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Rumble Fish (1983) -- Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
Rumble Fish (1983) -- Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   10,626 votes
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Writers:
S.E. Hinton (novel)
S.E. Hinton (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
21 October 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The Motorcycle Boy's Never Coming Back more
Plot:
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Stylish, more (94 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Matt Dillon ... Rusty James

Mickey Rourke ... The Motorcycle Boy

Diane Lane ... Patty

Dennis Hopper ... Father

Diana Scarwid ... Cassandra

Vincent Spano ... Steve

Nicolas Cage ... Smokey

Chris Penn ... B.J. Jackson (as Christopher Penn)

Laurence Fishburne ... Midget (as Larry Fishburne)

William Smith ... Patterson the Cop
Michael Higgins ... Mr. Harrigan
Glenn Withrow ... Biff Wilcox

Tom Waits ... Benny
Herb Rice ... Black Pool Player
Maybelle Wallace ... Late Pass Clerk
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, USA more

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Trivia:
Cameo: [S.E. Hinton]a prostitute. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Camera shadow visible on Rusty-James' torso after The Motorcycle Boy has shown him the photograph of himself in the magazine. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Midget: Biff Wilcox is looking for you, Rusty James. He's gonna kill you, Rusty James.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 'Rumble Fish': The Percussion-Based Score (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Box Me In more

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26 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Stylish,, 19 May 1999
10/10
Author: barfly99 (patrickleedazzle@hotmail.com) from London, England

Francis Ford Coppola's most personal film is also one of his best - in its own way just as good as APOCALYPSE NOW and THE GODFATHER films. Those who wonder why Mickey Rourke is so revered by cult film fans need look no further than his almost-hypnotic performance as The Motorcycle Boy. But Matt Dillon is just as good as his younger brother, and when you also have the likes of Nic Cage, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, and Chris Penn in the supporting cast, you know it's a once-in-a-lifetime movie. The look of the film - a sparse black-and-white urban landscape - is perfect, as is Stewart Copeland's atmospheric music. But aside from the visual and aural pyrotechnics, what really singles this out as a bona fide classic is its spot-on portrayal of disaffected youth. When Hopper describes to Dillon how Rourke has simply been "miscast in the play", I still feel shivers running down my spine...

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