Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I'm your host Tim Landes.
It's been over three years since Danny Boy O'Connor opened The Outsiders House Museum, 731 N. St. Louis Ave. In that time thousands of fans of S.E. Hinton's book and Francis Ford Coppola's movie have visited the museum.
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the movie's release, Danny Boy sat down on the living room couch and talked about the impact the museum has had since opening in August 2019, plus how he hasn't stopped adding to it.
He's still searching for props, costumes, cars and memorabilia pertaining to the Hinton movie universe because he has bigger dreams you'll hear about on this episode.
He discusses the popularity of the tours with students (10,000 students this year!) and fans and talks about the growing inventory of items available inside the gift shop.
The California transplant also talks about why Tulsa is so great after seven years of calling it home.
Related links:
Celebrate "The Outsiders" movie's 40th anniversary in style
Will Rogers Middle School students have immersive 'Outsiders' experience
'The Outsiders' looking better than we've seen it before: A Q&A with American Zoetrope Film Archivist James Mockoski, who oversaw the 4K restoration