Rumble Fish [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Lior Geller Francis Ford Coppola

Overview

One of two S.E. Hinton novels Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1983, Rumble Fish is a stylized black-and-white film about the death of gang culture in a rough-and-tumble town full of stunted youths. The central character is the strutting Rusty James (Matt Dillon), a foul-mouthed lunkhead clad in sweaty tank tops, who passes his time at the billiards hall waiting for "something" to happen in his life. That something might be the return of his brother, known only as the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), from exile in California. Charismatic and intelligent, the Motorcycle Boy once led numerous wide-eyed followers into battle, into the "rumbles" once commonplace in town. Rusty James wants to take over that role, but lacks the smarts necessary for leadership, nearly getting himself killed in an opening fight. The Motorcycle Boy stops the fight with equal parts efficiency and cool, and Rusty James seems delighted by his brother's return. But it quickly becomes clear that a local cop (William Smith) is still gunning for the Motorcycle Boy, waiting for him to slip up, even though the mysterious youth has developed a weary philosophy of life and a skeptical view of his former power. As the Motorcycle Boy seems more and more distant, lost in deaf and color-blind fugues, Rusty James gets into greater trouble, running afoul of his girlfriend (Diane Lane) and friends (Nicolas Cage, Christopher Penn, Vincent Spano), and seeming on the path to destruction.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/25/2017
UPC:	0715515196413
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	4,968

Special Features

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 televison 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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Matt Dillon	Rusty-James
Mickey Rourke	Motorcycle Boy
Diane Lane	Patty
Dennis Hopper	Padre
Diana Scarwid	Cassandra
Vincent Spano	Steve
Nicolas Cage	Smokey
Christopher Penn	B.J.,B.J. Jackson
Laurence Fishburne	Midget
William Smith	Patterson
Michael Higgins	Harrigan
Glenn Withrow	Biff
Tom Waits	Benny
Herb Rice	Pool Player
Maybelle Wallace	Actor
Nona Manning	Actor
S.E. Hinton	Prostitute in Street
Emmett Brown	Actor
Tracey Walter	Actor
Lance William Guecia	Actor
Bob Maras	Actor
J.T. Turner	Actor
Keeva Clayton	Actor
Kirsten Hayden	Actor
Karen Parker	Actor
Sussannah Darcy	Actor
Kristi Somers	Actor
Elijah Rodriguez	Actor
Nicholas Sean Johnny	Actor
Charlie MacGechan	Actor
Joana Metrass	Actor
Jim Caesar	Actor
Kerry Bennett	Actor
Uriel Emil	Actor
Sofia Coppola	Donna
Dominot	Patty's Sister
Stewart Copeland	Composer

Technical Credits

Francis Ford Coppola

Lior Geller

S.E. Hinton

Doug Claybourne	Producer
Francis Ford Coppola	Director,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Fred Roos	Producer
Lior Geller	Director,Screenwriter
Bret Saxon	Producer
Anthony Samadani	Producer
S.E. Hinton	Screenwriter
Martin Bresin	Special Effects
C.J. Appel	Sound Effects
James Austin	Sound Effects
Tom Bellfort	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Rumble Fish (Criterion Collection)
1. The Challenge [3:57]
2. Meaningful Things [2:56]
3. Patty's Place [5:42]
4. Battling Biff [4:16]
5. The Motorcycle Boy [1:57]
6. Brothers [3:32]
7. Dreams And Realities [5:23]
8. "Why?" [1:16]
9. Pops [3:30]
10. "Nothing But Time" [3:29]
11. Dumped [1:58]
12. Neighborhood Novelty [4:41]
13. The Other Side [11:40]
14. Floating [4:28]
15. "It Wasn't Anything" [4:07]
16. Sly Smokey [5:47]
17. Rumble Fish [3:56]
18. Following In His Footsteps [2:35]
19. Acute Perception [3:47]
20. Happiness [1:47]
21. Breaking In [3:26]
22. Liberation [4:35]
23. End Credits [5:28]
1. A Favorite Film [3:57]
2. Color, Costumes, Cameo [2:56]
3. Time As Theme [5:42]
4. Music And Fighting [4:16]
5. Creating A Character [1:57]
6. Personal Lenses [3:32]
7. Sprocket Holes [5:23]
8. Black And White is Better [1:16]
9. Working With Hopper [3:30]
10. Shyness [3:29]
11. Framed From Behind [1:58]
12. Chris Marker In Tulsa [4:41]
13. Local Hospitality [11:40]
14. No Constraints [4:28]
15. Changing Cinematic Language [4:07]
16. Dillion Delivers [5:47]
17. Symbolism [3:56]
18. Sound Design [2:35]
19. Young And Innocent [3:47]
20. Rourke's Technique [1:47]
21. The Rain People Reflected [3:26]
22. Made With Sincerity [4:35]
23. Great Collaborators [5:28]
1. Chapter 1 [11:40]
1. Chapter 1 [11:53]
Disc #2 -- Rumble Fish (Criterion Collection)
1. Chapter 1 [19:14]
1. Chapter 1 [17:55]
1. Chapter 1 [21:08]
1. Chapter 1 [7:07]
2. Chapter 2 [8:13]
3. Chapter 3 [4:17]
4. Chapter 4 [10:31]
5. Chapter 5 [:29]
1. Chapter 1 [7:58]
1. Chapter 1 [8:45]
1. Chapter 1 [8:56]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Rumble Fish (Criterion Collection)
   Play The Movie
   Chapters
   Commentary
      On
      Index
   Supplements
      On Location In Tulsa
         Chapters
      "Rumble Fish": The Percussion-Based Score
         Chapters
      Deleted Scenes
         Coppola Introduction
         "Face The Fact"
         "Is Your Mother Dying?"
         Stealing Hubcaps
         Feelings And Ideas
         "Write The End"
         Princess Of Troy
      Camus For Kids
      "Don't Box Me In"
      Trailer
   Audio Options
      2.0 Surround
      5.1 Surround
      Commentary
Disc #2 -- Rumble Fish (Criterion Collection)
   Interviews
      Francis Ford Coppola
         Chapters
      S. E. Hinton
         Chapters
      Matt Dillion And Diane Lane
         Chapters
      Stephen H. Burum And Dean Tavoularis
         Play
         Chapters
      Roman Coppola
         Chapters
      "Mickey Rourke, California, February 1984"
         Chapters
      City Lights
         Chapters

Editorial Reviews

Rumble Fish is one of a number of projects Francis Ford Coppola has agreed to direct during his long career either to help finance a future project or cover for the excesses of a past one. But that doesn't mean it was just tossed off; in fact, Coppola comes across as downright ambitious, shooting in black-and-white with all manner of camera angles, close-ups, and extreme depths of field. The result is a stylized fairy tale about wasted youth, rebelliousness, and the desire to exude cool, which received critical attention for its original production design. Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke are excellent choices to portray the central hothead delinquent and the detached brother he idolizes, both archetypes in a nowhere town that recalls the small Texas hamlet of Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show. Coppola was of course able to command a first-rate supporting cast that included some of his past collaborators (including Laurence Fishburne, then known as "Larry", and Dennis Hopper from Apocalypse Now) as well as early appearances from several future Hollywood mainstays (Nicolas Cage and Chris Penn). But the acting is hardly the focus in this film, as Coppola is far more interested in creating a fantasy world involving shadow play, time-lapse photography, and thematic bursts of color breaking up the chiaroscuro design. While occasionally pretentious, Rumble Fish is a visually interesting slice of dead-end America life, featuring a cast that will forever register it as a curiosity worth seeking out.

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