Rumble Fish

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - French
• Dobly Digital 2.0 Stereo - Spanish

Product Description:

Francis Ford Coppola directed this beautiful black-and-white version of S.E. Hinton's popular youth novel. RUMBLE FISH explores the relationship between a young street thug, Rusty James (Matt Dillon), and his older brother, the legendary Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). When Motorcycle Boy comes back to town, he finds Rusty James trying to imitate his former gang leader ways and their father (Dennis Hopper) trying to drink away a troubled past. The only color images in the film are the shots of the Siamese fighting fish that the color-blind Motorcycle Boy admires.

Plot Synopsis:

Francis Ford Coppola directs this stunning adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel about coming of age in urban Oklahoma. Rusty James (Matt Dillon) is a troubled juvenile delinquent trying to live up to the legendary reputation of his older brother, Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). One night, while Rusty James and his friends Smokey (Nicolas Cage), Steve (Vincent Spano), and B.J. (Christopher Penn) are involved in a rumble, Motorcycle Boy returns home from California after a two-month absence. Rusty James gets stabbed and Motorcycle Boy saves him, but their alcoholic father (Dennis Hopper) is oblivious to the brothers’ lives and only Rusty James’s girlfriend, Patty (Diane Lane), seems to care about him. After Motorcycle Boy reveals some family secrets about their mother, both brothers become determined to escape their lives or die trying. The film is shot in black and white except for the shots of the rumble fish--colorful Siamese fighting fish--that provoke Motorcycle Boy into desperate actions. Drummer Stewart Copeland (formerly of the rock group the Police) composed the film’s score.

Plot Keywords:

Drama | Family Interaction | Gangs | Recommended | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Filmed on location in Tulsa and Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
• Sprocket holes can be seen running across the film during the entire scene when Matt Dillon meets Diane Lane unpacking groceries in front of her house. Despite the availability of other takes, Coppola liked the take with the damaged film the best and kept it in the movie.
• Sofia Coppola, starring as Diane Lane's young sister, is billed as Domino.
• Coppola dedicated the film to his own older brother, August, whom he much admired growing up.

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