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This article is about the film. For the novel, see Rumble Fish (novel). Rumble Fish is a 1975 novel by S E Hinton. It centers on the relationship between Rusty-James and his older brother the Motorcycle Boy a revered former gang leader For other meanings, see Rumble Fish (disambiguation).
Rumble Fish

Theatrical poster
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by Francis Ford Coppola
Doug Claybourne
Fred Roos
Written by S.E. Hinton (novel)
S. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, Fred Roos ( May 22, 1934, Santa Monica California) is a noted American film producer Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American Author of Novels for young adults and is most famous for her E. Hinton
Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
Starring Matt Dillon
Mickey Rourke
Diane Lane
Vincent Spano
Nicolas Cage
Dennis Hopper
Laurence Fishburne
Chris Penn
Music by Stewart Copeland
Cinematography Stephen H. Burum
Editing by Barry Malkin
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) October 8, 1983 (USA)
Running time 94 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $2,494,480 (USA)
Official website
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

Rumble Fish is a 1983 film directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe Award - and BAFTA Award -nominated Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr (born September 16, 1952 in Schenectady New York) is an American Actor, who has appeared Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American film Actress. Vincent Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor Spano was born in Brooklyn New York to Italian American parents Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award -winning American actor Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American award-winning Actor of screen and stage, as well as Christopher Shannon Penn ( October 10 1965 &ndash January 24 2006) was an American Film and Television Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American Musician, best known as the Drummer for the band The Stephen H Burum, ASC is an American Cinematographer, and was born on 25 November 1939 in Visalia, California. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, It is based on the novel Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Rumble Fish is a 1975 novel by S E Hinton. It centers on the relationship between Rusty-James and his older brother the Motorcycle Boy a revered former gang leader Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American Author of Novels for young adults and is most famous for her The film centers on the relationship between the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), a revered former gang leader, and his younger brother, Rusty James (Matt Dillon), who can't live up to his brother's great reputation, nor can his brother live it down. Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr (born September 16, 1952 in Schenectady New York) is an American Actor, who has appeared Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe Award - and BAFTA Award -nominated Coppola wrote the screenplay for the film with Hinton on his days off from shooting The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S He made the films back-to-back, retaining much of the same cast and crew. The film is notable for its avant-garde style, shot on stark high-contrast black-and-white film, using the spherical cinematographic process with allusions to French New Wave cinema and German Expressionism. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard "Nouvelle Vague" redirects here For the music group of the same name see Nouvelle Vague (band. German Expressionism is the term used to refer to a number of related creative movements which emerged in Germany before the first world war which reached a peak in Berlin [1] Rumble Fish features an experimental score by Stewart Copeland, drummer of the musical group The Police, who used a Musync, a new device at the time. Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American Musician, best known as the Drummer for the band The The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar,

Rumble Fish was booed when it debuted at the New York Film Festival. The New York Film Festival is the one of the most important film festivals in the United States first held in 1963 in New York. [2] It went on to gross only $2. 5 million domestically, well below its estimated $10 million budget. [3] Most mainstream reviewers reacted negatively to Coppola's film, criticizing its overt style and lack of characterization. [4] However, film critic David Thomson called it, "Coppola's best film, the most emotional, the most revolutionary and the most clearly in love with the 1940's movies. David Thomson can refer to a number of people David Thomson (politician, Australian politician (1856–1926 David Thomson (Australian politician "[5]

Contents

Cast

Production

Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay for Rumble Fish with S. Glenn Withrow (born November 24, 1953 in Highland Heights Kentucky) is an American actor Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award E. Hinton on his days off from shooting The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S He made the films back-to-back, retaining much of the same cast and crew. As with The Outsiders, Coppola enlisted a large group of young, up-and-coming male actors - including now-famous performers such as Matt Dillon, Chris Penn, Nicolas Cage (actually, Coppola's nephew), Laurence Fishburne, Vincent Spano and Mickey Rourke. The material had an autobiographical element for the director as the relationship between Rusty-James and the Motorcycle Boy mirrored the one between Coppola and his brother, August. [6]

To get Rourke into the mindset of his character, Coppola gave him books written by Albert Camus and a biography of Napoleon. Albert Camus ( (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 was an Algerian born French Author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. [7] The Motorcycle Boy's look was patterned after Camus complete with trademark cigarette dangling out of the corner of his mouth - taken from a photograph of the author that Rourke used as a visual handle. [8] Rourke remembers that he approached his character as "an actor who no longer finds his work interesting. "[9]

Before filming started, Coppola ran regular screenings of old films during the evenings to familiarize the cast and in particular, the crew with his visual concept for Rumble Fish. Most notably, Coppola showed Anatole Litvak's Decision Before Dawn, the inspiration for the film's smoky look, and Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which became Rumble Fish's "stylistic prototype. Anatole Litvak (Анатоль Литвак ( May 10, 1902 &ndash December 15, 1974) was a Ukrainian -born international filmmaker Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 war film which tells the story of the American Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence in the Robert Wiene ( April 27, 1873, Breslau – June 16, 1938, Paris) was Caligari redirects here For the company see Caligari Corporation. "[10] Coppola's extensive use of shadows (some were painted on alley walls for proper effect), oblique angles, exaggerated compositions, and an abundance of smoke and fog are all hallmarks of these German Expressionist films. [11] Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi, shot mainly in time-lapse photography, motivated Coppola to use this technique to animate the sky in his own film. Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental Documentary films Life Born Koyaanisqatsi ( also known as Koyaanisqatsi Life out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip [12]

Warner Brothers was not happy with an early cut of The Outsiders and passed on distributing Rumble Fish. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and [13] Despite the lack of financing in place, Coppola completely recorded the film on video during two weeks of rehearsals in a former school gymnasium. [14]

Coppola hired Michael Smuin, a choreographer and co-director of the San Francisco Ballet, to stage the fight scene between Rusty-James and Biff Wilcox. He asked Smuin to include specific visual elements: a motorcycle, broken glass, knives, gushing water and blood. [15] The choreographer spent a week designing the sequence.

Six weeks into production, Coppola made a deal with Universal Pictures and principal photography began on July 12, 1982 on many of the same Tulsa, Oklahoma sets used in The Outsiders. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) [16]

The movie is notable for its avant-garde style, shot on stark high-contrast black-and-white film, using the spherical cinematographic process with allusions to French New Wave cinema. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard "Nouvelle Vague" redirects here For the music group of the same name see Nouvelle Vague (band. The striking black and white photography of the film's cinematographer, Stephen H. Burum, lies in two main sources: the films of Orson Welles and German cinema of the 1920s. Stephen H Burum, ASC is an American Cinematographer, and was born on 25 November 1939 in Visalia, California. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television [17] When the film was in its pre-production phase, Coppola asked Burum how he wanted to film it and they agreed that it might be the only chance they were ever going to have to make a black-and-white film. [18]

The result is an often surreal world where time seems to follow its own rules. The film, filled with retro anachronisms, seems to portray life in the mid-1950s when Rusty James' hoodlum gang mentality was beginning to give way to the bohemian Beatnik way of life represented by his brother. [19] However, other elements in the film indicate that the story in fact takes place in the present time: Rusty James plays a Pac-Man arcade game in a bar, and contemporary Zydeco musician Queen Ida is performing at an outdoor festival. is an Arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory (born January 15 1929, Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American Accordionist

Soundtrack

Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) cover
Soundtrack by Stewart Copeland
Released April 21, 1992 (CD)
Recorded 1983
Genre Soundtrack
Length 43:08
Label A&M
Producer Stewart Copeland
Francis Ford Coppola
Professional reviews

Coppola envisioned a largely experimental score to complement his images. Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American Musician, best known as the Drummer for the band The Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. He began to devise a mainly percussive soundtrack to symbolize the idea of time running out. As Coppola worked on it, he realized that he needed help from a professional musician. He asked Stewart Copeland, drummer of the musical group The Police, to improvise a rhythm track. Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American Musician, best known as the Drummer for the band The The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, Coppola soon realized that Copeland was a far superior composer and let him take over. The musician proceeded to record street sounds of Tulsa and mixed them into the soundtrack with the use of a Musync, a new device at the time, that recorded film, frame by frame on videotape with the image on top, the dialogue in the middle, and the musical staves on the bottom so that it matched the images perfectly. [20]

The song "Don't Box Me In (theme from Rumble Fish)," a collaboration between Copeland and singer/songwriter Stan Ridgway, leader and frontman of Wall of Voodoo, was released with the film and enjoyed significant radio airplay. Stan Ridgway born April 5, 1954 in Barstow California, is a Multi-instrumentalist Singer-songwriter, and was the original Wall of Voodoo was a new wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit " Mexican Radio "

Track listing

  1. "Don't Box Me In" 4:40
  2. "Tulsa Tango" 3:42
  3. "Our Mother Is Alive" 4:16
  4. "Party at Someone Else's Place" 2:25
  5. "Biff Gets Stomped by Rusty James" 2:27
  6. "Brothers on Wheels" 4:20
  7. "West Tulsa Story" 3:59
  8. "Tulsa Rags" 1:39
  9. "Father on the Stairs" 3:01
  10. "Hostile Bridge to Benny's" 1:53
  11. "Your Mother Is Not Crazy" 2:48
  12. "Personal Midget/Cain's Ballroom" 5:55
  13. "Motorboy's Fate" 2:03

Reception

At Rumble Fish's world premiere at the New York Film Festival, there were several walkouts and at the end of the screening, boos and catcalls. The New York Film Festival is the one of the most important film festivals in the United States first held in 1963 in New York. [21] Former head of production at Paramount Pictures remembers legendary producer Robert Evans' reaction to Coppola's film, "Evans went to see Rumble Fish, and he remembers being shaken by how far Coppola had strayed from Hollywood. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Robert Evans may refer to Bob Evans (race driver (born 1947 Formula One driver from England Bob Evans (restaurateur (1918&ndash2007 Evans says, 'I was scared. I couldn't understand any of it. '"[22] The film grossed $18,985 on its opening weekend, playing in only one theater. Its widest release was in 296 theaters and it finally grossed $2,494,480 domestically. [23]

The film was not well-received by most mainstream critics upon its initial release, receiving nine negative reviews in New York City, mostly from broadcast media and newspapers with harsh reviews by David Denby in New York and Andrew Sarris in the Village Voice. David Denby is an Senior Lecturer in French at Dublin City University. New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. Andrew Sarris, born on October 31, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, is a U This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. [24] In her review for the New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, "But the film is so furiously overloaded, so crammed with extravagant touches, that any hint of a central thread is obscured. Janet Maslin (born 1948 is an American Journalist. She is best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times "[25] Gary Arnold in the Washington Post wrote, "It's virtually impossible to be drawn into the characters' identities and conflicts at even an introductory, rudimentary level, and the rackety distraction of an obtrusive experimental score. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D . . frequently makes it impossible to comprehend mere dialogue. "[26]

Jay Scott wrote one of the few positive reviews for the film in the Globe and Mail. Jay Scott was the Pen name of Jeffrey Scott Beaven (1949 — July 30, 1993) a Canadian Film critic. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities "Francis Coppola, bless his theatrical soul, may have the commercial sense of a newt, but he has the heart of a revolutionary, and the talent of a great artist. "[27] Jack Kroll also gave a rare rave in his review for Newsweek: "Rumble Fish is a brilliant tone poem. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. . . Rourke's Motorcycle Boy is really a young god with a mortal wound, a slippery assignment Rourke handles with a fierce delicacy. "[28]

DVD

The film was first released on September 9, 1998 with no extra material. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) A special edition was released on September 13, 2005 with an audio commentary by Coppola, six deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, a look at how Copeland's score was created and the "Don't Box Me In" music video. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Notes

  1. ^ Goodwin ?.
  2. ^ Chown 167.
  3. ^ Box Office Mojo.
  4. ^ Chown 167.
  5. ^ Chown 170.
  6. ^ Cowie 170; Goodwin 350; Chown 169.
  7. ^ Cowie 173.
  8. ^ Goodwin 350.
  9. ^ Goodwin ?.
  10. ^ Goodwin 349.
  11. ^ Goodwin ?.
  12. ^ Goodwin 349; Chown 170.
  13. ^ Goodwin ?.
  14. ^ Scott, "Rumble Fish: Another from the Heart," E1; Goodwin ?.
  15. ^ Goodwin ?.
  16. ^ Goodwin ?.
  17. ^ Cowie 171.
  18. ^ Fisher.
  19. ^ Chown ?.
  20. ^ Goodwin ?.
  21. ^ Scott, "Loving, Ferocious Depiction of Teen Angst," E7.
  22. ^ Chown 168.
  23. ^ Box Office Mojo.
  24. ^ Chown 167.
  25. ^ Maslin C10.
  26. ^ Arnold D3.
  27. ^ Scott, "Loving, Ferocious Depiction of Teen Angst," E7.
  28. ^ Kroll 128.

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