(Tom Cruise, friendly yet almost robotically intense, is the one who complains to his agent when the cast mates are asked to share hotel rooms. He writes viscerally and insightfully about what would turn out to be a watershed moment in his life and career. Coppola would put in “The Outsiders,” his 1983 teen-rebel movie that launched a whole generation of future dreamboats? The whole neighborhood, Mr. Guess what Charlie’s father, Martin, had been doing? Having a meltdown while making “Apocalypse Now” for Francis Ford Coppola. Guess who Chris’s best friend was? Charlie Sheen. Guess who liked to make home movies of his schoolmates? Chris Penn, brother of Sean. But his own story doesn’t catch fire until he gets to the guess-who game that gave him his big break in movies. Lowe was outstandingly ambitious among his schoolmates in Malibu and Santa Monica, many of whom were bound for glory.
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