Rumble Fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the film. For the novel, see Rumble Fish (novel). For other meanings, see Rumble Fish (disambiguation). Rumble Fish Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Produced by Francis Ford Coppola Doug Claybourne Fred Roos Screenplay by S. E. Hinton Francis Ford Coppola Based on Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton Starring Matt Dillon Mickey Rourke Vincent Spano Diane Lane Diana Scarwid Nicolas Cage Dennis Hopper Music by Stewart Copeland Cinematography Stephen H. Burum Edited by Barry Malkin Production company Zoetrope Studios Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date October 8, 1983 Running time 94 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $10 million Box office $2,494,480[1] Rumble Fish is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on the novel Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. The film stars Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke.
The film centers on the relationship between a character called the Motorcycle Boy (Rourke), a revered former gang leader wishing to live a more peaceful life, and his younger brother, Rusty James (Dillon), a teenaged hoodlum who aspires to become as feared as his brother.
Coppola wrote the screenplay for the film with Hinton on his days off from shooting The Outsiders. He made the films back to back, retaining much of the same cast and crew, particularly Matt Dillon and Diane Lane.[2] Rumble Fish is dedicated to Coppola's brother August.[3]
The film is notable for its avant-garde style with a film noir feel, shot on stark high-contrast black-and-white film, using the spherical cinematographic process with allusions to French New Wave cinema and German Expressionism. 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. Soundtrack Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Soundtrack album by Stewart Copeland Released November 8, 1983 Recorded 1983 Genre Soundtrack Length 43:08 Label A&M Producer Stewart Copeland (1980) Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Singles from Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) "Don't Box Me In" Released: 1983 Coppola envisioned a largely experimental score to complement his images.[15] 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, then drummer of the musical group The Police, to improvise a rhythm track. Coppola soon concluded that Copeland was a far superior composer and let him take over.[15] Copeland recorded street sounds of Tulsa and mixed them into the soundtrack with the use of Musync—a music and tempo editing hardware and software system invented by Robert Randles (subsequently nominated for an Oscar for Scientific Achievement), to modify the tempo of his compositions and synchronize them with the action in the film. [16][15]
An edited version of the song "Don't Box Me In", a collaboration between Copeland and singer/songwriter Stan Ridgway, was released as a single and enjoyed significant radio airplay.
All songs written by Stewart Copeland, except where noted.
"Don't Box Me In" (Copeland, Stan Ridgway) – 4:40 "Tulsa Tango" – 3:42 "Our Mother Is Alive" – 4:16 "Party at Someone Else's Place" – 2:25 "Biff Gets Stomped by Rusty James" – 2:27 "Brothers on Wheels" – 4:20 "West Tulsa Story" – 3:59 "Tulsa Rags" – 1:39 "Father on the Stairs" – 3:01 "Hostile Bridge to Benny's" – 1:53 "Your Mother Is Not Crazy" – 2:48 "Personal Midget/Cain's Ballroom" – 5:55 "Motorboy's Fate" – 2:03 General Complete name : Stewart Copeland\Rumble Fish [Original Score]\01 Don't Box Me In.mp3 Format : MPEG Audio File size : 4.27 MiB Duration : 4 min 39 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 128 kb/s Album : Rumble Fish [Original Score] Album/Performer : Stewart Copeland Track name : Don't Box Me In Track name/Position : 1 Performer : Stan Ridgway/Stewart Copeland Composer : Stan Ridgway/Stewart Copeland Publisher : IMS Genre : Soundtrack Recorded date : 1983
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