In the book, the horse's name is Negrito. In the movie, it's name is Rowdy. Did anyone else notice this? If you did, can you tell me why they did this?
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"If you're going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go."
-The Motorcycle Boy (Rumble Fish by: S.E. Hinton)
they used Hinton's horse, who I'm assuming is name is Rowdy, and you cant really change an animals name
Cascades got nothing on Tulsa's favorite greasers
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they used Hinton's horse, who I'm assuming is name is Rowdy, and you cant really change an animals name
they used Hinton's horse, who I'm assuming is name is Rowdy
Negrito in Tex is based on my horse Toyota. (...) Toyota played Tex's horse in the movie and did a wonderful job. He loved the movie making process. (...) And he adored Matt Dillon, Tex. Matt came in early, and I gave him riding lessons for a couple of weeks.
S.E. Hinton: Some Of Tim's Stories. Oklahoma University Press 2007, p. 99 and p. 108.
The horse in the book is black (Blackie in Spanish)
Hinton's horse was a bay, so a name change was needed.
and ironically in the movie Mason's horse, who was never seen on screen was named Toyota. So they named Mason's unseen horse after the horse that portrayed the seen horse, that was named Rowdy for the movie. Haha kind of weird.
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