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Rumble Fish (1983)

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Release Date: October 21, 1983
On DVD: September 13, 2005
Genre: Crime, Drama
Running Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Chris Penn, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Waits, Tracey Walter

Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather trilogy) directs this unforgettable story of a young man's struggle to live up to his adored brother's reputation in an impoverished industrial town. Matt Dillon (Wild Things) and Mickey Rourke (Barfly) are Rusty James and The Motorcycle Boy, and lead an all-star cast including Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Dennis Hopper (Speed) and Diane Lane (Under the Tuscan Sun). This extraordinary adaptation of the best-seller by S.E. Hinton features Read more

Movie Review

Grade: C+ A strange yet intriguing drama, "Rumble Fish" may be considered great by some and just too offbeat for others. I respect the hard work that Francis Ford Coppola obviously put into this star-studded 1983 film, but something just didn't click. Read the full movie review

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