Nature's first green is gold

This was more tragic than I remembered. The rivalry between two Oklahoma gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs. I heard it was trashed by the critics in the past, but Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983) is somewhat a classic now. The cinematography is mesmerizing, some of the 80s naivety is there, but it's a wonderful coming of age film. And who'd have guess the insane number of really young actors turned into stars and superstars a few years later. The cast includes Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Tom Waits and Diane Lane.