Originally Posted by Mutt

I'm the same age as that bunch, the Outsiders was close to my favorite film of that era and genre, a lot of it was similar to my upbringing, mine just wasn't as dramatic - I was a middle class kid but gravitated towards the 'outsiders' group because they were cooler and had seemingly no adult supervision in their lives, my parents called them 'the hard rocks'.

'Over the Edge' was my favorite movie of that era, cast a completely unknown kid, Matt Dillon, after noticing him at the junior high they were casting extras from. It's very dated looking now.