The Nicolas Cage Project

  • Rumble Fish (1983)

    Rumble Fish (1983)

    What’s this all about? Matt Dillon plays a moron punk who is sad because his older brother, Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourk), is a better moron punk than he is. Like much of…

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  • Valley Girl (1983)

    Valley Girl (1983)

    What’s this all about? Valley Girl Is a coming-of-age fish-out-of-water teen comedy romance about Julie, a preppy girl from “the valley” who dresses like a 60-year-old librarian and must choose between two…

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  • The Outsiders (1983)

    The Outsiders (1983)

    What’s this all about? The Outsiders is a coming of age story about a group of young men in the 1960’s. It tells the tale of conflict between these boys, another group…

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  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    What’s this all about? Fast Times at Ridgemont High is sort of the archetype of the 80’s teen comedy, featuring several loosely interlaced stories about wacky and sometimes relatable characters. The typical…

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  • The Best of Times (1981)

    The Best of Times (1981)

    What’s this all about? The Best of Times is Nicolas Cage’s (credited as Nicolas Coppola) first IMDB credit. It’s listed as a 1981 “TV Movie”. In reality, it’s a 45 minute pilot…

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  • This is probably a bad idea.

    This is probably a bad idea.

    Over the years, Sarah and I have watched a lot of “movie marathons,” in which, we watch every movie in a franchise. We’ve seen every Tremors movie (most good; all fun), every…

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