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Nicolas Cage, in an early role, chews the scenery as a hysterical hood named Smokey, while Tom Waits, as a burned-out pool hall owner, provides the gravelly voice of nihilistic reason.

In 1983, Francis Ford Coppola released two films based on the young adult novels of S.E. Hinton. The first, The Outsiders , was a lush, Technicolor weepie that became a box office hit and launched the careers of the "Brat Pack." The second, Rumble Fish , was something else entirely. Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish (1983) is Francis Ford Coppola’s avant-garde companion piece to The Outsiders , often described by the director as an "art film for teenagers" . Filmed immediately after The Outsiders Nicolas Cage, in an early role, chews the