Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Chris Penn
- B.J. Jackson
- (as Christopher Penn)
Laurence Fishburne
- Midget
- (as Larry Fishburne)
Sofia Coppola
- Patty's Sister
- (as Domino)
Gian-Carlo Coppola
- Cousin James
- (as Gio)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe sound technicians on the film had a hard time hearing Mickey Rourke's dialogue on set, often asking him to speak louder. As a result, the sound crew referred to the production as "Mumble Fish".
- GoofsCamera shadow visible on Rusty-James' torso after The Motorcycle Boy has shown him the photograph of himself in the magazine.
- Quotes
The Motorcycle Boy: If you're going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go.
- Alternate versionsThere is rumoured to be an eight hour bootleg cut of the film.
- SoundtracksDon't Box Me In
Written by Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway
Performed by Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway
Featured review
Much much better than The Outsiders
Rated R for Language,Violence and Some Sex and Drug Content.
I am a big fan of S.E Hinton's books.She is one of my favorite authors.I have read most of her novels.I saw The Outsiders movie which everyone praises and did not really like it.It was decent but the acting was pretty bad and it was not very faithful to the original novel.Though I heard there is a new DVD edition of that film called "The Complete Novel" with plenty of new scenes.I might check it out sometime.Anyway I rented this film about a year ago and I want to watch it again.It was a very good movie.It is a bit like Sin City which was filmed in Black and White but with some color.Most of this film is in Black and White with the exception of some Rumble Fish you see in a pet store which are shown in color.Francis Ford Coppola director of "The Godfather" trilogy disappointed me with "The Outsiders" but he did well with Rumble Fish.Rumble Fish has much better acting than the outsiders.It stars Matt Dillon and Diane Lane who were both in the outsiders together and it is much more faithful to the book than Outsiders was.The film is about a young teen punk named Rusty James.He is a gang-member who is the younger brother of a legendary gang-member named "The Motorcycle Boy".The motorcycle boy is colorblind and is slightly deaf.The film basically shows Rusty James's life after The Motorcycle Boy's return along with his friend Steve who is somewhat a nerd and not at all like the people he is friends with.The film has small roles from Nicholas Cage and Lawrence Fishburne.If you liked the book I recommend this film.You will not be disappointed.
I am a big fan of S.E Hinton's books.She is one of my favorite authors.I have read most of her novels.I saw The Outsiders movie which everyone praises and did not really like it.It was decent but the acting was pretty bad and it was not very faithful to the original novel.Though I heard there is a new DVD edition of that film called "The Complete Novel" with plenty of new scenes.I might check it out sometime.Anyway I rented this film about a year ago and I want to watch it again.It was a very good movie.It is a bit like Sin City which was filmed in Black and White but with some color.Most of this film is in Black and White with the exception of some Rumble Fish you see in a pet store which are shown in color.Francis Ford Coppola director of "The Godfather" trilogy disappointed me with "The Outsiders" but he did well with Rumble Fish.Rumble Fish has much better acting than the outsiders.It stars Matt Dillon and Diane Lane who were both in the outsiders together and it is much more faithful to the book than Outsiders was.The film is about a young teen punk named Rusty James.He is a gang-member who is the younger brother of a legendary gang-member named "The Motorcycle Boy".The motorcycle boy is colorblind and is slightly deaf.The film basically shows Rusty James's life after The Motorcycle Boy's return along with his friend Steve who is somewhat a nerd and not at all like the people he is friends with.The film has small roles from Nicholas Cage and Lawrence Fishburne.If you liked the book I recommend this film.You will not be disappointed.
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,494,480
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,985
- Oct 10, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $2,494,480
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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