The Outsiders (1983) vs. Rumble Fish (1983): Part 1
In the mid sixties a young girl named Suzy Hinton wrote a story about teenage gangs in her school. The story, published while she was just 18, went on to create the Young Adult genre and sell millions of books. In 1983, "The Outsiders" was made under the direction of superstar director Francis Ford Coppola and assembled maybe the greatest young cast in movie history. Also that year, Coppola stays in Tulsa and continues his use of that young cast creating what some refer to as his masterpiece. Join us as we discuss and celebrate the 40th anniversary of these movies, giving love to Tulsa along the way.
2023-02-14
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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Shirley You Can't <v Speaker 1>Be Serious podcast. I am here with a man about town. <v Speaker 1>I am here with an explore revolutionary. I am here <v Speaker 1>with the guy who has been to the places that <v Speaker 1>you haven't. I'm here with my co host, mister Jason Colvin. <v Speaker 1>How you doing, man, I'm doing well. How you doing? <v Speaker 1>I'm doing great? So Jason, it was yesterday, it was yesterday. <v Speaker 1>It was yesterday. Jason is calling me to go, Hey, <v Speaker 1>I'm in this place that's got a sign on the <v Speaker 1>wall that says rumblefish happened here. Do you remember the scene? Yeah? <v Speaker 1>And I was like, uh, can you FaceTime me? And <v Speaker 1>so we facetimed and I'm looking and I'm like, oh yeah, <v Speaker 1>that's where he gets mugged and you're like, what happened now? <v Speaker 1>I'm like, you know, he gets hitting the head with <v Speaker 1>the crowbar and you're like, I'm sorry, I don't remember <v Speaker 1>that part. I'm like, okay, you'll get this. It's where <v Speaker 1>Bob from Batman shows up and you're like, oh, yeah, <v Speaker 1>that's that's right, Bob my number one a guy. So <v Speaker 1>you just got to know how to speak the language. <v Speaker 1>That's that's the key here, right, that's right. <v Speaker 2>So yesterday I spent about five or six hours roaming <v Speaker 2>the area around Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I went to as <v Speaker 2>many sites as I could for the Outsiders and Rubblefish, <v Speaker 2>and I had a unbelievable time doing it. Met some <v Speaker 2>great people that I want to throw shout out to. Okay, <v Speaker 2>So I went into a shop in Sepulpa, Oklahoma, and <v Speaker 2>Supulpa is where they shot a lot of the scenes <v Speaker 2>from Rubblefish. So I go into a shop and I ask. <v Speaker 1>An older gentleman. <v Speaker 2>I'm like, hey, man, I know this is a weird question, <v Speaker 2>and I'm walking in out of the blue, but do <v Speaker 2>you know anything about Rubblefish? And the guy like got <v Speaker 2>this look on his face like finally someone right, right, <v Speaker 2>He says, listen, I'm not from here. I don't really know, <v Speaker 2>but I know who does. <v Speaker 1>And he leaves. <v Speaker 2>He takes me out of his storefront. This is like <v Speaker 2>a little knickknack shop. He walks me down like three <v Speaker 2>or four doors down, leaves his shop completely wide open. <v Speaker 1>Wasn't this a character in like Phantom Menace or something <v Speaker 1>that's the ball? Sorry, yeah, I'm sorry. Sepulpacha, Okay, I'm <v Speaker 1>with you, now, go ahead. <v Speaker 2>And so he walks me down and I meet a <v Speaker 2>guy named Micah. His name is Micah Chillette and he <v Speaker 2>writes for the local Supulpa newspaper, the Supulple Times. This <v Speaker 2>guy says, hey, Micah, here's a guy here who wants <v Speaker 2>to know about rubblefish. And his eyes light up, and <v Speaker 2>Micah is like, oh great, I know everything there is <v Speaker 2>to know about Rubblefish. Let me take you around and <v Speaker 2>show you all these locations. <v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh, fantastic. <v Speaker 2>So I see the outside of Rusty James apartment and <v Speaker 2>the infamous fire escape which has been torn down now, <v Speaker 2>but they salvaged it. Danny boyl connor is going to do. <v Speaker 1>Something with it later. Wait, who Danny boy O'Connor? This <v Speaker 1>is I feel like this is going somewhere. Keep going <v Speaker 1>with your story. Well, stay with me, okay. <v Speaker 2>He takes me down to the courthouse, the Suppulple Courthouse, <v Speaker 2>and apparently they shot scenes from the Outsiders where pony <v Speaker 2>Boy was like on trial and whether that the fountain <v Speaker 2>incident was self. <v Speaker 1>Defense or not not. In the theatrical relief Make It <v Speaker 1>came out in two thousand and five, and the re edit. <v Speaker 2>Yes, he takes me also to the there's a place <v Speaker 2>in Rumblefish where the boys kind of get in the <v Speaker 2>wrong area of town. He takes me to that place <v Speaker 2>and so we go in there. He's talking to a <v Speaker 2>guy who works there, had no idea that a movie <v Speaker 2>was filmed there. <v Speaker 1>And then he takes. <v Speaker 2>Me like, I go through the lock door, like over <v Speaker 2>a stack of junk, you know, up the hallway, this backstaircase. <v Speaker 2>He opens the door and he takes me to Rusty <v Speaker 2>James apartment on the third floor of this building that's <v Speaker 2>been gutted. <v Speaker 1>Wow. <v Speaker 2>And I was He's like, see that wallpaper right there, <v Speaker 2>you can see that in the movie. There's where Dennis <v Speaker 2>Hopper was, There's where Mickey Rourke was, There's where Matt <v Speaker 2>Dillon was. And I was just in movie Geek Heaven. <v Speaker 1>So you were a kid in a candy store. I <v Speaker 1>wa mean for our listeners who don't know, Jason is <v Speaker 1>the location guy, like he loved, like one of our <v Speaker 1>very first episodes. He loved talking about how he was <v Speaker 1>at the place that you see at the beginning of <v Speaker 1>Raiders of the Lost Dark. He swung on the rope out. <v Speaker 1>I did swung on the rope out into the river, <v Speaker 1>just like Indiana Jones. And so yesterday he got to <v Speaker 1>go see Sepulpa where a lot of Rumblefish was filmed. <v Speaker 1>But also you mentioned Danny Boy O'Connor and you were <v Speaker 1>also in Tulsa proper singing scenes and locations for the Outsider. <v Speaker 1>That's right, that's right. <v Speaker 2>So Danny Boyle O'Connor, for those of you who don't know, <v Speaker 2>he is one of the hip hop artists. <v Speaker 1>Who hold on, hold on before you jump into this. <v Speaker 1>The guys. I walked in and my son Caleb is <v Speaker 1>talking to Jason, and as I walk in, I heard <v Speaker 1>Caleb going who and You're like listen and you start <v Speaker 1>playing jump around and Caleb's like, you're gonna talk to <v Speaker 1>that guy? Yes. So for our listeners who don't know, <v Speaker 1>Danny Boy O'Connor is one of the members of House <v Speaker 1>of Pain who has changed vocations. I mean he's still <v Speaker 1>doing he's still doing rapping and music and all of that, <v Speaker 1>but he has an entire story that we are going <v Speaker 1>to go over with him on our next episode. So <v Speaker 1>be sure and hit the follow button, be sure and <v Speaker 1>hit the subscribe button, because he has a incredible story <v Speaker 1>about the origin and creation of the Outsiders Museum. <v Speaker 2>It's more than that, because this is the intersectionality of <v Speaker 2>nineties hip hop and eighties movies that will blow your <v Speaker 2>socks off. So fingers crossed, We're. <v Speaker 1>Going to have an interview with him next episode. Next episode. <v Speaker 2>Hey, by the way, real quick before I leave this, <v Speaker 2>if anybody is in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is interested in <v Speaker 2>these things. Almost all of these landmarks are within a <v Speaker 2>few miles of themselves. So Crutchfield Park, the Curtis Brothers House, <v Speaker 2>Johnny KDE's House, the Movie Theater, all of it is <v Speaker 2>within a few miles. It's really easy to do fantastic. <v Speaker 2>So we've kind of just dived in here. But here's <v Speaker 2>our introduction. We are talking about the Outsiders verse versus Rumblefish. <v Speaker 2>Both of them Francis Ford Copple of movies. Both of <v Speaker 2>them came out in nineteen eighty three, which means they <v Speaker 2>are celebrating their fortieth anniversary in March. Outsiders will hit <v Speaker 2>its fortieth sometime in the fall. Rumblefish will hit its <v Speaker 2>fortieth anniversary. And they are both also se hitting novels <v Speaker 2>and so this is like the perfect matchup and both <v Speaker 2>filmed in the Tulsa area, that's right, which both Jason <v Speaker 2>and I have lived there. Jason grew up there. I <v Speaker 2>lived there for a couple of years when I first <v Speaker 2>moved to Oklahoma. So we're both very familiar with the <v Speaker 2>area that these movies were filmed in. And Jason can <v Speaker 2>tell you, since he was there yesterday, that a lot <v Speaker 2>of these places look exactly the same as they did <v Speaker 2>forty years It's stunning. <v Speaker 1>It's stunning. <v Speaker 2>I went to the drive in, like the Admiral Twin <v Speaker 2>drive in theater, and I could literally I'm like there, <v Speaker 2>it is right there, right on the other side of <v Speaker 2>the fence. <v Speaker 1>Fantastic beach Party movie. That's fantastic. Okay. So let's let's <v Speaker 1>talk origin of these stories. Okay, very good, Okay. So <v Speaker 1>the stories both start off with books, and they have <v Speaker 1>an author that has one of the most unique stories <v Speaker 1>you've ever heard. Jason hit me, all right. <v Speaker 2>So Susan Eloise Hinton Susie Susie. Yeah, oh you know, <v Speaker 2>se as you may be familiar with her. She was <v Speaker 2>fifteen years old writing this story, right while she's making <v Speaker 2>a D plus and creative writing and failing English class. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. So if you have a student. If you have <v Speaker 1>a child who is doing dismally bad in their English class, <v Speaker 1>there's still hope. <v Speaker 2>That to me is mind blowing. What teacher would give <v Speaker 2>grades like this anyway, So she's at will Rogers High School, <v Speaker 2>which incidentally is where Pony Boy goes to high school <v Speaker 2>in The Outsiders. She starts chipping away at this story, <v Speaker 2>and it's about rival gangs in her school in Tulsa. <v Speaker 2>For whatever reason, the north side is kind of the <v Speaker 2>bad side of town, and the further you get south, <v Speaker 2>the more money there is. And so there was a <v Speaker 2>fight between the greasers, the rough guys, and then the <v Speaker 2>south side socials. <v Speaker 1>Right, the socials, right, it's so not socks. <v Speaker 2>When my son first read this novel, I told you <v Speaker 2>this yesterday. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>I was asking him, Okay, well, how's it going, you know, <v Speaker 2>when he's a fifth grade or whatever, and he's telling <v Speaker 2>me he's like, yeah, so anyway, the greasers in the <v Speaker 2>socks are getting ready to rumble, and I'm like. <v Speaker 1>It's not socks. Yeah, And again this one. If your <v Speaker 1>kids are mispronouncing words, it means they learned them by reading. <v Speaker 1>Don't be too hard on them. That's right. I can <v Speaker 1>remember when my daughter was like, hey, you know, we <v Speaker 1>should get one of those yachets. And we're like what, Yeah, <v Speaker 1>you know, the the yatchet and we're like, what is <v Speaker 1>a She's like, you know the big boat that like <v Speaker 1>people have the yatchet, like the yacht. The yacht? Is <v Speaker 1>that how you say that word? Yes, it is. So <v Speaker 1>please everybody, don't give up on your children. Yet there's <v Speaker 1>still hope. That's right. So she's fifteen years old, she's <v Speaker 1>failing or nearly failing creative writing, and she's writing her <v Speaker 1>own personal story about this story that she's heard about <v Speaker 1>the Soshias and the Greasers. That's right. <v Speaker 2>So she's fifteen, starts to really kind of get into <v Speaker 2>it as she's sixteen as a junior in high school, <v Speaker 2>manages to get it published by the time she's eighteen. <v Speaker 2>And this basically invents the young adult genre for novels. <v Speaker 1>It's crazy. <v Speaker 2>I mean, if your son or daughter reads young adult, <v Speaker 2>you can think S. E. <v Speaker 1>Hinton. There's an entire section of the library, a large <v Speaker 1>section that's a library that is young adult, and that <v Speaker 1>all started here. That's right. <v Speaker 2>That book went on to sell over fourteen million copies <v Speaker 2>and continues to sell five hundred thousand copies a year. <v Speaker 1>That's crazy. This is a book published in nineteen sixty seven. <v Speaker 1>A fifteen year old author is one of the most <v Speaker 1>successful authors of all time. <v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, and still lives in Tulsa and just kind <v Speaker 2>of hangs out with her husband and that's it. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, So when did this book come out? <v Speaker 2>The Outsiders was published in nineteen sixty seven, okay. Rumblefish <v Speaker 2>was published in nineteen seventy five. <v Speaker 1>Okay. So interestingly, there are other things going on at <v Speaker 1>this time. We've talked about them before. One of them <v Speaker 1>happened in nineteen seventy two, and then the other one <v Speaker 1>happened in nineteen seventy four, and we talked about it <v Speaker 1>almost exactly a year ago. Right now. It was Francis <v Speaker 1>Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather Part two. So <v Speaker 1>right around the time that Si Hinton has become famous <v Speaker 1>for The Outsiders and has written this other novel, Rumblefish, <v Speaker 1>Francis Ford Coppola is becoming famous for, I mean, two <v Speaker 1>of arguably the best movies of all time, maybe the <v Speaker 1>greatest movies of all time. Now here's what blew my mind. Right. <v Speaker 1>You've got The Godfather, you have the Conversation and that <v Speaker 1>where you remember from our Godfather episode and if you <v Speaker 1>haven't heard it, please go back and check that out <v Speaker 1>fiftieth anniversary last year. As a deal to do The Godfather, <v Speaker 1>he said, I want to be able to do the Conversation, right. <v Speaker 1>He had this pet script that he wanted to do, <v Speaker 1>and they're like, okay, you can do that. And so <v Speaker 1>that's what came in between The Godfather and The Godfather <v Speaker 1>Part two is the Conversation. Sure his coup de gras <v Speaker 1>in his own mind, right, right. And then he does <v Speaker 1>Apocalypse Now, which is another one of the greatest movies <v Speaker 1>of all time. So we've got The Godfather, We've got <v Speaker 1>The Conversation, We've got The Godfather Part two, we've got <v Speaker 1>Apocalypse Now. And then he says, you know what, I'll <v Speaker 1>do a musical and he does this movie called One <v Speaker 1>from the Heart that has Terry Garr in it, of <v Speaker 1>all people, right, and so here he is, he's like zoomin. <v Speaker 1>He's like, I can do anything. And so you know <v Speaker 1>what are you gonna do next, mister Coppola. I think <v Speaker 1>I'll do a low budget teen movie. What how does <v Speaker 1>this happen? And how does he go from these three <v Speaker 1>monumental successes this let me show you what I can <v Speaker 1>do this pet project to this movie. <v Speaker 2>Okay, it's mind blowing. Right, What in the world is <v Speaker 2>going on in Francis Ford Koppla's brain to go from <v Speaker 2>those movies that you mentioned to basically. <v Speaker 1>And After School Special? <v Speaker 2>Right now, here's what happens. There's a librarian at Lone <v Speaker 2>Star Elementary School in Fresno, California. <v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, and. <v Speaker 2>She notices that all of her sixth, seventh, and eighth <v Speaker 2>graders coming through her library are really interested in The Outsiders, <v Speaker 2>and she begins to talk to them, and they come <v Speaker 2>to her and they're like, is this a movie? <v Speaker 1>Like? <v Speaker 2>Can we watch this movie? And she realizes there's this <v Speaker 2>market for these kids that like want to see this movie. <v Speaker 2>She gets fifteen pages worth of signatures. They all decide, <v Speaker 2>Francis Ford Kopla is the guy we want to make <v Speaker 2>this movie. <v Speaker 1>I mean why not? I mean, you know, hey, who <v Speaker 1>is a director you've heard of at this point, Well, <v Speaker 1>there's the guy that did The Godfather and Apocalypse? Now, <v Speaker 1>how about that guy? All right, let's give it to Yeah, sure, <v Speaker 1>let's do it. I mean why not? <v Speaker 2>I mean the greatest director of the time. Let's see <v Speaker 2>if he'll do this movie for us. So she sends <v Speaker 2>this letter requesting him to do this movie. But here's <v Speaker 2>the interesting part. She doesn't send it to this movie studio, <v Speaker 2>which like ninety nine percent of the people would. She <v Speaker 2>finds this obscure address in New York where he has <v Speaker 2>an active mail account, but not really anybody else there <v Speaker 2>but him. So for whatever reason, she chooses that address <v Speaker 2>to send this letter to Nice and it bypasses all <v Speaker 2>the stupid people at the studio at the studio, which <v Speaker 2>would all the gatekeepers, all the gatekeepers, and it ends <v Speaker 2>up in his hand and he reads this letter and <v Speaker 2>he's moved by this. <v Speaker 1>That's fantastic. So he reads the novel and he's like, <v Speaker 1>I think I would like to do this. Yeah. So, <v Speaker 1>hearing this story, I reached out to Francis Ford Coppola, <v Speaker 1>I know, right, and actually we talked to his publicist <v Speaker 1>and his agent and they said, hey, he is in <v Speaker 1>the middle of filming a new movie, which I mean <v Speaker 1>he hasn't He's done virtually nothing in the last twenty years. <v Speaker 1>When you send me that text, I was like, what, Yeah, <v Speaker 1>they said, hey, super sorry. He is in the middle <v Speaker 1>of shooting this movie called Megalopolis. Yes, and he will <v Speaker 1>be busy with post production even when they're done with filming, <v Speaker 1>so he won't be able to do it. But at least, hey, <v Speaker 1>they said, thanks for asking. Okay. So he gets this <v Speaker 1>letter in the mail, and I mean she sends him <v Speaker 1>the she sends him the pages that are signed. He's <v Speaker 1>he's talking about. He's like, they're all in different inc. <v Speaker 1>I mean, this is a legit deal. He reads the book, <v Speaker 1>he says, I love it. I would love to do this, right, <v Speaker 1>And so where does he decide to go? Right? Was <v Speaker 1>he going to go to Kansas City where they wanted <v Speaker 1>to shoot The Godfather? No way. No, is he going <v Speaker 1>to go to La or they've got sets. No is <v Speaker 1>he going to go out to the jungle where they <v Speaker 1>shout apocalypse now? No, he is going to go to Tulsa, Oklahoma. <v Speaker 2>I love this about Francis Portkopla. Yeah, there is no <v Speaker 2>way he was going to shoot The Godfather Kansas City. <v Speaker 1>You talked about it. We talked about it during our <v Speaker 1>Godfather episode. <v Speaker 2>He really is an artist and he wants the greatest <v Speaker 2>amount of accuracy and detail that he can, so I'm <v Speaker 2>going to Tulsa. <v Speaker 1>Yep, love it. And so that's the origin story for <v Speaker 1>The Outsiders. Yes, very nicely, we will flow right into <v Speaker 1>the origin story for Rumblefish. So one of our key <v Speaker 1>characters in The Outsiders is Dally, played by a young <v Speaker 1>Matt Dillon. As he's in the midst of shooting The Outsiders, <v Speaker 1>Matt Dylan is like, Hey, you like sie Hinton and <v Speaker 1>she's there too, you should really check out Rumblefish. He <v Speaker 1>reads Rumblefish and falls head over heels in love. And Guys, <v Speaker 1>I know that probably ninety five percent of our audience <v Speaker 1>is familiar with The Outsiders, and I know probably five <v Speaker 1>percent of our audience is familiar with Rumblefish. It is <v Speaker 1>just it is not as successful. Came out the same year, <v Speaker 1>exact same year, both had Matt Dillon in it, both <v Speaker 1>Francis Ford Coppola, both s he Hinton. But Rumblefish, although <v Speaker 1>it does have a bit of a cult following, is <v Speaker 1>nothing like the following of the Outsiders. But in Francis <v Speaker 1>Ford Coppola's mind, there are two top movies of all <v Speaker 1>of the movies that he's made, and those two movies <v Speaker 1>are The Conversation, which I talked about right, and Rumblefish. <v Speaker 2>I know I listened to his commentary. I know you <v Speaker 2>did as well. <v Speaker 1>You can hear the. <v Speaker 2>Adoration that he has for that story. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, and that movie. Yes, when he read the book, <v Speaker 1>it touched in him a personal court. He identified with <v Speaker 1>what was going on in that story from experiences that <v Speaker 1>he had growing up in various places, because they moved <v Speaker 1>around a bunch, sure, and one of the places that <v Speaker 1>they landed was a place called Woodside. And he had <v Speaker 1>an older brother, Augustus, whose nickname was Augie. Yep, and <v Speaker 1>Oggi was a member of what he kindly referred to <v Speaker 1>as a social club, what we might call a gang. <v Speaker 1>And the name of that gang is the Wild Deuces. <v Speaker 1>The Wild Deuces. So if you are one of that <v Speaker 1>five percent who is familiar with Rumblefish, you will know <v Speaker 1>that name because that's the jacket that young Nick Coppola, yes, <v Speaker 1>better known as Nicholas Cage, is wearing in the movie. <v Speaker 1>It is his own father's jacket because Nick Cage, Nick Coppola, <v Speaker 1>is Francis Ford Coppola's nephew, Augie's son, is wearing Augie's <v Speaker 1>jacket in this movie. <v Speaker 2>Wait a minute, now, are you telling me that movie <v Speaker 2>star Nicholas Cage is actually born Nick Coppola in is <v Speaker 2>Francis Ford Coppola's nephew. <v Speaker 1>Yes, it's incredible. It is awesome, dude, it is. It <v Speaker 1>is super awesome. So Francis dedicates this movie. At the <v Speaker 1>end of the movie, you'll see he dedicates this movie <v Speaker 1>to Aggie Coppola. And this movie is about a younger <v Speaker 1>brother and an older brother and their relationship. And he refers. <v Speaker 1>He says, this movie is dedicated to Ali Coppola, my <v Speaker 1>first and best teacher. There's something about the relationship between <v Speaker 1>a younger brother and an older brother that is almost undefinable, <v Speaker 1>and he tries to capture it in this movie. And <v Speaker 1>it's really truly incredible. It is an emotion that can't <v Speaker 1>be described. And he does something special to give us <v Speaker 1>that feeling and that emotion and that empathy. It's great <v Speaker 1>to see him take something and go completely. I mean, <v Speaker 1>we talk about how he goes from Godfather to Apocalypse <v Speaker 1>now to The Outsiders, and that's such a strange twist <v Speaker 1>of events. But he's in his own words, Rumblefish is <v Speaker 1>the opposite of the Outsiders. <v Speaker 2>I think he says, like the flip side of the coin, Righteah. <v Speaker 1>I mean opposite, flat out opposite. Whereas as you've got <v Speaker 1>colors and beauty, this is black and white and harsh reality. <v Speaker 1>You've got a PG rating, you got an R rating. <v Speaker 1>He says, They're the opposite. Used different editors, used different soundtracks, <v Speaker 1>totally different movies. But interestingly, early eighties, this is Coppola's <v Speaker 1>teen movies. These are both teen movies. So now what's <v Speaker 1>interesting is a year before these movies came out, nineteen <v Speaker 1>eighty two, Disney released a movie that was also an <v Speaker 1>s he Hitton novel. Yes, and that movie was called Techs. Right. <v Speaker 1>You know where I was filmed Tulsa, Oklama. Tulsa, Oklahoma again, <v Speaker 1>And I mentioned in our previous episode when I was <v Speaker 1>talking about, Hey, we're coming up on this, that my <v Speaker 1>sister in law, my brother's wife, she lived in Tulsa <v Speaker 1>at that time. Right. I talked to her on the <v Speaker 1>phone today. I'm like, hey, tell me the story about <v Speaker 1>what happened, you know, let's let's go, right, And she said, so, <v Speaker 1>they just they showed up to their high school, right, <v Speaker 1>and they said, anybody interested in this, you know, talking <v Speaker 1>about this movie, come on over and she goes, I <v Speaker 1>think we might have even been in a classroom, like <v Speaker 1>just sitting in there and the director came in. So <v Speaker 1>the director is there and they're talking to the kids. <v Speaker 1>I mean, you're talking to the high school kids, right, Hey, <v Speaker 1>we're doing this kind of high school movie. It's a <v Speaker 1>Disney movie, but we're kind of making this a little <v Speaker 1>more edgy than some of the Disney movies have been <v Speaker 1>in the bash sure, and so you know, hey, what <v Speaker 1>what stuff do you guys? Know? What skills do you have? <v Speaker 1>And they kind of start talking and eventually it's like, hey, <v Speaker 1>does anybody know how to ride a motorcycle? If you're <v Speaker 1>familiar with the movie text, you see Matt Dillon sitting <v Speaker 1>on a motorcycle, right, that's the poster. And my sister <v Speaker 1>in law is like, yeah, I know how to ride <v Speaker 1>a motorcycle, right, Ye, Well, my sister in law's maiden <v Speaker 1>name is Winters. And if there if we have any <v Speaker 1>fans out there who are motorcycle enthusiasts, her dad is <v Speaker 1>Leroy Winters, who is one of the most famous motorcycle <v Speaker 1>guys of the sixties. <v Speaker 2>Okay, I bet Pat Cannadala knows who that guy is. <v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, hit me up, Pat if you know <v Speaker 1>who Leroy Winters is, right, bought my first motorcycle for <v Speaker 1>mister Leroy Winters in Fort Smith, Arkansas, which is where <v Speaker 1>she grew up, but she was living in Tulsa this time, <v Speaker 1>going to high school. Okay, anyway, they're like, do you <v Speaker 1>know how to ride a motorcycle? She's like, yeah, I <v Speaker 1>can do it, and they're like, okay, come out to this, <v Speaker 1>come out to the river, and let's see what she <v Speaker 1>can do. Her brother was supposed to meet her out there, <v Speaker 1>right and bring a motorcycle that they had. Well something <v Speaker 1>happened and he fell through, and so she's out there <v Speaker 1>and she's like, I'm sorry, guys, I don't have a <v Speaker 1>motorcycle to ride. And they're like, well, that's okay, we've <v Speaker 1>got one. And they give her like this five hundred <v Speaker 1>cc motorcycle that's kind of big for as a high <v Speaker 1>school girl. And they're like, show us what you can do. <v Speaker 1>See if you can do that jump over there, you know, <v Speaker 1>like giving her a challenge, like really, like was this <v Speaker 1>girl going to do anything? She's like okay, and she can't, <v Speaker 1>even like her feet won't both touch the ground on <v Speaker 1>this motorcycle, right, So she's thinking about that and she's like, <v Speaker 1>get going fast. So she is hauling ass to make <v Speaker 1>this jump, does the jump, and he's going so fast <v Speaker 1>that like she lands and has to skid to a <v Speaker 1>halt and it's right in front of them and it's <v Speaker 1>like er and then she has to jump off of <v Speaker 1>the motorcycle or she's gonna fall over because she can't <v Speaker 1>at your legs. So she literally jumps this giant thing, <v Speaker 1>skids right in front of him, jumps off and is <v Speaker 1>there holding the bike and they're like, wow, who are <v Speaker 1>you again? And she's like, my name's Robin Winters. And <v Speaker 1>then she's and they're like are you related to Leroy <v Speaker 1>Winters And she says yeah, he's my dad and he's <v Speaker 1>like oh. And she becomes the girl that they go <v Speaker 1>to to do all motorcycle things. She's in the movie text. <v Speaker 1>She's on the back of the motorcycle with Amelio Estevez. <v Speaker 1>I mean she becomes friends with Amelia, she becomes friends <v Speaker 1>with Meg Tilly. They go hang out and barbecue at <v Speaker 1>people's houses. She said, I think I'm I think I <v Speaker 1>met Charlie Sheen. I think he might have like almost <v Speaker 1>drowned in the river as we were out partying one night, <v Speaker 1>you know, and wow, they barbecue together, said she met Martin. <v Speaker 1>She went out to La after it was all over <v Speaker 1>and just had this fantastic time I learned about it <v Speaker 1>just this last these last couple of months, right, fantastic. <v Speaker 1>And so I mentioned that that she taught Mickey Rourke <v Speaker 1>to ride a motorcycle. Well that's not exactly right. She <v Speaker 1>helped him. She did. So when they got to Rumblefish Time, <v Speaker 1>Phodoo Howard gave her call, said, hey, can you come <v Speaker 1>help us out with this picture? We got some motorcycle stuff, <v Speaker 1>And so she came and she's talking to him and <v Speaker 1>she's like, well, who is this I'm supposed to help learn? <v Speaker 1>And she's like, Mickey Rourke was standing in a shadow <v Speaker 1>like smoking a cigarette and he just kind of appears. <v Speaker 1>She's like, wow, I feel like I know that guy's <v Speaker 1>And so she had just seen him in you know, <v Speaker 1>body heat or something like that. You know. Okay, so <v Speaker 1>she's like but she said, he kind of already knew, <v Speaker 1>but needed just a little kind of update, you know, <v Speaker 1>like you know, when you hear it get to that speed, <v Speaker 1>you need to switch gears, She said Matt Dillon though <v Speaker 1>he was a New York City kid who didn't know <v Speaker 1>anything about motorcycles, and she had to teach him everything. <v Speaker 1>So you got Texts on the motorcycle. My sister in <v Speaker 1>law is the guy who taught that guy hat to Wow. Wow, <v Speaker 1>that's crazy. <v Speaker 2>Right, that's a great story. Yeah, I've got a text <v Speaker 2>story too. It's not as good as yours, but I'm <v Speaker 2>gonna throw this out there. So text comes out in <v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty. Obviously, I'm from Tulsa. This is all shot <v Speaker 2>in South Tulsa, around where I live. <v Speaker 1>Right, this is the first. <v Speaker 2>Time it hits me that movies are not real. So <v Speaker 2>Texts and his brother are driving around in a pickup <v Speaker 2>truck having a conversation, right, the conversation's continuity flows, right, <v Speaker 2>But they're by this thing, and then they're four miles <v Speaker 2>away in front of this thing, and then they're five <v Speaker 2>miles away in front of this thing. And then they're <v Speaker 2>going west, and then they're going east. And I'm like, <v Speaker 2>I'm a nine year old kid, going this what wait <v Speaker 2>a minute, this is not right? <v Speaker 1>And then you saw RoboCop exactly. <v Speaker 2>But the most unbelievable thing about texts is that Emilio <v Speaker 2>esta business character wears both a Oklahoma Sooners shirt and <v Speaker 2>an Oklahoma State Cowboy shirts. That's the thing that I <v Speaker 2>had the most. <v Speaker 1>Problem with as a nine year old. Kiss funny. So <v Speaker 1>Emilio Estevez of course goes on and does the next <v Speaker 1>se Hinton movie, which is The Outsiders, as does Matt Dillon. Right, <v Speaker 1>Rourke tries out for it, doesn't get it right, but <v Speaker 1>Francis Ford Coppola likes him so much that he's like, Hey, <v Speaker 1>you need to come on back. And I'm kind of <v Speaker 1>I'm falling into casting here. So before I do that, <v Speaker 1>let me just tell one more story. Okay, sure, So <v Speaker 1>this is this is post both movies, right, Okay, into <v Speaker 1>both movies. He's doing the editing. He's editing the scene <v Speaker 1>in Rumblefish where Mickey Rourke decides to go in and <v Speaker 1>free all of the animals from the pet store. Okay, <v Speaker 1>it's very pee wee herman of him. Well, yes, right, <v Speaker 1>it's an interesting and an interesting conundrum, right, yes, And <v Speaker 1>so anyway, he is, he's filmed this, he's in the <v Speaker 1>midst of editing this. This is a part of the book. <v Speaker 1>This is part of the book Rumblefish, right, And so <v Speaker 1>he goes to see Hinton and he's like, hey, you <v Speaker 1>know that scene in the book where they decide to <v Speaker 1>let all of the animals go huh. She's like, yeah, yes, <v Speaker 1>how'd you come up with that idea? And she's like, no, <v Speaker 1>I saw that in a movie. Actually. He's like, what <v Speaker 1>was the movie and she's like, oh, I can't remember <v Speaker 1>the name of it. Uh, had James Cohn in it? <v Speaker 1>He was like, oh, James Kahn. Was it The Rain People? <v Speaker 1>She's like, yeah, that's it, The Rain People. And he's like, huh, <v Speaker 1>that's a movie that I wrote and directed right before <v Speaker 1>I did The God That's Friends. For So Francis Worp, <v Speaker 1>without even realizing it until after everything's done, is directing <v Speaker 1>a scene in a movie that the writer of the <v Speaker 1>book took from a scene of another one of his movies. <v Speaker 1>That is unbelievable. <v Speaker 2>That's a fantastic story. <v Speaker 1>Thank you. Okay, we ready to get into casting. Let's <v Speaker 1>talk about okay, because I'm bursting at the scenes with <v Speaker 1>fun stuff to talk about with the cast. I mean you, <v Speaker 1>we could stop at Outsiders alone, because holy cow, this <v Speaker 1>is like the big bang of the Brat pack of <v Speaker 1>eighty stars. Right, yeah, it really is gigantic. All of <v Speaker 1>these guys who were one of the very first movies <v Speaker 1>that they're ever in. <v Speaker 2>Well, first of all, after doing the Godfather movies and Apocalypse. <v Speaker 2>Now in the Black Stallion, you throw this out there. <v Speaker 2>It's an open cast call, and you bring in all <v Speaker 2>this young talent, and so of course you're gonna have <v Speaker 2>hugely talented people that want to be involved in this movie. <v Speaker 1>Okay. <v Speaker 2>It's an interesting way that they did it. So they <v Speaker 2>would bring in all these actors and they were all <v Speaker 2>sitting in the same room, and before we get specifically <v Speaker 2>who they were, Francis four Coppola would go, Okay, Dee Graves, <v Speaker 2>you're a pony boy, and Jason Colvin you are soda <v Speaker 2>pop and ready gope, yeah, and it would just kind <v Speaker 2>of toss him in the ring together. And so like <v Speaker 2>Tom Cruise read for five or six or seven different parts. <v Speaker 2>And I heard Rob Low talking about this. He said, <v Speaker 2>nobody really ever honed in that that was their role <v Speaker 2>because you played so many different roles, you really didn't <v Speaker 2>know where you stood or where you're. <v Speaker 1>Going to land. Right. Ralph Mancio talks about this scenario <v Speaker 1>and he was like it was it was mind bending. <v Speaker 1>It was so stressful because you were sitting there watching <v Speaker 1>other guys read the part that you just read, and <v Speaker 1>you're thinking, oh my gosh, this is a different choice <v Speaker 1>that he's made, and what did I make the wrong choice? <v Speaker 1>And he's a new I mean a very new actor <v Speaker 1>and a New York kid. So he's trying to do <v Speaker 1>this Tulsa, Oklahoma. Actual, yes, and he's just panic, panic <v Speaker 1>stricken the entire audition. Okay, so let's get into it. <v Speaker 2>But before we get into the big players, I want <v Speaker 2>to give you just a little bit of the little players. <v Speaker 1>Okay. <v Speaker 2>Yeah, So one of the guys that's in Outsiders and <v Speaker 2>Rumblefish and is a guy that we've talked about before. <v Speaker 2>His name is Tom Waits. <v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, Tom Waits, who's more famous as a singer, <v Speaker 1>but has definitely had a slew of movies that he <v Speaker 1>has played a small part in. <v Speaker 2>So he plays Buck Merril and the Outsiders and he <v Speaker 2>plays another small part in Rumblefish. But do you remember <v Speaker 2>when we talked about him before. <v Speaker 1>We talked about how in the Dark Night that Heath Ledger. <v Speaker 1>We have a strong suspicion that Heath Ledger was channeling <v Speaker 1>his inner Tom Waits that when he did that, right. <v Speaker 2>Yeah, the voice of the Joker. Yeah, took his voice <v Speaker 2>from Tom Waits. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>I have a growing level of popularity throughout the inner <v Speaker 2>continelly the United States. So yeah, okay, one more smaller <v Speaker 2>part I want to bring up to you. And this <v Speaker 2>blew my mind when I learned this. It's Michelle Myrink. <v Speaker 2>She's Cherry Valance's friend who sits next her at the <v Speaker 2>drive in. <v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I saw her and I was like, I <v Speaker 1>know that face. How do I know that face? I <v Speaker 1>know that face? And so I had to hit pause. <v Speaker 1>I had to look her up on IMDb and I <v Speaker 1>was like, ah, of course, yes. <v Speaker 2>So she was in Valley Girls, she was in Revenge <v Speaker 2>of the Nerds, but really. <v Speaker 1>For me, she's Jordan in Real Genius. Yes, that was <v Speaker 1>it for me too. <v Speaker 2>I almost fell out of my chair. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>So, okay, so let's talk about pony Boy Curtis for <v Speaker 2>a second before you get there. <v Speaker 1>Okay, just you're talking small parts before we get to <v Speaker 1>the big parts. I want to just throw out a <v Speaker 1>couple that, okay, may surprise you, all right, Yeah, yeah, <v Speaker 1>So in like extras, mind you. Yes, we have Melanie Griffith. <v Speaker 1>And also we have Heather langing Camp. Yes, and you <v Speaker 1>know what movie. <v Speaker 2>She's She's freaking Nancy from Nyrore on Elm Street. Yes, <v Speaker 2>she's actually born and raised in Tulsa. Yeah, so Tulsa <v Speaker 2>actress Heather land Camp Nancy. <v Speaker 1>And then another smaller part, speaking part and important part <v Speaker 1>in both of these movies is a guy named Glenn Withrow. <v Speaker 1>Glenn Withrow is the guy who comes up while Pony <v Speaker 1>Boy is sitting talking to Cherry at the drive in <v Speaker 1>theater and is like, did Dadley slash my tires? I <v Speaker 1>know he slashed my tires. Yeah. He also plays Biff <v Speaker 1>in Not Back to the Future, although I'm pretty confident <v Speaker 1>that's where they got his name. Probably yes, But he <v Speaker 1>plays Biff in Rumblefish, the guy who gets in the <v Speaker 1>initial rumble with Rusty James s Matt Dellen. <v Speaker 2>And you were So he has his hair peroxided. He's <v Speaker 2>the guy who slashes in with a knife. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, blonde guy. He's blond and rumblefishly different a greezer <v Speaker 1>in the Outsiders And then just real quick on that <v Speaker 1>one before we get too far off of him. So <v Speaker 1>there's a really dramatic scene where motorcycle Boy takes Biff out, right, <v Speaker 1>I mean, it's one of the most unforgettable scenes of <v Speaker 1>the movie. And it was actually the idea of the <v Speaker 1>stunt coordinator who said, what if we do this and <v Speaker 1>so the way that Biff, after he has made this <v Speaker 1>cowardly move of slashing Rusty James while he's looking away, Yeah, <v Speaker 1>motorcycle Boy uses his motorcycle to take Biff out and <v Speaker 1>it's a fantastic I mean, you just think about no <v Speaker 1>CG and nothing else. It hits him and he does <v Speaker 1>a full back flip up in the air and over <v Speaker 1>onto his face, basically right. Sure, it's incredible, And that <v Speaker 1>was the stunt coordinator who's like, you know, I think <v Speaker 1>we could pull this off. Buddy Joe Hooker, by the way, <v Speaker 1>stunt coordinator a ton of movies, but I just thought <v Speaker 1>that was a really cool scene. It was an amazing scene, <v Speaker 1>and they pulled it off flawless and once again all <v Speaker 1>in black and white. <v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it pops, It pops hard. <v Speaker 1>We'll talk more about that here in a second, all right. <v Speaker 2>Casting, Yeah, so pony Boy Curtis is the narrator of <v Speaker 2>the story. That's the character that C. Thomas Howell plays <v Speaker 2>in the movie. <v Speaker 1>Yep. <v Speaker 2>Now you had people like Timothy Hutt and read for <v Speaker 2>this Anthony Michael Hall, like think Rusty in Vacation, very <v Speaker 2>young Anthony Michael Hall. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, same year, same year, and that was that was <v Speaker 1>really his first big movie was Vacation. <v Speaker 2>Val Kilmer read for pony Boy yeap. <v Speaker 1>He was doing a stage play at that time. They <v Speaker 1>actually offered it to him and he turned it down. <v Speaker 2>He couldn't do it because if he backed out, the <v Speaker 2>whole thing would have folded, and he felt responsible. <v Speaker 1>Didn't want to do that. <v Speaker 2>So I heard Rob Loow talking about when he knew <v Speaker 2>that C. Thomas Hall had the part right, and so <v Speaker 2>see Thomas how For those of you who may not know, <v Speaker 2>he was in the Hitcher, he was in et. He <v Speaker 2>was in a great eighties movie that a lot of <v Speaker 2>people have overlooked called Secret Admirer. It's one of my favorites. <v Speaker 2>I don't know why it's not a teen classic. <v Speaker 1>I love it. <v Speaker 2>Solman right, Soulman Side Out. <v Speaker 1>Married Raydon Cheng who was in Soulman. That's exactly right. <v Speaker 2>Roblow was talking about when he knew C. Thomas Hall <v Speaker 2>had the part Francis four Coppola, who he was in <v Speaker 2>his style, he would be like, all right, Roblow, you <v Speaker 2>read for pony Boy. You know Val Kilmer, you read <v Speaker 2>for Soda Pop. You know Patrick Swayze, you read for <v Speaker 2>Johnny Kid, whatever, And they would just throw it all around, <v Speaker 2>right Roblow said, of course, they're all on the edge <v Speaker 2>of this warehouse watching Francis four Coppola would say, all right, <v Speaker 2>Tommy you stay, Uh, tom Cruise, you read for Soda Pop. <v Speaker 2>You know, Roblow, you read for Johnny cad and Dennis Quaid. <v Speaker 1>You read for Dally. <v Speaker 2>All right, you three out, Tommy, you stay. And as <v Speaker 2>soon as he started doing that, yeah, Roblo's like he's <v Speaker 2>got it. <v Speaker 1>He's pony Boy. You know that. Coppla asked for Patrick <v Speaker 1>Swayze specifically, like a lot of those guys came into audition, <v Speaker 1>and he asked for Swayze specifically. Do you know what <v Speaker 1>movie he saw him in? <v Speaker 2>What's the stupid roller skating movie. <v Speaker 1>Called Skatetown USA. It is a monumental debut by mister <v Speaker 1>Patrick Swayze that earns a whopping four point eight on <v Speaker 1>the IMDb scale out of ten. It got him the <v Speaker 1>party and the Outsiders. What do you what. <v Speaker 2>Roller Skates gave us Darryl and the Outsiders and eventually <v Speaker 2>Body in Point Break. <v Speaker 1>So yeah, and dirty dancing, I mean dancing, that's right, <v Speaker 1>that right? Right? <v Speaker 2>All right, So let's talk about the part of Dallas Winston. <v Speaker 2>He's the big battie, right, he's the hood right hood <v Speaker 2>get lost hood? <v Speaker 1>Yeah right? <v Speaker 2>Matt Doana just shot texts right s he Hitton is <v Speaker 2>the one who said I think he'd be a good Dallas. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>And it's interesting in the novel, looks nothing like Matt Dylan. <v Speaker 2>He's blonde, looks totally different. And sie Hinton came to <v Speaker 2>Francis four coppola and said, you know, I think maybe <v Speaker 2>Matt Dylan is our guy. And so early on in <v Speaker 2>the auditions they're reading for all these different parts, Francis <v Speaker 2>four coppola goes to Matt Dillon and says, okay, you <v Speaker 2>can go home, Matt, and Matt's like, crap, they're sending <v Speaker 2>me home already. I blew it, right, I didn't get it. <v Speaker 2>I'm not anything. They're kicking me out of here. And <v Speaker 2>what he didn't know that he had already been decided. <v Speaker 1>He was gonna be cast nice. <v Speaker 2>Interestingly, Francis four Coppola during the filming went to Matt <v Speaker 2>Dillon and said, hey, you know, for your character, like <v Speaker 2>for your study of your character, why don't you spend <v Speaker 2>a couple of nights in jail. And Matt Dylan's like, <v Speaker 2>no way, Francis, you spend a couple of nights in jail, right, <v Speaker 2>So some guys who read for Dally, of course Tom Cruise, <v Speaker 2>Adam Baldwin, who was kind of the star of My Bodyguard, <v Speaker 2>and then Nick Cage. Nicholas Cage locked himself in a <v Speaker 2>room for two weeks stared at a picture of Charles <v Speaker 2>Bronson trying to channel his inner Dolly Us even though <v Speaker 2>his uncle is the director didn't get it. But of <v Speaker 2>course he shows up later in Rumblefish. <v Speaker 1>Right. I thought this was funny. <v Speaker 2>So Francis pour Coppola got mad at Matt Dillon during <v Speaker 2>the shooting of The Outsiders, Yeah, and called him a <v Speaker 2>get ready for it, brace yourself an airhead, and as <v Speaker 2>he had made him go, apologized. <v Speaker 1>So that's that's funny. That's funny. <v Speaker 2>By the way, Matt Dillon was like seventeen eighteen when <v Speaker 2>he filmed this. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was fifteen Yeah, as I was looking at <v Speaker 1>as I was watching. I mean, it's there's something about <v Speaker 1>black and white. As I'm watching Rumblefish and he's in <v Speaker 1>that tank top white shirt, I'm just like, Matt Dylan <v Speaker 1>has the most perfect skin I've ever seen in my life. <v Speaker 1>I mean, it's just flawless. It's like, oh, it's because <v Speaker 1>he's seventeen years old. Well, but he doesn't have any <v Speaker 1>zits or anything. Yeah, I mean it's just he's like porcelain. <v Speaker 2>It's just let's go to Darryl Curtis. That's the part <v Speaker 2>that Patrick Swayze plays. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>Well, turns out Patrick Swayze's twenty nine when he makes this. Yep, <v Speaker 2>they wanted somebody to play the older brother. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, but they didn't want somebody to be too old. <v Speaker 2>But somehow or another, he channels his inner twenty one <v Speaker 2>year old and plays just the right amount of older brother. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>So Mickey Rourke was actually one person that they had <v Speaker 2>in mind. <v Speaker 1>To play for Darryl, right, right. Dennis Quaid is another. Okay, yeah, <v Speaker 1>yeah I heard that. <v Speaker 3>Yeah. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. <v Speaker 2>So ultimately, Franz Sportcopola, like you said, liked him from <v Speaker 2>that movie rollers Gate America around USA Skate Down USA. Okay, <v Speaker 2>Johnny kaid, this is the part that Ralph Macchio plays. Yeah, <v Speaker 2>Ralph Machi was twenty years old. <v Speaker 1>Let me just say this. Let me just say this, <v Speaker 1>all right. So you talked to Caylab before this, and <v Speaker 1>he was he was wowing you with his Star Wars knowledge, right, right. <v Speaker 1>He is more obsessed with Cobra Kai than he is <v Speaker 1>with Star Wars, Like, I mean, every day, it's like, okay, dad, <v Speaker 1>So mister Miyagi in his prime versus Johnny in his prime? <v Speaker 1>Who wins? I'm like, dude, I don't know. He's like, okay, okay, okay, <v Speaker 1>get it. How about this? How about Hawk in his <v Speaker 1>prime versus Johnny in his prime? I'm like, dude, I <v Speaker 1>don't what. I don't know this. These are real people, <v Speaker 1>yeah right, I don't yeah what. This is the movie? Right? <v Speaker 1>So anyway, he's he he and he gets mad when <v Speaker 1>people don't like Cobra Kai or Karate Kid stuff. Right. Sure. <v Speaker 1>So he comes in like when I'm a quarter of <v Speaker 1>the way through The Outsiders and I had mentioned to him, <v Speaker 1>I'm like, hey, I'm gonna go to watch this movie. <v Speaker 1>By the way, it's got Ralph Macchio and he's like, who, <v Speaker 1>I'm like Daniel's son. He's like, oh, okay, I might <v Speaker 1>can watch that with you. So he comes in after <v Speaker 1>I've been watching so many twenty five minutes of the movie. <v Speaker 1>Right right, we've hit the plot point the guy's been stabbed. <v Speaker 1>And then he comes in after they've made their escape, <v Speaker 1>and so he's like, oh, yeah, there's Daniel. And he <v Speaker 1>goes what's his name in this movie? And I was <v Speaker 1>like it's Johnny and he was like really. I was like, yes, <v Speaker 1>really is like you know why? That's funny? Right? I <v Speaker 1>was like, oh yeah, cratty kid, I get it. Yeah right, yeah, <v Speaker 1>So there you go, that's funny. <v Speaker 2>So for the part of Johnny Caid, can you imagine <v Speaker 2>Scott Bao from Happy Days? <v Speaker 1>No, Chachi, No, he can be Charles in Charge all day, <v Speaker 1>but not Johnny. Sorry no. Yeah. <v Speaker 2>So Ralph Macchio talks about how when he read the <v Speaker 2>book as a seventh grader, he really latched onto this character, <v Speaker 2>and even though he read for different parts, he's like, man, <v Speaker 2>I really just want to play Johnny. I hope I <v Speaker 2>get Johnny. <v Speaker 1>He said. Anytime he had to read for. <v Speaker 2>Soda Pop or something else, he was just kind of <v Speaker 2>bummed that he wasn't reading for Johnny and ultimately got <v Speaker 2>his favorite character in the book. Now, one of the <v Speaker 2>things I thought was funny is that Tommy Hall and him, <v Speaker 2>you know, pony Boy and Johnny cad are like best buddies. <v Speaker 2>Well in real life, they were kind of irritants to <v Speaker 2>each other, okay, because Ralph Maccio is a serious actor <v Speaker 2>wants to make sure he's prepared and in his character, <v Speaker 2>and Tommy Howell was worried about getting a high. <v Speaker 1>Score on pac Man. So yeah, as I understood, a <v Speaker 1>lot of the guys were practical joking throughout the entire shoot, <v Speaker 1>but Ralph Montio was not one of those guys. He <v Speaker 1>was very focused on giving it his absolute best and <v Speaker 1>didn't want to be any part of the shenanigans. <v Speaker 2>One of the things that he did contribute a lot <v Speaker 2>to that A lot of people don't know this story. <v Speaker 2>So there's a real famous shot of the guys on <v Speaker 2>that movie poster and they're cracking up and it's a <v Speaker 2>great shot. Everybody's all smiles. So one of the guys <v Speaker 2>on set was reaching for some food on a table <v Speaker 2>and somebody corrected him and say, hey, man, that's for <v Speaker 2>the talent. That's not for you, right right, And while <v Speaker 2>they're taking this picture, they're all standing there. Ralph Mancio goes, yeah, life, <v Speaker 2>that's for the talent. <v Speaker 1>So was the guy who played Bob. <v Speaker 2>That was a guy who played Bob Leaife Garrett was <v Speaker 2>thrown under the bus by Johnny caid. <v Speaker 1>Ah, that's fantastic. <v Speaker 2>It wasn't enough to kill Bob. He also had to <v Speaker 2>throw the actor into the bus, all right. Soda Pop <v Speaker 2>Curtis played by Rob Low, seventeen years old turned eighteen <v Speaker 2>during filming. Tom Cruise read for this part, but one <v Speaker 2>of the descriptions of Soda Pop Curtis is that he <v Speaker 2>was insanely cute boy. <v Speaker 1>Uh huh. <v Speaker 2>And Rob Low is just the prettiest man in the <v Speaker 2>face of the earth. <v Speaker 1>Sure, that was a lock rightest man I ever seen. <v Speaker 1>Tom Cruise though, Like I mean, this is pre all <v Speaker 1>Tom Cruise, right, This is basically Tom Cruise's very first movie. Well, <v Speaker 1>he'd been in Taps, right, But he keeps his back <v Speaker 1>to the camera the entire time. Like his face he's <v Speaker 1>barely even when he's in it. He's it's as though <v Speaker 1>he is avoiding, like he's like, I don't want to <v Speaker 1>be a part of this movie, and he's turned away, <v Speaker 1>or unless he's eating cake and wants to show you <v Speaker 1>all the cake in his head, then he'll give you <v Speaker 1>a full frontal smile. But he it was weird to <v Speaker 1>see him not be the spotlight in this movie. Yeah. <v Speaker 2>I did see one scene that was deleted where he <v Speaker 2>was grabbing at a Sosho's trying to drive off and <v Speaker 2>he's reaching through the and trying to pull this guy <v Speaker 2>out the window, and I thought, that's a young Jack <v Speaker 2>Reacher right there. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, he was tough, and he was still yeah, <v Speaker 1>he was still ripped at this point. He was for <v Speaker 1>sure all right. <v Speaker 2>By the way, Roblo s he Hinton, you know what <v Speaker 2>what happens to Soda Bob Curtis down the line? She said, <v Speaker 2>in my mind, he dies in Vietnam? Okay to Bit Matthews. Yeah, <v Speaker 2>played by Amilio Estevez. Yeah, he was about twenty years <v Speaker 2>old when he shot this. They knew Emilio because he's <v Speaker 2>Martin Sheen's kid from Apocalypse Now. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, but he also is in tex He was in text. Yeah, <v Speaker 1>that's right. <v Speaker 2>Emilio Estevez is one of the only guys to star <v Speaker 2>in three se Hinton movies. He was in Text, he <v Speaker 2>was in The Outsiders, and he was in that was <v Speaker 2>then this is now. <v Speaker 1>So you you when we started, before we started rolling today, <v Speaker 1>before we turned the microphone on, I was like, you know, <v Speaker 1>there kind of is an Outsider's part two. That was <v Speaker 1>then this is now is a continuation of the story. <v Speaker 1>What yes, so, yeah, Like characters from The Outsiders are <v Speaker 1>also characters and that was then this is now. Pony <v Speaker 1>Boy is in there. He is. It is a minor part, <v Speaker 1>but he's in there. The Outsiders takes place in the sixties, <v Speaker 1>and you remember that what's the name of the character <v Speaker 1>who takes Johnny aside and talks to him the car <v Speaker 1>the Sosh that was there, Randy. Yes, yeah, So Randy <v Speaker 1>moves from being a sosh to being a hippie and <v Speaker 1>that was then this is now, and so it's an <v Speaker 1>entirely it's an entirely different group of folks, but there <v Speaker 1>are some carryovers. Pony Boy is there, he's Randy is <v Speaker 1>there as hippie and it is part two of the Outside. Wow. <v Speaker 1>The script was actually developed by Emelio Stevez. Really interesting. <v Speaker 2>Okay, that's great man, that's great. <v Speaker 1>Okay. <v Speaker 2>Also, according to Emilio Estevez, when they rumble happened, I mean, <v Speaker 2>Francis Porkopo is like, man, get in there, mix it <v Speaker 2>up with these people. Right, Tommy Hall got punched in <v Speaker 2>the jaw. Tom Cruise lost a tooth. <v Speaker 1>Well that's funny because I listened to Coppla talk about <v Speaker 1>this and he said he was so worried about this <v Speaker 1>because you've got so many people all fighting at the <v Speaker 1>same time that you don't know somebody might actually get hit. <v Speaker 1>He goes, somebody could accidentally get hit, somebody could lose tooth. <v Speaker 1>I didn't realize that it actually happened. And so what <v Speaker 1>does he do. He exacerbates the problem by pouring water <v Speaker 1>on top of everybody. Yeah, because because in the middle <v Speaker 1>of the rumble, I mean two seconds in, it starts <v Speaker 1>to rain, which creates a great effect. I mean, it's <v Speaker 1>really cool to see people, I mean leath the weapon <v Speaker 1>says it all. It's great to see guys fighting in <v Speaker 1>the rain, right yep. But with people slipping and sliding, <v Speaker 1>the chances that somebody's going to get cole cocked or <v Speaker 1>lose a tooth are escalated for sure. Apparently Tom Cruise <v Speaker 1>had to go get dental work. <v Speaker 2>And there's a dentist in Tulsa that still has the <v Speaker 2>picture on his wall. Tom Cruise and me, doctor Johnson <v Speaker 2>whatever get his tooth fixed. <v Speaker 1>Yeah, his teeth were pretty bad back then, so it's <v Speaker 1>word it probably was an improvement. Yeap. <v Speaker 2>All right, Let's talk real quick about Steve Randall, who <v Speaker 2>is Tom Cruise's character. We said he's barely in it, right, <v Speaker 2>He doesn't do a whole lot. He's Soda Pop's best friend. <v Speaker 2>They work at the gas station together, but a lot <v Speaker 2>of his parts were. <v Speaker 1>Kind of cut down. The gas station, real quick, touch <v Speaker 1>on that. Yeah, the gas station, the X station. When <v Speaker 1>I saw that, I was like, dude, I remember that place, <v Speaker 1>and I took a picture of it because that was <v Speaker 1>a station that I remember seeing when I was a kid. Right, yeah, <v Speaker 1>you've been there. I went there yesterday. <v Speaker 2>So apparently so for whatever reason, they shot it at <v Speaker 2>this d X station that's like twenty minutes. <v Speaker 1>North of Tulsa. I have Sperry, Sperry. <v Speaker 3>Sperry, Oklahoma, Sperry, Oklahoma, and I drove up there listen <v Speaker 3>to this, So I'm there at My internet connections not great, <v Speaker 3>as you might imagine. <v Speaker 2>Right, I drive to the d X station. It's prominent. Man, <v Speaker 2>it's right there. As you come to town, I'm like, <v Speaker 2>holy crap, that's the d X station, right, I pull over. <v Speaker 2>You can actually go inside there. They got a picture <v Speaker 2>of Rob Low and a picture of Tom Cruise and <v Speaker 2>it says Employees of the Month, May nineteen sixty six. <v Speaker 1>It's fantastic. And it's not an operational gas station, no, no, <v Speaker 1>but it is. The people of Sperry said, hey, this <v Speaker 1>is a historic site. We need to renovate this place. <v Speaker 2>With the help of one Danny Boy O'Connor. <v Speaker 1>Tune in next week, folks. <v Speaker 2>Yes, by the way. So I'm standing there and I <v Speaker 2>look across the street and there's a rex Cell store. <v Speaker 1>Right, and I'm like, what is this from? <v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like, why do I recognize this? <v Speaker 1>Right? So I call you, you don't answer. I was working. <v Speaker 2>I called Deaf Dave, he doesn't answer. I called Jeff Johnson, <v Speaker 2>he doesn't answer. I get a hold of James Buckley. <v Speaker 2>He's in home depot, like picking up some nails or whatever. <v Speaker 2>And I say, hey, man, I'm out in the middle <v Speaker 2>of nowhere. My internet's not great. Can you help me <v Speaker 2>google this? Place and he stands there and does it. <v Speaker 1>He finds it. <v Speaker 2>He sends me a picture and there's a picture if <v Speaker 2>you go to our YouTube page. Hopefully I'll have this <v Speaker 2>video up. But there's a great shot of Dally pony Boy. <v Speaker 2>Johnny Kaid's right in front of this rex All store, <v Speaker 2>sitting in. <v Speaker 1>The back of a car, yep, smoking a cigarette. Yes, fantastic, yeap. <v Speaker 2>All right, Two more people that we got to talk about. Okay, <v Speaker 2>Diane Lane as Cherry Valance m Man. So she was <v Speaker 2>sixteen years old when she did this. <v Speaker 1>Shut up, now, I got to reconsider everything. <v Speaker 2>Well, she's beautiful. I mean, let's be real, she's beautiful, right. <v Speaker 1>I love again. I'm gonna bring Caleb up because he <v Speaker 1>stayed up here for a while, like talking to us <v Speaker 1>about the Outsiders, and he was like, yeah, she wasn't pretty. <v Speaker 1>I'm like, shut up what He's like, eh nah, And <v Speaker 1>I'm like, dude, you need to look again. He's like okay, <v Speaker 1>and he's and I'm like, search Diane Lane. He's like, <v Speaker 1>wait a minute. This is Superman's mom. Superman's mom. <v Speaker 3>She's old. <v Speaker 1>Oh, well, what do you do? <v Speaker 3>I know? <v Speaker 1>And we we tried, I mean, coll Lee in her prime. <v Speaker 1>She was made. I told him, he's like she dated <v Speaker 1>John bon Jovi. Yeah, he goes, well, that is good. <v Speaker 2>Yeah. Other people considered for the part of Cherry Valance <v Speaker 2>Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Slater, Heather Camp. <v Speaker 1>Brook Shields. Can you see brook Shields? Sure in nineteen <v Speaker 1>eighty two? Sure? Yeah? Right? Yeah? <v Speaker 2>Okay, So a little bit more on Diane Lane for you. Okay, <v Speaker 2>So this is what I really found interesting. So again, <v Speaker 2>Francis port Coppola is putting these guys up to this <v Speaker 2>behavior during the shooting of the movie, and so he <v Speaker 2>really wants Matt Dillon under her skin. <v Speaker 1>She'll probably fall in love with him later. <v Speaker 2>So during the drive in scene, he's like, bug her, right, <v Speaker 2>get after her. And so he really did bug her <v Speaker 2>and it really irritated her, and so she was tense <v Speaker 2>around Matt Dillon and there was this feeling of tension <v Speaker 2>between the two of them, which is interesting because they <v Speaker 2>go on to star in Rubblefish together. <v Speaker 1>So would we describe that as sexual tension? I would <v Speaker 1>definitely say sexual tension. Okay. <v Speaker 2>By the way, when I was in Tulca yesterday, the <v Speaker 2>one place that I wanted to go for Rumblefish was <v Speaker 2>Patty's house when I got there. It's this private drive <v Speaker 2>and it was locked. It's a cul de sac, it's <v Speaker 2>not even really a neighborhood, and they had a gate <v Speaker 2>and I could not get in. I told you, I <v Speaker 2>tried to leave my body and like hover. I tried <v Speaker 2>to hover over Tulsa to look at it, but I <v Speaker 2>could not get there. <v Speaker 1>If you don't get that reference, please go watch Rumblefish. <v Speaker 1>Please go watch it. <v Speaker 2>Okay, really, please go watch Rumblefish. <v Speaker 1>So here's what's interesting in that that particular scene where <v Speaker 1>they're in front of Patty's house, right and he's getting <v Speaker 1>cigarettes out of the back of her car and helping <v Speaker 1>Ish with groceries and actually stealing some of her cigarettes <v Speaker 1>at that moment, right right. They shot it a few <v Speaker 1>times and when they got it to print, there were sprockets, <v Speaker 1>like the sprockets of the film were showing up in <v Speaker 1>the cut that they had, and so Francis for Koppe <v Speaker 1>was like, oh, well that sucks. I mean, that's messages <v Speaker 1>this scene. But it was only in one take, right, <v Speaker 1>They only showed up in one take. But he's looking <v Speaker 1>at him. He's like, but that's the best that's the <v Speaker 1>best take. That's the best take. And so finally he <v Speaker 1>was like, I don't care. I don't care that the <v Speaker 1>sprockets are going to show up and it's going to <v Speaker 1>be a distraction in the audience will just think it's stuff. Well, <v Speaker 1>they'll think it's like something wrong with the projector. Right, yeah, <v Speaker 1>there you go. And so what they didn't realize is <v Speaker 1>that the same wrong thing with the projector happened in <v Speaker 1>every theater in the country that was showing the show. <v Speaker 1>But he was like, it was it was so well done, <v Speaker 1>they did it so perfectly on that take. I could <v Speaker 1>not sacrifice it just because it had this issue in it. <v Speaker 1>And if you watch the DVD, it's not there any <v Speaker 1>He was confused by that. Yeah, he was like, well, <v Speaker 1>let's see if it's there. Nope, not there, get to <v Speaker 1>clean it up. Yeah. <v Speaker 2>By the way, Diane Lane and Matt Dillon have started <v Speaker 2>three movies together. <v Speaker 1>Okay, so there's these two. <v Speaker 2>Outsiders, Rumblefish, and a movie called The Big Town in <v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty seven. <v Speaker 1>I feel like that was steamy one. <v Speaker 2>I consider myself an eighties movie like connoisseur. <v Speaker 1>I don't know anything about this one. Yeah, I think <v Speaker 1>that was a steamy one. Okay, interesting. Yeah. <v Speaker 2>By the way, Tom Cruise went directly to Diane Lane <v Speaker 2>during the filming of The Outsiders and said, Hey, I'm <v Speaker 2>doing a movie called Risky Business, and I think he'd <v Speaker 2>be great to play the part of the prostitute. And <v Speaker 2>Diane Lane's dad said, no, frigging. <v Speaker 1>Way, she's sixteen. She's sixteen, right right, yeah, no, sorry, <v Speaker 1>I'm yes, Okay, keep on going. <v Speaker 2>By the way, the girl who plays Patty's sister in Rubblefish, <v Speaker 2>Domino Domino. Yeah, that is Sophia Coppola, the director. <v Speaker 1>The director, Sofia Coppola, the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, <v Speaker 1>and he he admits like she's his favorite, right, yeah, <v Speaker 1>admits it and real quick on this. So the two <v Speaker 1>if you see associate producers in the credits, they're both <v Speaker 1>last names, both Coppola, that's one of them. There's Roman Coppola, <v Speaker 1>and then there's also Giancarlo Coppola. Giancarlo was his son. Unfortunately, <v Speaker 1>as much as I like Rumblefish, it was an absolute <v Speaker 1>financial failure. It was a bomb, yeah, and a financial <v Speaker 1>failure that came just shortly off the heels of a <v Speaker 1>musical that was also a financial failure, and so Zoo <v Speaker 1>Trope went bankrupt. And so while Zo Trump is in <v Speaker 1>this bankruptcy stage, they like lock everything up, right, they <v Speaker 1>lock all the doors up. Giancarlo who he called Geo, <v Speaker 1>that was his name. Yeah, he's twenty something at this point, <v Speaker 1>you know, early twenties. Yes, he breaks in. This movie <v Speaker 1>Rumblefish was shot on these Zeist lenses, which are just <v Speaker 1>incredibly good lenses, and you get so many close ups <v Speaker 1>in this and it's so crisp and so beautiful in <v Speaker 1>all this art film style that he's done. And Geo <v Speaker 1>knows how much his dad loves these lenses and that <v Speaker 1>they're locked up, so he breaks in and he steals them. <v Speaker 1>Now that's part one of the story. Part two of <v Speaker 1>the story is Geo, just three years later, is on <v Speaker 1>a boat with another young twenty something guy who is <v Speaker 1>acting in a film that Francis is directing. The guy's <v Speaker 1>name is Griffin O'Neil I believe. Okay, he's in the <v Speaker 1>Wraith as well. Okay, anyway, they're on a boat together, speedboat. <v Speaker 1>Griffin is piloting the boat. He sees two other boats. <v Speaker 1>He decides to go between the two boats. Don't go <v Speaker 1>between them, go between them. Yes, so sorry, that's hilarious, <v Speaker 1>except how this story ends. Oh okay, all right. So <v Speaker 1>he decides to go between the boats, not realizing that <v Speaker 1>they're actually tied together. Oh no, he realizes it and <v Speaker 1>ducks out of the way in time, but Geo does <v Speaker 1>not what and is killed twenty two years old. He dies. <v Speaker 1>Who ties boats together? I don't know. I don't know, <v Speaker 1>and and I mean, I think he I think this <v Speaker 1>guy got a misdemeanor charge out of the deal out <v Speaker 1>of it as well, and obviously got fired from the <v Speaker 1>Francis Ford Coppola. So it's this really very short moment <v Speaker 1>in the commentary after he has told this story about <v Speaker 1>Geo going in to steal these lenses that he that <v Speaker 1>and he's and he's just like, so I still have <v Speaker 1>the lenses. I don't have my son, but I have. <v Speaker 1>Then it's horrible and I was and that's all that <v Speaker 1>he said, and I was just like, oh my gosh, <v Speaker 1>what happened to him? And so that is the tragic <v Speaker 1>story of one of the producers who is also one <v Speaker 1>of the guys who's in the kind of orgy scene <v Speaker 1>that they have at the after they break into the <v Speaker 1>house in the in the movie. <v Speaker 2>Okay, by the way, just to continue, I thought with <v Speaker 2>Sophia Coppola. Yeah, she also appears in The Outsiders. Yeah, <v Speaker 2>she's a little bratty girl. It comes up and it <v Speaker 2>is like bugging Matt Dillon for a nickel. Hey, Master, <v Speaker 2>you got a nickel, and he's like, go awake it. <v Speaker 2>I want to that's Francis for Coopla's daughter. And he <v Speaker 2>you can tell he shines with joy when he sees <v Speaker 2>young Sophia in his movies. <v Speaker 1>Yeah. He he looks at movies. It's the opportunity, just <v Speaker 1>like home videos, to capture a moment in time. He <v Speaker 1>and who better to do that with with your than <v Speaker 1>your own family. Absolutely, And we mentioned in our Godfather <v Speaker 1>episode she's the baby who's getting christened. That's exactly right. Yeah, <v Speaker 1>all right. <v Speaker 2>The last guy I want to talk about in depth <v Speaker 2>is the guy who plays Bob Sheldon. Kay, Yeah, that <v Speaker 2>was played by Leife Garrett life Life, not Leaf. I <v Speaker 2>saw him in a interview and he's like, for the record, <v Speaker 2>yeah it's not Leif long a Leafe Garrett. <v Speaker 1>All right, Okay, I must be the Viking way to <v Speaker 1>pronounce it. I don't know, I guess. <v Speaker 2>So he was the most famous guy out of the <v Speaker 2>cast when they shot the movie. <v Speaker 1>That's hysterical, I mean, right, yeah, life, that's for the talent. <v Speaker 2>He was a seventies like heart throb, like a little popstar. <v Speaker 1>Interesting. <v Speaker 2>But the thing was is that he was brought up <v Speaker 2>as an actor, and managers and stuff said, hey, man, <v Speaker 2>you're so popular right now. <v Speaker 1>You're a singer. <v Speaker 2>And he's like, I don't really sing, and they're like, <v Speaker 2>that's all right, we got all your songs written for you, <v Speaker 2>and you're gonna go around the world and we're going <v Speaker 2>to sell records. So they kind of made him like <v Speaker 2>forced him into singing. He didn't care about any of <v Speaker 2>this stuff. <v Speaker 1>Huh and uh. <v Speaker 2>Anyway, two thousand and one he declares bankruptcy and he's <v Speaker 2>had kind of a hard life since this time. <v Speaker 1>But I thought he. <v Speaker 2>Did a great job as the ring wearing sous that <v Speaker 2>beat up Johnny Cad and Johnny Cad. <v Speaker 1>Ends up killing his famous song, By the Way, I <v Speaker 1>was made for dancing. Okay, should we listen to that <v Speaker 1>right here? Okay? Then, and you Haberg here you that's <v Speaker 1>a little seventies gold for you right there. So that <v Speaker 1>is the cast of the Outside. Okay, ladies and gentlemen. <v Speaker 1>That is the end of episode one of the Outsiders <v Speaker 1>versus Rumblefish. Please hit that follow button, hit that subscribe <v Speaker 1>button so that you don't miss. Next episode, we will <v Speaker 1>have interview clips from Danny Boy O'Connor, who runs the <v Speaker 1>Outsiders Museum and is super familiar. Has a new book <v Speaker 1>out that just came out last fall on some of <v Speaker 1>the unknown photographs that occurred on the scenes. Excited to <v Speaker 1>talk to him about that and the Outsiders Museum itself, <v Speaker 1>and we'll talk more about production, reception, soundtracks, all of <v Speaker 1>those amazing things. Next episode. We'll see you guys next week.
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