Rumble Fish | Media Adaptations
Rumble Fish was made into a film in 1983 by Francis Ford Coppola, with Matt Dillon as Rusty-James and Micky Rourke as the Motorcycle Boy; the film also starred Dennis Hopper, Tom Waits, and Nicolas Cage. Hinton also makes a brief appearance. She and Coppola collaborated to write the screenplay.
Matt Dillon (center) as Rusty-James and Mickey Rourke (right) as the Motorcycle Boy in the 1983 film version of the novel
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