Interesting to Know about the 1983 Movie The Outsiders

Matt Dillon, who played Dallas Winston, was nominated in 2004 as Best Supporting Actor in the movie Crash. 
While he was young, he played a lead role in three of author S.E. Hinton's books made into movies consecutively: Tex (1982), The Outsiders (1983 -- at age 18) and Rumble Fish(1983).

Yes, Sodapop Curtis -- Rob Lowe -- went on to work at the White House in the television series West Wing.