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Overview
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Release Date:
21 October 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Motorcycle Boy's Never Coming Back more
Plot:
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on. full summary | add synopsis
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Motorcycle
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Fight
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Thug
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Gang Warfare
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Bare Breasts
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
6 Actors That Should Probably Not Watch Their Own Movies
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 23 November 2009, 7:16 PM, PST)
Exclusive: 'Outsiders' Author S.E. Hinton Plans New Comic Book Projects
(From MTV Splash Page. 3 November 2009, 8:44 AM, PST)
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 23 November 2009, 7:16 PM, PST)
Exclusive: 'Outsiders' Author S.E. Hinton Plans New Comic Book Projects
(From MTV Splash Page. 3 November 2009, 8:44 AM, PST)
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I thought I was the only one who loved this movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Matt Dillon | ... | Rusty James |
 | Mickey Rourke | ... | The Motorcycle Boy |
 | Diane Lane | ... | Patty |
 | Dennis Hopper | ... | Father |
 | Diana Scarwid | ... | Cassandra |
 | Vincent Spano | ... | Steve |
 | Nicolas Cage | ... | Smokey |
 | Chris Penn | ... | B.J. Jackson (as Christopher Penn) |
 | Laurence Fishburne | ... | Midget (as Larry Fishburne) |
 | William Smith | ... | Patterson the Cop |
 | Michael Higgins | ... | Mr. Harrigan |
| Glenn Withrow | ... | Biff Wilcox |
 | Tom Waits | ... | Benny |
| Herb Rice | ... | Black Pool Player |
| Maybelle Wallace | ... | Late Pass Clerk |
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94 min
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Certification:
Iceland:14 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Finland:K-16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:16 (1984) |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Matt Dillon had read the book a few years before doing the movie, and in an interview with S.E. Hinton, said that it was his favorite book. Hinton said that when someone told her that "Rumble Fish" was their favorite book, usually "they were in a reformatory".
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the arcade, Rusty James is playing the video game "Pole Position", but the sound effects are from the game, "Pac Man".
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
Don't Box Me In
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A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Why is this film in black and white?
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I was surprised about how many people wrote good reviews about this movie.I thought I was the only only one who appreciated the artistic value of Rumble Fish.It's my favorite movie and it finally got the special edition DVD it deserves.Most people don't get the deeper meaning of the film because nowadays people don't wanna think too hard watching a movie.It's a piece of art just as much as it is entertainment.You can get lost in the film for the visual and musical boundaries it pushes.I've watched it a thousand times and I never lost my appreciation for it's beauty.It's groundbreaking and a masterpiece in film making.