Rumble Fish
In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers, set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa, Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate, painful emotions. The director’s “art film for teenagers” was his second adaptation of young-adult novelist S. E. Hinton’s work in a single year, after the more classically styled The Outsiders. Graced with a remarkable cast headed by Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, and Diane Lane; haunting black-and-white visuals that hark back to German expressionism and forward to Coppola’s own Tetro; and a powerful percussive score by Stewart Copeland that underlines the movie’s romantic fatalism, Rumble Fish pulsates throughout with genuine love and dread.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Stephen H. Burum and approved by director Francis Ford Coppola, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Alternate remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
- Audio commentary featuring Coppola
- New interviews with Coppola, author and coscreenwriter S. E. Hinton, associate producer Roman Coppola, and actors Matt Dillon and Diane Lane
- New conversation between Burum and production designer Dean Tavoularis
- Pieces from 2005 about the film’s score and production
- Interviews from 1983 with Dillon, Lane, actor Vincent Spano, and producer Doug Claybourne
- French television interview from 1984 with actor Mickey Rourke
- Locations: Looking for Rusty James, a 2013 documentary by Alberto Fuguet about the impact of Rumble Fish
- New piece about the film’s existentialist elements
- “Don’t Box Me In” music video
- Deleted scenes, with a new introduction by Coppola
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Glenn Kenny
New cover by Michael Boland
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Stephen H. Burum and approved by director Francis Ford Coppola, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Alternate remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
- Audio commentary featuring Coppola
- New interviews with Coppola, author and coscreenwriter S. E. Hinton, associate producer Roman Coppola, and actors Matt Dillon and Diane Lane
- New conversation between Burum and production designer Dean Tavoularis
- Pieces from 2005 about the film’s score and production
- Interviews from 1983 with Dillon, Lane, actor Vincent Spano, and producer Doug Claybourne
- French television interview from 1984 with actor Mickey Rourke
- Locations: Looking for Rusty James, a 2013 documentary by Alberto Fuguet about the impact of Rumble Fish
- New piece about the film’s existentialist elements
- “Don’t Box Me In” music video
- Deleted scenes, with a new introduction by Coppola
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Glenn Kenny
New cover by Michael Boland
Cast
- Matt Dillon
- Rusty-James
- Mickey Rourke
- The Motorcycle Boy
- Vincent Spano
- Steve
- Diane Lane
- Patty
- Diana Scarwid
- Cassandra
- Dennis Hopper
- Father
- Nicolas Cage
- Smokey
- Christopher Penn
- B. J. Jackson
- Laurence Fishburne
- Midget
- Tom Waits
- Benny
- William Smith
- Patterson the cop
- Michael Higgins
- Mr. Harrigan
- Glenn Withrow
- Biff Wilcox
- Sofia Coppola
- Patty’s sister
- Nona Manning
- Patty’s mom
- S. E. Hinton
- Hooker on strip
Credits
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Screenplay by
- S. E. Hinton
- Screenplay by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Based upon the novel Rumble Fish by
- S. E. Hinton
- Produced by
- Fred Roos
- Produced by
- Doug Claybourne
- Executive producer
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Director of photography
- Stephen H. Burum
- Production designer
- Dean Tavoularis
- Edited by
- Barry Malkin
- Sound designer
- Richard Beggs
- Music composed and performed by
- Stewart Copeland
- Associate producers
- Gian-Carlo Coppola
- Associate producers
- Roman Coppola
- Special choreography
- Michael Smuin
- Costume designer
- Marge Bowers
- Stunt coordinator
- Buddy Joe Hooker
A scene from Rumble Fish
