Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Chris Penn
- B.J. Jackson
- (as Christopher Penn)
Laurence Fishburne
- Midget
- (as Larry Fishburne)
Sofia Coppola
- Patty's Sister
- (as Domino)
Gian-Carlo Coppola
- Cousin James
- (as Gio)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe sound technicians on the film had a hard time hearing Mickey Rourke's dialogue on set, often asking him to speak louder. As a result, the sound crew referred to the production as "Mumble Fish."
- GoofsWhen Rusty James and his friends have the house party, before they break into the house Rusty James says 'Smokey man, you sure come up with some good ideas bro'. But his lips do not move.
- Quotes
The Motorcycle Boy: If you're going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go.
- Alternate versionsThere is rumored to be an eight-hour bootleg cut of the film.
- SoundtracksDon't Box Me In
Written by Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway
Performed by Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway
Featured review
One of the best films to re-watch!
Yes, this was an effective, well-acted and visually stimulating art-house movie - the forgotten masterpiece of Francis Ford Coppola. I just recently watched this again and fell in love with it. I was a big fan of S.E. Hinton's writings growing up and this film did it justice. It's interesting that author S.E. Hinton claims that the script to this movie was written "on one of the first personal computers" in less than two weeks. How technology has changed nowadays with Final Draft. Matt Dillon gives his best performance as Rusty James, a 1950s street punk whose alcoholic father has all but walked out on him, and whose older brother (an enigmatic figure known only as The Motorcycle Boy) has left and moved to California some time ago. Dig this one up again. It's a classic.
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- busterlarry
- May 18, 2008
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,494,480
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,985
- Oct 10, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $2,494,480
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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