Rumble Fish (#869) USED

In this deeply personal tale of estrangement and reconciliation between two rebellious brothers, set in a dreamlike and timeless Tulsa, Francis Ford Coppola gives mythic dimensions to intimate, painful emotions. After releasing the classically styled The Outsiders earlier the same year, the director returned to the work of S. E. Hinton, this time with a self-described “art film for teenagers.” 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 underscores the movie’s romantic fatalism, Rumble Fish pulsates throughout with genuine love and dread.

 

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY EDITION:

New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Stephen H. Burum and approved by director Francis Ford Coppola, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray

Alternate remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray

Audio commentary featuring Coppola

New interviews with Coppola, author and coscreenwriter S. E. Hinton, and associate producer Roman Coppola

New conversation between Burum and production designer Dean Tavoularis

Pieces from 2005 about the film’s score and production

Interviews from 1983 with actors Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Vincent Spano and producer Doug Claybourne

French television interview from 1984 with actor Mickey Rourke

Locations: Looking for Rusty James, a 2013 documentary by Alberto Fuguet about the impact of Rumble Fish

New piece about the film’s existentialist elements

“Don’t Box Me In” music video

Deleted scenes

Trailer

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PLUS: An essay by critic Glenn Kenny