Special Report My visit to the house where they filmed The Outsiders

Welcome to the Brad Essex Report. This is a special report edition.  So last Sunday me and my folks and my brother sister in law and niece had dinner at Telly's Restaurant. then my brother and sister in law wanted to see where the high school where the Outsiders were filmed. So we headed to Will Rogers High School. They took pictures of the high school. Then we wanted to find the house where the film was made. So after looking it up and getting directions we found the house. My brother and his family were there first. It just so happen the guy who was remodeling it was still there. His name is Zach Matthews and along with House of Pain lead singer Danny Boy O’Connor are refurbishing the house.  He's showed us around talking about some of the rich history of the making of the movie.

Like how Fracis ford Coppola had a guy who was in charge of keeping things quiet. Like a guy was using a chainsaw. he gave the guy 50$ to get the chainsaw and the guy went over there and brought the chainsaw. He also paid money to make sure dogs were not barking during a take. Then he told us about the gate and how Patrick Swayze  was supposed to jump over the fence but the fence got knocked down during the take so they had to reinforced the post so Patrick was able to jump over it.

We were not allowed to take pictures of the inside so we didn't but we got some pictures of the outside. I'll post on my The Brad Essex Report facebook page to show a picture of my family in front of the house. After that we said our thanks and left.

Thou before we went he told us about a fundraiser he was going to have in August for the renovations. Before that thou they have a go fund me site up to help with fees and stuff. https://www.gofundme.com/theoutsidershouse If you want to help out you can do it here. They also purchased the lot next door so they can have room in the back to show the film during the summer. So you can grab your chairs and coolers and watch the adventures of pony boy,soda pop and the rest. Also maybe they will show the sequel Rumble Fish and That was then and this is now.

 This is Rogers high school. The school where most of the characters went to in the movie. Also where the writer  S. E. Hinton went to school.  Noticed the art deco style of the building.

Here is the front of the house. Zach was kind enough to give us a tour but not to take pictures inside while work was being done to the house. You can see the bend in the chain fence just like in the movie.
Like i said if you I will be showing a picture of me and the family in front of the house when we get it on The Brad Essex Report front page.