6/22/2023 0 Comments Rumblefish book summary![]() ![]() ![]() To convey the angst of the hero’s older brother, the Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), the director decided to model the character’s look after Albert Camus-another nod to Coppola’s brother, August, who was a respected literary scholar.Ĭoppola often showed films to his cast and crew to inspire them. JohnsonĬoppola paid tribute to his older brother, August, whom he considered his “first and best teacher,” by dedicating the film to him in the end credits, and by having August’s son, Nicolas Cage, who was making his film debut, wear his father’s Wild Deuces social club jacket, an artifact from the brothers’ youth in Woodside, Queens.Ĭoppola wanted all of the gang members in the film to have distinct looks. Hinton appears in a brief cameo as a prostitute in the film. ![]() Hinton wrote an early version of it as a short story, which was published in 1968 in the University of Tulsa literary magazine, Nimrod. Two details were inspired by her pets: the title alludes to a Siamese fighting fish she once owned, and the protagonist is named after her cat Rusty-James. ![]()
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