S.E. Hinton
Rumble Fish

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Rumble Fish

S. E. Hinton on the book

Rumble Fish was a difficult shoot. We had very long hours and uncomfortable conditions - Oklahoma is very hot in the summer and we worked mostly all nights.

Once again, the performances are amazing - Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper are outstanding. And Francis Coppola really understood the book, but stayed true to his own vision. It is his movie.

Rumble Fish is a very strange movie (R-Rated!) and people love it or hate it.

I love it.

(I have a bit part as hooker. I don't know why.)

Matt Dillon with S. E. Hinton on the set of the Rumble Fish.
Matt Dillon with S. E. Hinton on the set of the Rumble Fish.
A Universal Pictures release
Opened October 1983Cast
  • Rusty-James - Matt Dillon
  • Motorcycle Boy - Mickey Rourke
  • Patty - Diane Lane
  • Father - Dennis Hopper
  • Cassandra - Diane Scarwid
  • Steve - Vincent Spano
  • Smokey - Nicolas Cage
  • B.J. - Christopher Penn
  • Benny - Tom Waits
Director
  • Francis Coppola
Producer
  • Fred Roos and Doug Claybourne
Photography
  • Stephen H. Burum
Screenplay
  • S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola
Music
  • Stewart Copeland