports and quite smart at school. If his parents hadn't passed, he would've been one of the popular kids and friends with the Soc's, but he gave it all up for his younger brothers. Soda had a girlfriend called Sandy, who he says he was in love with and wanted to marry - it touches a little more on that in the extended version, but in the book, Sandy is randomly sent away to Florida and sends Soda a letter. This is because she got pregnant and her parents either sent her to have an abortion, or to have the baby and give it up for adoption without anyone else finding out about it. Two-Bit is the wise-crack of the group, he never stops making jokes and doesn't take anything seriously. His real name is Keith, but they call him Two-Bit because he "always has to get his two bits in". In the extended version, it shows them going to court over the murder of Bob. Cherry keeps her word and sticks up for Johnny. The other Soc's also admit their fault and Pony and Johnny are found not guilty because they acted in self-defence.

My "Pops" was a "greaser" up in the Ponca City/Tonkawa area in the mid 50's, until he was made to attend Ponca City Military Academy. He served 2 tours in Viet Nam and was a wonderful patriot, father and husband to my mother. He passed in 2017 suddenly. He loved this movie. Stay golden, y'all!

A little trivia, the nurse that Dallas told to get out of his hospital room was played by S.E. Hinton, the author of the novel "The Outsiders". As has probably been said, she wrote it when just 16 years old.

My grandmother was a poet (Clarine Coffin Grenfell), and she would pay her grandkids $5 for every poem we memorized. We kids thought of it as easy money, but the real gift is that I know all those poems now, decades later. Robert Frost was a brilliant poet, and that poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, and some other Frost poems, are among those poems I memorized as a girl, poems that live on in my head to this day thanks to my Grandma. 💗

It's insane how spot on the casting was because all of these young actors were unknowns when this was released in 1983 and then within a few years they all became major stars. Funny how you said playing Johnny was Ralph Macchio's best performance as he was a huge fan of the book in high school so he wanted the role of Johnny Cade really badly. It was a dream come true for him when he won it and got to work with the legendary Francis Ford Coppola . It was so important to him that to this day he considers it his favorite role. He and his wife of 36 years Phyllis had their first married dance at their wedding to Stevie Wonders theme song " Stay Gold " from the film because it meant so much to him and seemed appropriate to their hope of keeping the youthful love they found as teenagers in their life together.

This film launched the careers of Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, C.Thomas Howell, Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise!

Emilio Estevez (Two Bit) went on to be in Young Guns 1 and 2 and the Mighty Ducks. He was totally insane as Billy the Kid in Young Guns. This movie means a lot to me, because I read the book when I was 12 and it still resonates with us. The coming of age youth. We all go through it trying to find our way. Dallas character (Matt Dillon) is very misunderstood. He didn't know how to express his emotions in a healthy way, like all the other guys, he has experienced loss with his family and doesn't know how to cope with abandonment. This is why he is so aggressive.

Based on the Novel written by S.E. Hinton who grew up in Tulsa Ok. It was required reading when I was in Jr High in the 70's. I don't think people realize how much gang activity has always been in Tulsa...of course these days it's much worse in some areas of Tulsa than others. The book is awesome and goes straight for the gut. So glad you guys are watching this.

In 2017 Rob Lowe brought his son to visit the Outsiders house, which now is also a museum, and with him was the author S.E. Hinton. He just sort of popped in but the media got the word out pretty quick and got the visit covered. They were filming for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the book - man, how time flies.

This movie was a huge impact to me as a young girl. I memorized every line of dialogue, read the book more times than I can count, and watched it daily for a while. I, uh, really loved it.

This cast is packed with talent! I love watching you recognize all the familiar faces!

Read the book and watched this in 6th grade. I was heartbroken and so deeply moved by The Outsiders. Seeing the positive portrayal of male friendship, the open affection shared, and the commentary on class shaped me in many ways! ❤❤

I had my kids watch this movie years ago. a few years back one of my kids was obsessed with Criminal Minds. When C. Thomas Howell (Pony Boy) showed up on screen as one of the most brutal serial killers the team faces, my kid got so pissed off and shouted at the screen "What would Johnny think? way to stay gold Pony Boy!" I cracked up so hard laughing. C. Thomas Howell is an amazing actor, and has only gotten better with age.

This always makes me cry. The book was a favorite but the movie really rattled me as a kid. Such a great cast too. ❤❤❤👩🏻‍🦰👍🏻

I remember when the book was required reading in Junior high school. Then the movie came out and we all went to see it. The movie's good but the book is a classic. Most of these actors went on to become big names. The brother you said looked familiar was the jock in the breakfast club - Emilio Estavez. His Real brother is Charlie Sheen. They were all just coming up at that time. Flea from the red hot chili peppers even played one of the Soc gang. Matt Dillon was the biggest star at that time and was a 'heartthrob'. You need to check out My Bodyguard from 1978/79. Another great HS movie.

Hey J and Amber i am an 60 year old man now just to let you know how long i have loved reading this book, i read it for my first time in 6th grade in school and when i had to have hip surgery i read it over and over again while i was in the hospital and at home recovering and i could read it over and over again no matter how many times i already had read it cause it has always meant this much to me, even today all grown up and almost an old man now i can still sit down and read it cover to cover,i have watched the movie so many times now i cant count them, they did ok with the movie cause they only have so much time on film to tell the story if you really want to know and understand the story better then read the book cause you will love it to since you liked the movie so much the its easier to understand the movie better once you have read the book, it all makes sense then, i still own and read it today its one of my most treasured books i have great story great actors in the movie love it love it love it, just fyi the scene in Dally's hospital room the nurse that Dally is arguing with is S. E Hinton, the author of the book The Outsiders, yes she made a cameo in the movie this was her only scene she did though years later she wrote the book as a teenager.

When I was in high school me and a friend walked to the cinema to watch this when it was first released. I remember us having to walk down the railroad tracks on our way home and it made me really think about the different social classes in our school. Of course the jocks and cheerleaders were the top echelon while the "band jocks" as we were called were next, then came the geeks, and finally the stoners who were into drugs and 80's metal and hair bands. I realized that I had friends in each social class that I started out with in Kindergarten as equals. Naive to the pressures we would eventually put upon ourselves to simply fit in and be accepted by others who shared the same interests, while.looking down on those who were different. Now, as a 54 year old I know that the need to feel accepted follows us throughout our lives and as we look back we see the sacrifices we made just to "belong." I often think of this story now as I see the world we live in beginning to crumble because we forget to "stay golden" and be true to ourselves while making a difference by showing love and respect to those who live in a class unlike our own. People always feel the need to be someone or something they're not and we've got to stop that madness. It's a sad world we live in and I fear for our future generations if things don't change. The morale of The Outsiders is timeless and the sadness found within it is doomed to be repeated unless we find the will to change, to stop bullying, and to start caring.

Ralph Macchio was 21 in this movie. He is the 2nd oldest of the greaser actors. The oldest is Patrick Swayze at 30.

This is such an amazing movie, with so many legendary stars! Stay Gold Rob Squad! 😃

I read this book back in the 70’s and I was just blown away when I learned that this story was written by a 16 year old! The depth of feeling and the wisdom revealed in her writing is remarkable and I can see why this book became popular.

I'm surprised y'all didn't have to read this in middle school! Especially being from Oklahoma. Reading this at 12 years old was so impactful. It played a major part in my coming of age.

The nurse who couldn't wait for him to get out of there was the author of the book. Another great one by her (S.E. Hinton) is Tex. Great movie too.

Omg!!!! I couldn’t click on this one fast enough!! Let’s go. Love that you guys are reacting to this. Such a great cast all in their prime. The young Patrick, Tom, Matt, Rob, C.Thomas, Ralph and Emilio. Diane Lane too let’s go.

After this film I really got into the poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert Frost. Natures first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold, her early leads a flower, but only still an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sinks to grief. So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

I’m about to turn 70, and this book was required reading when I was in Jr. H.S. Still a favorite ❤️

Incredible book. Read it in one sitting when I was a teen. The movie lived up to the book which is pretty rare.

LOVE this flick. Definitely the beginning of a bunch of these guys careers!!! This was Tom Cruise’ third movie…..he definitely made an impact. When Ralph Macchio’s character Johnny dies, that’s probably the most heartbreaking death in any movie. Quick story. I had a few students watching this in the English class before my History class…I knew they were at the end & the girls walked in my class with tears STILL….i told em “stay gold, Pony Boy….stay gold…”…one of the girls said “stop it Coach D!!!” I said “awwwwww” & gave her a dad hug 🥰

This is such a classic film. One of my favorite movies. I love the book too. I met Ralph Macchio in June and very cool dude. The scene where Dallas falls down from the chair at the outdoor movie theater was by an accident and they kept it in the film because they liked that scene

Matt Dillion (Dallas) in this movie is such a great actor & was a huge star in the 80's. you should check out: Drugstore Cowboy, Rumble Fish & Tex (both S. E. Hinton novels, like The Outsiders), A Kiss Before Dying & a bunch of others. The movie studios tried to puch him into the Heart-throb lead actor role, but he pushed back & made a lot of really good & interesting indie movies.

I remember the first time I saw this movie, I was in 6th grade and in love with every single cast member! Had all their posters on my walls!😂 When the movie came out on Showtime, I came home from school, pulled the chair right in front of the tv and watched all by myself and cried so hard at the end!😂😂😂

I was born in London and in my high school we studied the book and then watched The Outsiders movie during our class, I fell in love with this story. We even did a role play of certain scenes. I love thus story.

This movie was everything for me and my friends when it came out. We were the same ages of the actors. Stay gold you guys.

My mom was a huge Patrick Swayze fan and I was always vaguely aware of this movie until she thought I was mature enough to handle it. I remember being ahead of the curve of all my classmates having seen and read it long before anyone else. I swear I practically helped my teacher with that course because I kept chiming in excitedly with fun facts and tidbits from the book and the movie. I also remember specially seeking out the version that included some of the deleted scenes. I ended up working in a bookstore and even now I still recommend the novel and usually put it on my recommendations shelf. The film is such a masterclass on adapting page to screen.. I find it difficult sometimes to distinguish between the two because I saw and read it when I was so young they've interwoven in my mind.

My all time favorite movie and book! It is a Masterpiece in my opinion. Almost every actor in this movie became a huge star after this movie came out.

Read the book in 10th grade - 1975 and LOVED it! S.E. Hinton is the author & she is from Tulsa. I could not have chosen better actors to play the roles of the guys! So many stars in this movie! Awesome choice & reaction Rob Squad!

Stevie Wonder sings the theme song. I fell in love with this song. One of my top ten movies of all time.

Just wanted to add about the scene at the drive-in where the kids come out of the trunk, basically how they snuck into the drive-in, pay for one while hiding your friends in the trunk, they do the same thing in the movie Grease after the dance.

this will always be my favorite movie. Tears every time. Thank you for watching it.

Man this and "the warriors" were my movies growing up. There is something about the opening to this movie with stevie wonder singing. As many will bring up this is a staked cast of very young up and coming actors. Im also glad you guysbwatched the original version and no the extended "book version" They just add so much muaic to all the scenes and it changes the entire vibe of the movie (especially the rumble scene)

I think I read that book at least ten times that year in 1983. I was in the fifth grade. As soon as I finished it, I would open it up to the front and start again. In fact, one weekend on a road trip, I think I read it four times. I loved it. I got lost in the story and then the movie came out (swoon!)...I had C. Thomas Howell's picture plastered all over my bedroom walls! The Brat Pack was huge and we were all so mesmerized by them at that time. It was a huge impact on me, between the tweener crushes and the subject matter, this little empath was swept away. I'm so glad you appreciated it. Fun film fact: The nurse that Dallas kicked out of his hospital room was the author, S. E. Hinton. Thanks for the great reactions you give us. Love your authenticity and kindness. Keep up the great work! BTW - "Stay Gold" was sung by Stevie Wonder :)

Great movie, great reaction guys, I love this movie. I still can't believe Ralph Macchio "Johnny" was 22 in this, he looks so young😊

I was a troubled kid in jr high and we were required to read the book but this is the only book i have fully completed. and we got to watch the movie during class. This is one of my all time favorites!

Such a classic, all star cast, love it!!

The nurse in Dallas’s hospital room is the author of the actual book. And the house used to film the Outsiders is now a museum owned by Danny-boy O’Conner, who was in the Jump Around music video. The museum also has extras and people who contributed to the movie cost some times and you can ask for autographs and talk to them about what the filming and cast were. There is also a sign at the drive in that showed where the sat and where the concession stand was. If you look closely by the fence line you can see where they snuck in.

Ooh! You broke out The Brat Pack! That will take you down a long line of movies for practically each one of those guys. Yes, dear, those are big names, because they practically got their big start in this movie.

Yes! Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls remains one of my all time favorite children's novels. Not a terrible movie, either. Great to read/ be read by your children.✌️❤

Context for 5:16-Drive-Ins would charge you for the people in the car. If people hid in the trunk, they couldn't be counted, therefore, they were not charged for entry.

S.E. Hinton is such a badass author. She's a great person, too. Her books meant so much to me growing up.

Great movie with some huge names in it! Very sad. So many movies with all these guys were so good…Red Dawn, Young Guns 1&2. You didn’t recognize Emilio Estevez who is Charlie Sheen’s brother. But he is in Young Guns as well as The Mighty Ducks, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s Fire, which also featured Rob Lowe. Great review guys!! I enjoy watching your reviews. Please, please, please watch Secondhand Lions. You will love it!!

When things seem hopeless and depressing some days, it makes me happy to watch your videos. You are helping a lot more people than you realize. Love you guys. Stay Golden.

Ralph Macchio of Karate Kid also did Crossroads in 1986. Highly recommended. Has a killer blues soundtrack. Guitar battle at the end is phenomenal!

Diane Lane (Cherry) has won a ton of awards. My favorite role of hers was her portrayal of Penny Chennery in “Secretariat.”

When Jordan laughed at Amber saying ~ "Someone is going to get seriously hurt.", & Amber responded with ~ "Why are you laughing at that?". I neared pooped myself.

I've been waiting so long for you guys to do this one. Will definitely be watching it tonight. 🤠 Hope y'all have a blessed weekend. ❤

Great movie + reaction! Francis Ford Coppola did a great job directing this, and just about everyone in it went on to be stars in Hollywood. Another similar movie dealing with coming-of-age/social-class-conflict is "Breaking Away" (1979), a gem of a movie. 👍

Ralph Macchio is great in "CROSSROADS". A fabled place where bluesmen often ventured to make a deal with the Devil in exchange for fame and fortune. The sound track is great.

This was one of my grandparents favorite movies. They showed it to me when I was a kid. My grandfather used to call me golden because of this movie. He passed away when I was 13. My grandmother passed away recently when I was 24. The night she passed away I heard “Stay Gold” by Stevie Wonder on the radio. That’s a song that is never on the radio. I knew it was a message from my grandad that she made it safely to heaven. This movie has a very special meaning to me and I’m happy and grateful I got to watch it with you. Thank you for introducing it to your audience.

If you like Matt Dillon as Dally, you should watch Drugstore Cowboy, directed by Gus Van Sant. It’s wild, and he plays a similarly intense character and won the Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for his role.

One of my favorite movies. This is definitely a classic.

One of the best movies of all time, in my opinion! Really amazing story and great acting by all the young actors. The late Patrick Swayze(the oldest brother) was in a lot of movies, but you should definitely check out Roadhouse! Also his SNL "Chippendales" sketch with Chris Farley.

I was lucky enough to ride horses at the same stable (in Glenpool) as S.E. Hinton when I was growing up. I didn't realize who she was for a long time because she went by her married name, and I mostly knew her as Susan. She was very kind to me. In 4th grade, I did a book report on her novel, Tex, and gave her the poster I made for it. The poster was my poor attempt at a portrait of her horse. She graciously accepted it. Later on, I would school her horse (a different one by that time) when she wasn't able to come to the stable for a while. Really a great lady.

This is one of my favourite movies and has possibly the greatest cast ever assembled for a movie! Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Ralph Machio, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell and Diane Lane all went on to have hugely successful careers. I read the book first, when I was in 6th grade and absolutely loved it. It was the first non-comic book that I had read cover to cover and it changed my life. I even started my own "gang" called The Dragons. There were 3 of us and we had jackets with Dragon patches on the back. Haha. I was so excited when the movie came out and was definitely not disappointed. I've always had a huge crush on Diane Lane that continues till today. I first heard the poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay in this movie and Robert Frost is now my favourite poet. I have a youtube channel called The Power of Words, where I recite poems and this was the first one I did. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5CFjFBkTzAY.htmlsub_confirmation=1

"Where the Red Fern Grows is primarily set in the Ozark Mts of OK!" The movie made me cry more than "Old Yeller" or "The Yearling"! Don't know if I could handle the book. (I am a movie first, gal.) These 3 movies you might want to react to.

The nurse in Dallas’s room who says she can’t wait till he’s gone, is SE Hinton, author of the book.

SE Hilton wrote this book when she was 16 yrs old. A quick and good read for those who love the books.❤

I love this movie. I still have a vhs copy I got in the 90s. The theme song by Stevie Wonder always gets me 😭 and I forgot Leif Garrett was in the movie. I love his song “When I Think Of You”.

I haven't seen this in at least 15 years and I've never seen it reacted to before. I hope you guys can do some more films that not every other reaction channel is doing.

We listened to this book in middle school and we were all in tears at the end. So many huge stars. Emilio Estevez is from Breakfast Club

This movie launched or solidified the acting carreers of so many soon to be HUGE 80's names!!

I remember reading this book in high school. It wasn’t required reading. I just wanted to read it. Loved the book. Love the film. Great choice. Read the book if you’ve the chance. It’s a short but worthwhile read. I love drive in movies. I have one 20min away from my house. It’s currently showing “Sound of Freedom”!

Another great movie with a lot of these names and other young now famous actors. 1981 “Taps” with some amazing performances.

Such an amazing book and movie. Can you believe it has been placed on the banned book list? Absolutely ridiculous. The story of friendship and hardship and loss and loyalty. Such a heartfelt story.

I love this movie. I read the S.E. Hinton book in High School and loved it. When I saw the movie I was so glad with how well they followed the source material. It is a great movie. You have such an iconic cast. This is a masterpiece. There is no way you can’t recreate this magic.

About time. I've been waiting for you to watch this movie. I love this movie. Wonderful cast.

Omg i can't believe your watching this great movie. Love it💖👍. I've also read the book at least 20 times over the yrs. It's a really good read. Thank you guys💖🌹.

The nurse who said “I’ll be so glad when your gone” is actually the author of the book SE Hinton

I was OBSESSED with this book when I was younger. I randomly went to Tulsa with a friend a few years ago & realized that the Outsiders museum was there…I fangirled like crazy 🤣 it was so cool! Tons of cool memorabilia from the movie ❤️

A brochette of 80s heartthrobs ❤

I listen to the audiobook of The Outsiders at least 30 times when I was in high school. It's really one of my favorite books, and it was written by someone who was fifteen when she first came up with the idea. I'm not sure how old she was when it was actually published but I'm pretty sure she wasn't out of her teens yet. It's pretty amazing, even if it is full of cliches and derivatives.

My son had to do a book report on this story...as did millions of other kids in school. When he found out there was a movie he wanted to skip the book...I told him NOPE...do BOTH!! Such a GREAT movie with a GREAT cast!! Nick Cage's grandfather was Carmine Coppola who did the music for this movie...and his uncle, Francis Ford Coppola, directed it. There are a few other Coppola names connected to this movie also.

I read this book when I was in jr. High school. It was so good I think I read it about a dozen times. I'm 69 tomorrow so it's been a long time ago. I've also seen the movie a lot of times. So it's been around a long time. Like every one says it's a classic. I was around there age when this came out. Love it.

Awesome! Not enough people react to this, thank you. I'm relatively new to your channels and am really enjoying them. Another good book/movie crossover to consider is the 1978 film version of the novel Watership Down, an animated classic about cute little bunnies🐇

Well now that you’ve introduced a Francis Ford Coppola movie on the channel, we need some more. Specifically “The Godfather”…there’s also “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “Apocalypse Now”.

The "Soc" that Johnny killed was Leif Garret who was a teen idol back in the day. I had his posters all over my bedroom. Check out a few of his songs "I Was Made For Dancing", "Feel The Need", "When I Think Of You", and "Once A Fool" just to name a few.

It’s a heavy one but I’m so glad you watched it. This was such a touchstone of the 80’s. Many of the cast reunited for another huge movie of the time: Red Dawn. It stars Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell (Pony Boy), Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Grey (Baby), Lea Thompson (Marty’s mom). It’s about high schoolers facing WWIII and brought so many of our fears of an impending war to life. That one is also dark but hopeful and was required watching for all of us. Love you guys. Stay gold. 💛

Never forget this takes place in Tulsa, OK. The city where wealthy black Americans had their own section that was burned down by whites who could not stand they were wealthier than them. The Socs egged them on. That section of Tulsa is still vacant fields. Gene Hackman’s monologue about his dad in Mississippi Burning explains everything that happened in Tulsa. That’s the type of American history that certain politicians don’t want you to know because it is embarrassing.

Stay golden pony boy

Dang. I’m a kid of the 8O’s. It had a great cast. Before we even knew these actors. Love this.

The "Dairy Queen" is the Tastee Freeze that was at 33rd St. N. and Peoria, my grandmother used to work there, and we used to live in the house directly behind it. We had a gate on our back fence, and we would go over there to get dip cones.

Everyone is in this one. Part of a trilogy.

Our teacher read this to us in school in 5th or 6th grade (1975 or 76). We were riveted and loved it. We were all shocked when the teacher read, "Damn it, Johnny, don't die!" Not because Johnny died, but because the teacher said, "Damn it." Boy, those were different days.

The book was so good and the movie was so popular with young boys around the same age. For some reason they really related to how it would feel. Such a classic filled with amazing stars now. This movie made these young actors who they are today.

This was my favourite book in school as well as now! I used to borrow the book from my school library a million times and even tried typing up the book so I could read it. I finally got to buy the used book at a school sale. And one of my fave gifts was my brother getting me a new copy of this! The movie is amazing with so many big names! I know the stay gold poem by heart and that letter from Johnny will always make me cry!

This has to be one of my favorite reactions of the film i’ve seen! this movie will forever been in so many of our hearts ❤ it’s just so special

I was first introduced to that Robert Frost poem from this book and movie in 8th grade English class. Nothing Gold Can Stay. I’ve remembered the words to that poem ever since and I’m 35 now. Such a wonderful story. Great reaction 🙋🏻‍♀️🙌🏼👍🏼👏🏼💜🇨🇦

Saw this movie many times growing up. And in the 8th grade we had to read the book. Pretty sure I was the only person in my class that was actually excited about that. I read the entire book in one night.

My grandpa own a grocery store back then so he was more of a Socs. Year later ‘73 he moved back but in a very poor area of Tulsa. I asked mom to show me where we lived back then, she didn’t want to go back to that area. You could see when the knife came out that it was not sharp. The nurse that takes care of Dallas” is the author of the book. “Stay Gold”