The Outsiders: House of Pain rapper restores house in Coppola's movie
Danny O’Connor loved the film from the age of 12 and made pilgrimages to the house where it was filmed. Now he’s bought it to turn it into a museum
As a New Yorker based in California, Danny O’Connor wouldn’t seem to have much affinity with a movie set in a mid-sized city in the Us heartland.
But O’Connor, later a member of House of Pain, says his life was changed aged 12 by The Outsiders. Based on the 1967 book by Se Hinton, which she wrote in high school, and which has been studied by generations of American schoolchildren, The Outsiders is about two rival high school gangs divided by class. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, most of its cast – Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze – went on to be superstars, while the film was instantly acclaimed as an icon of drop-dead cool.
As a New Yorker based in California, Danny O’Connor wouldn’t seem to have much affinity with a movie set in a mid-sized city in the Us heartland.
But O’Connor, later a member of House of Pain, says his life was changed aged 12 by The Outsiders. Based on the 1967 book by Se Hinton, which she wrote in high school, and which has been studied by generations of American schoolchildren, The Outsiders is about two rival high school gangs divided by class. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, most of its cast – Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise and Patrick Swayze – went on to be superstars, while the film was instantly acclaimed as an icon of drop-dead cool.
- 9/24/2016
- by Kristi Eaton
- The Guardian - Film News
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