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Release Date:
21 February 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
They're not really criminals, but everybody's got to have a dream.
Plot:
Focusing on a trio of friends and their elaborate plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins
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What an interesting, yet hilarious quirky comedy!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Luke Wilson | ... | Anthony Adams | |
| Owen Wilson | ... | Dignan (as Owen C. Wilson) | |
| Ned Dowd | ... | Dr. Nichols | |
| Shea Fowler | ... | Grace | |
| Haley Miller | ... | Bernice | |
| Robert Musgrave | ... | Bob Mapplethorpe | |
| Andrew Wilson | ... | Future Man | |
| Brian Tenenbaum | ... | H. Clay Murchison | |
| Jenni Tooley | ... | Stacy Sinclair | |
| Temple Nash | ... | Temple | |
| Dipak Pallana | ... | Bookstore Employee | |
| Darryl Cox | ... | Bookstore Manager | |
| Stephen Dignan | ... | Rob | |
| Lumi Cavazos | ... | Inez | |
| Julie Mayfield | ... | Wife in Motelroom |
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Rated R for language.
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Runtime:
91 min | Argentina:95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Argentina:16 |
USA:R (certificate #33597) |
UK:15 |
Ireland:15 |
South Korea:15 |
Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Singapore:PG |
Iceland:L
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The name of the prison at the end of the film is "Wasco", the same as the last name of production designer David Wasco.
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Miscellaneous: When "Applejack" and Dignan pick up Anthony in the Green Monte Carlo, they leave without the dog.
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Anthony:
You told, you told your friend Bernice I'm some kind of jet pilot?
Grace: What was I supposed to say, they stuck you in an insane asylum?
Anthony: It wasn't an insane asylum, Grace. I explained to you back then that it was for exhaustion.
Grace: Exhaustion?
Anthony: Yes, exhaustion.
Grace: You haven't worked a day in your life. How could you be exhausted?
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Grace: What was I supposed to say, they stuck you in an insane asylum?
Anthony: It wasn't an insane asylum, Grace. I explained to you back then that it was for exhaustion.
Grace: Exhaustion?
Anthony: Yes, exhaustion.
Grace: You haven't worked a day in your life. How could you be exhausted?
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References Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (1962)
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Pachanga Diferente
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I was watching the Roger Ebert movie show when he was giving his best films of the decade of the 1990's with movie director Martin Scorsese. Scorsese picked Bottle Rocket as his seventh favorite movie of the decade. From that point forward, I had to search out and find this movie. Boy, am I glad that I did.
The movie Bottle Rocket is a joy. It is a caper comedy in one respect, but also an interesting look at how the bad brother can talk the good brother into doing the wrong thing. The second idea sets up some great comedy bits. Owen Wilson as the bad brother, Dignan, is absolutely hilarious. From this point forward, I will always be interested in seeing him in a movie. His brother Luke Wilson as the good, yet naive brother, is also very charming. James Caan shows up in the second half of the movie and is fantastic. The writer/director, Wes Anderson (Rushmore), does a great job of telling an off-beat story and gives his characters great lines to say.
All in all, Bottle Rocket was a pleasant surprise that I had never heard of. Thank you Martin Scorsese.