Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on the 1975 novel Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. The film stars Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, and Dennis Hopper.
Plot
Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the film begins in a diner called Benny's Billiards, where local tough guy Rusty James is told by Midget that rival group leader Biff Wilcox wants to meet him that night in an abandoned garage lot for a fight. Accepting the challenge, Rusty James then talks with his friends: the wily Smokey, loyal B.J., and tall, nerdy Steve; who all have a different take on the forthcoming fight. Steve mentions that Rusty James' older brother, "The Motorcycle Boy," would not be pleased with the fight as he had previously created a truce forbidding gang fights, or "rumbles." Rusty James dismisses him, saying that the Motorcycle Boy (whose real name is never revealed) has been gone for two months, leaving without explanation or promise of return.
More details
| author | Francis Ford Coppola Susan Eloise Hinton |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Oklahoma |
| director | Francis Ford Coppola |
| editor | Barry Malkin |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon attack california colorblind date drive even fight fly hear injured james wan kick out older brother one night pacific ocean pet store river rumble fish set up siamese fighting fish the shining tough guy tulsa oklahoma |
| musicBy | Stewart Copeland |
| producer | Fred Roos |
| productionCompany | American Zoetrope |
| publisher | Universal Studios |
| theme | gang gothic teen drama |