It was adapted to film and directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983.
There are few adults or women who intrude on this romantic male stage, where the protagonistlike the readerlearns a number of important lessons about the world and peoples roles in it. how does rusty "end up" like the mb? be specific. Rumble Fish contains many elements of the successful Hinton formula, in which a young male protagonist narrates the story of his often violent experiences during a crucial period of growing up.
She and Rusty's friend Smokey later become a couple. The acting is superb with a engrossing and passionate performance by a very young Matt Dillon and a powerful and carefully layered performance by Mickey Rourke who in my opinion should have gotten an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor.
Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the film begins in a diner called Bennys Billiards, where local tough guy Rusty James is told by Midget that rival group leader Biff Wilcox wants to meet him that night in an abandoned garage lot for a fight. The names of the characters hint at the novels allegorical mode: Rusty-James and Motorcycle Boy, respectively, the narr… Accepting the challenge, Rusty James then talks with his friends — the wily Smokey, loyal B.J., and tall, nerdy Steve - who all have a different take on the forthcoming fight. Although this kind of bugs me, 'Rumble Fish' is a good film for the most part.
He asks smokey if he got word back to Patty about what he did at the lake party so she would break up with him and he could go after her. He breaks into the pet store, steals the rumble fish, let's the other pets free, and he gets shot. Rumble Fish is a 1975 novel for young adults by S. E. Hinton, author of The Outsiders. Graced with a remarkable cast headed by Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, and Diane Lane; haunting black-and-white visuals that hark back to German expressionism and forward to Coppola’s own Tetro; and a powerful percussive score by Stewart Copeland that underlines the movie’s romantic fatalism, Rumble Fish pulsates throughout with genuine love and dread. Steve mentions that Rusty James' older brother, "The Motorcycle Boy," would not be pleased with the fight a… Smokey later admits that he made sure Patty found out about Rusty-James and the girl so that she would date him instead. is Rusty-James' girlfriend until half-way through the book when she learns that Rusty-James was seen fooling around with a black-haired girl at a party.