Bottle Rocket
Short description
Bottle Rocket follows three young men in Texas who decide to try their hands at crime. Anthony has recently left a psychiatric hospital, and his friend Dignan arrives to collect him with a plan for a new life. Where Anthony is quiet and uncertain, Dignan is enthusiastic and convinced that the two of them, with their friend Bob, can make names for themselves as criminals. Dignan has drawn up detailed schedules for what comes next and speaks constantly of a man named Mr. Henry, a former employer he wants Anthony to meet. The group's efforts begin small and quickly run into trouble.
The film was directed by Wes Anderson, who wrote the screenplay with Owen Wilson. It is the second of 26 films he has directed, following a 1993 short of the same name and preceding Rushmore. Owen Wilson plays Dignan and his brother Luke plays Anthony, with Robert Musgrave as Bob, Lumi Cavazos as Inez, James Caan as Mr. Henry and Andrew Wilson as Future Man. It was produced by Polly Platt and Cynthia Hargrave for Columbia Pictures with Gracie Films and Boyle-Taylor Productions.
Made for about 7 million USD, it took roughly 1 million USD worldwide. On TMDB it holds 6.7 out of 10 from around 1,240 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- After the film failed at the box office, Owen Wilson decided that he wasn't cut out to be an actor and seriously considered joining the Marine Corps.
- Director, producer, screenwriter, and founder of Gracie Films, James L. Brooks, insisted on a serious rewrite of the script; he summoned Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson to Los Angeles and rented them an office for $100 a day. Wilson had never flown first class before. He asked to be moved to a simpler cabin and given the difference in cash, but this request was denied.
- Initially, the management of the Sundance Film Festival refused to screen the film, so Wes Anderson (director and screenwriter) and Owen Wilson (screenwriter) reshot the beginning of the movie, changing it.
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