Rumble Fish

They aren't listed in the cast, but Siamese Fighting fish are central to this movie. First off, they are the only things in the whole movie that are in color - brilliant red and blue.

If you get this movie (it is available on video) remember:

It is as depressing as hell.
Your bettas will not want to be put in the river! The river is too cold, it is poluted, and only very stupid people (or movie characters) would do that.
Bettas do not kill themselves fighting with themselves in mirrors. They like mirrors, or shiny toaster sides and such, and they will flare at that other fish, but they do not kill themselves.

Rumble Fish (1983)

Directed by Francis Coppola

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Nicolas Cage .... Smokey
Matt Dillon .... Rusty James
Laurence Fishburne .... Midget
Dennis Hopper .... The Father
Diane Lane .... Patty
Chris Penn .... B.J. Jackson
Mickey Rourke .... Motorcycle Boy
Diana Scarwid .... Cassandra
William Smith .... Patterson
Kristi Somers
Vincent Spano .... Steve
Tom Waits .... Plays the bar tender at the bar where Rusty James and his friends use to meet

Written by Francis Coppola, S.E. Hinton (also novel)

Plot Summary:

Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. His mother has left, his father drinks, school has no meaning for him and his relationships are shallow. He is drawn into one more gang fight and the events that follow begin to change his life.

Filming Locations for Rumble Fish (1983): Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA