<P> The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming - of - age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola , an adaptation of the novel of the same name by S.E. Hinton . The film was released on March 25 , 1983 . Jo Ellen Misakian , a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno , California , and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film . </P>
<P> The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming - of - age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola , an adaptation of the novel of the same name by S.E. Hinton . The film was released on March 25 , 1983 . Jo Ellen Misakian , a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno , California , and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film . </P>
when was the movie of the outsiders released
when was the movie of the outsiders released
March 25 , 1983
March 25 , 1983