Matt Dillon The Film Received A Regional Limited Theatrical Release In May 1979 And
He began acting in the late 1970s, gaining fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s. The film received a regional, limited theatrical release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000. Another of Dillon’s early roles was in the Jean Shepherd PBS special The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters. in the early 1980s, Dillon also had prominent roles in three adaptations of S. E. Hinton novels: Tex (1982), The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983). in 1989, Dillon won critical acclaim for his performance as a drug addict in Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy. Dillon contributed his voice as the narrator, Sal Paradise, in an audiobook version of Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road. He was charged with negligent operation of a vehicle. Dillon’s name is dropped in the lyrics of “After the Fire”, a song that Pete Townshend wrote for Roger Daltrey’s solo album Under a Raging Moon: I saw Matt Dillon in black and white/There ain’t no colour in memories/He rode his brother’s Harley across the TV/ While I was laughing at Dom deLuise Dillon is also mentioned in Pencey Prep’s “Don Quixote” from the album Heartbreak in Stereo.
