Rumble Fish / Gardens of Stone

Rumble Fish - Francis Ford Coppola directs this stunning adaptation of the S.E.Hinton novel about coming of age in urban Oklahoma. Rusty James(Matt Dillon) is a troubled juvenile delinquent trying to live up to thelegendary reputation of his older brother, Motorcycle Boy (MickeyRourke). One night, while Rusty James and his friends Smokey(Nicolas Cage), Steve (Vincent Spano), and B.J. (ChristopherPenn) are involved in a rumble, Motorcycle Boy reveals some familysecrets about their mother, both brothers become determined toescape their lives or die trying.Gardens of Stone - Grizzled war veteran Sgt. Clell Hazard (James Caan) is disheartenedwhen he is stationed as a guard in Arlington National Cemeteryinstead of an instructor of new recruits during the Vietnam War.When eager Pvt. Jackie Willow (D.B. Sweeney) is stationed underHazard, the vet aims to educate the youth about war. Along with hisold friend, Sgt. Maj. Goody Nelson (James Earl Jones), Hazard doeshis best to school Willow before he is deployed to Vietnam, but bothknow that it may not be enough.