S.E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school. Hinton is credited with introducing the YA genre. She graduated from the University... Read full bio →
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders is Francis Ford Coppola’s translation of the novel by Susan Eloise of the same name. It tells the story of two rival youth gangs. Filmed in 1983 with a superstar hunk of a cast.
Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish is Coppola’s second gang film after ‘The Outsiders,’ based on the novel from S. E. Hinton. He tells the story of a young gang leader named Rusty James in an aesthetically black and white filmed tale.