Bottle Rocket (1994)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Wes Anderson

Writers:

Wes Anderson (writer)
Owen Wilson (writer)

Release Date:

1994 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

They're not criminals, but everybody's got to have a dream.

Plot Keywords:

Pistol | Target Practice | Robbery | Thief | Bookstore

Cast

Briggs Branning	...	Man at Golfs
Lumi Cavazos	...	Inez
Isiah Ellis	...	Man on Street
Robert Musgrave	...	Bob Hanson
Temple Nash	...	Himself
Elissa Sommerfield	...	Waitress at Diner
Luke Wilson	...	Anthony
Owen Wilson	...	Dignan

Runtime:

13 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia:

The short film was originally set to feature established actors but because of the low budget, the main characters were given to brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, who had never been in a movie before.

Movie Connections:

References "Starsky and Hutch" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Stevie

an interesting start

It was rather interesting, as a huge fan of the feature, to finally get a look at the original 13 minute short, which the director himself says he cannot watch without cringing. I didn't cringe at all, in fact I was elated to see the bare bones of a simple plot, simply worded and simply acted. It was great to see what two years, a great production crew, a great cast and 6 million dollars can do to a movie. Unfortunately it's hard for me to separate the original from the feature, but one can definitely see the potentially unique voices in this piece.