Rumble Fish - F.F. Coppola - 1983
''Rumble Fish'' concerns two brothers, one called Rusty-James (Matt Dillon) and the other the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). In the unidentified city where Rusty- James still lives, his brother is regarded as a born leader, a mythic figure, a heroic veteran of gang warfare. Rusty-James, by contrast, doesn't have a real gang to follow him or a real battle to fight. In awe of his much more clever brother, he isn't sure how he can follow in the Motorcycle Boy's footsteps. Their father, a benign drunk played by Dennis Hopper, isn't much help to either of them, and there's nowhere else for Rusty-James to turn.To the extent that ''Rumble Fish'' has a story, that's about it. However, the narrative is not a first concern of Mr. Coppola's here. From the first scenes in which a sky of fast-rolling clouds is contrasted with some graffiti about the Motorcycle Boy, the film is a melange of wildly overblown imagery.
Rumble Fish - F.F. Coppola - 1983
The Cast :
Matt Dillon ......... Rusty James
Mickey Rourke ....... The Motorcycle Boy
Diane Lane .......... Patty
Dennis Hopper ....... Father
Vincent Spano ....... Steve
Nicolas Cage ........ Smokey
Tom Waits ........... Benny
Diana Scarwid ....... Cassandra
Laurence Fishburne .. Midget
William Smith ....... Patterson the Cop
Chris Penn .......... B.J. Jackson