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Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket is a 1996 American crime comedy film directed by Wes Anderson in his feature film directorial debut. The film is written by Anderson and Owen Wilson and is based on Anderson's 1994 short film of the same name. Bottle Rocket is also the acting debut for brothers Owen and Luke Wilson, who co-starred with Robert Musgrave, their older brother Andrew Wilson, Lumi Cavazos, and James Caan. Principal photography took place in various locations throughout Texas.
Plot
In Arizona, Dignan "rescues" his friend Anthony from a voluntary psychiatric unit, where he has been staying for self-described exhaustion. Dignan has an elaborate escape plan and has developed a 75-year plan that he shows to Anthony. The plan is to pull off several heists, and then meet up with a Mr. Henry, a landscaper and part-time criminal known to Dignan.
More details
| author | Owen Wilson Wes Anderson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Wes Anderson |
| editor | David Moritz |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | alfa romeo spider arizona arrest break in clean crime scene getaway earring escape plan getaway driver joke landscape landscaper language barrier lock nuthouse older brother on the lam pair of earrings psychiatric hospital speak steal |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| producer | Cynthia Hargrave Polly Platt |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films Columbia Pictures Gracie Films |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| theme | buddy comedy crime comedy heist independent short |