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List Price: $9.95 Our Price: $9.95 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Full Screen • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 21 February, 1996 DVD Release : 22 December, 1998 |
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Bottle Rocket description This quietly daffy comedy should have been an indie hit, but ended up ignored by audiences. Too bad; it's a wonderfully sustained caper movie about friends whose career choice is all wrong. Low-key Anthony (Luke Wilson) and high-strung Dignan (Owen C. Wilson--the two actors are brothers) are brought into a life of crime by Dignan's ambition to be a sma ... review details |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Early Wes Anderson Is Still Good Wes Anderson |
| Wes Anderson is probably one of my favorite quirky directors. With films such as [[ASIN:B00005JNLQ The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]], [[ASIN:B0000640VJ The Royal Tenenbaums]], and [[ASIN:6305428239 Rushmore]] in his repertoire, I feel the "quirky" title to be appropriate. Best known for [[ASIN:6305428239 Rushmore]] (1998), Anderson's films have a unique edge to them. Definitely not in-your-face comedy, their impact is much dryer and subtler (I remember the nude gal in [[ASIN:B00005JNLQ The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]] just being there because some nudity was needed. And I remember Bill Murray driving back and forth over his enemy's bicycle in [[ASIN:6305428239 Rushmore]] then placing it back in its bike rack and how I knew this would influence the battle yet-to-come).
I'd never heard of BOTTLE ROCKET until somebody pointed it out to me. Having enjoyed [[ASIN:6305428239 Rushmore]] tremendously, it came highly recommended. And after watching it, I can see why. This is early Anderson, and a film that helped launch his inimitable movie style. Released in 1996 and starring the newly found Wilson brothers (Luke and Owen), it goes to show that Anderson knew how to pick a good script and good actors to round out a chuckle-fest. Luke Wilson ([[ASIN:B000J4QW8Q My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]) is no stranger to Anderson films now, having been given the lead role here and later strong supporting roles in The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore, Luke can celebrate his strong Anderson film trifecta and proudly point back to his roots in this film. Brother Owen ([[ASIN:B00005JNS0 Cars]]) is one up on Luke in that he has performed in all of those, plus The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Mental health issues abound for Anthony (Luke Wilson) and his buddy Dignan (Owen). In fact, Anthony has just been released from a voluntary psychiatric facility where he was resting after a nervous breakdown. Waiting for him in the bushes (literally) is Dignan, who believes Anthony is escaping from the psych ward instead via his own free will. The two quickly go back to their old ways. They decide to return to a life of petty thieving and even do dry-runs by "robbing" Anthony's family's home in order to see if they still have their robbing edge. They also decide to take on the strangest heists (from meat packing plants to bookstores). Since neither of them own a car, though, they have to get a driver and they pick Bob Mapplethorpe (Robert Musgrave) simply because ...well ...he has a car. Their first felony occurs at the aforementioned bookstore and they make quick their getaway, leaving town and scurrying across the state. They end up at a motel in the middle of nowheresville and decide to hold up. But the trio quickly turns sour when a pretty young hotel maid name Inez (Lumi Cavazos) catches Anthony's eye. Speaking no English, the Central American goddess fails to realize how messed up yet in love Anthony is with her (partly due to the language barrier and partly do to Anthony's fumbling ways). Word eventually comes to Bob (the driver) that a family member is in trouble and he has to return to town. Since he has the only car, Anthony and (more importantly) Dignan, flip out, telling him he can't leave. But he does and leaves Anthony and Dignan stranded at the hotel (which is fine with the love-struck Anthony). But Dignan wants to get out of there, so he devises a plan to steal a car and return to their lives of thievery. Not wanting to leave without his newfound love interest, Anthony tries to convince Inez to come with them. A misunderstanding ensues and he and Dignan are back on their debauched road. Eventually they take on a robbery at a meat packing plant and it goes horribly. Risking everything, eventually a choice has to be made about who stays behind -- and takes the risk of capture -- and who goes free. It is the strange and quirky (there's that word again) that drives this film. Owen Wilson's character (Dignan) is obviously an extreme case of an excessive-compulsive. He plans out items to the nth degree, ensuring that everything is okay decades later. Anthony (Luke) struggles to regain some sense of normalcy in his life but keeps getting dragged back down by his bond with Dignan while being tugged the other direction by Inez. In the end, all turns out bizarrely well. Dignan ends up where he belongs, Owen gets what he needs, and even Inez finds what she's looking for. Certainly one of the less known Anderson films, this one still comes highly recommended, just not as highly as his more recent works. |
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