Bottle Rocket (DVD)

...‘Rushmore’). Though the soundtrack in Bottle Rocket is less extensive than in the later films it is equally as triumphant and as well as the unusual but brilliant choice of a Proclaimers song contains the obligatory Anderson/Wilson choice of a Rolling Stones track. What further links the three films musically is Mark Mothersbaugh whose unusual and fast paced jazz score provides the perfect accompaniment to Anderson’s visuals. These are the sort of ...
...really helps to create the essence of a film. I realise I have talked about Anderson and Wilson’s two later films extensively when telling you about ‘Bottle Rocket’; this is because they’re really an unofficial trilogy. Like Kevin Smith’s Jersey Trilogy these films are not joined by plot or characters (and feature the same actors playing different roles) but they are intrinsically linked. The films take place in the same universe, just slightly ...

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...I figured I'd start with Bottle Rocket, as thats the first film that Wes directed and its also the first film that Owen and Luke Wilson and Bob Musgrave starred in too, the start of good things to come! This movie I believe was written while Owen (and Luke(?)) and Wes were at university together in Texas in the 1990s and is now seen as a cult comedy hit. Bottle Rocket is all about three friends who team up to escape their boring lifes and pursuit ...
...local criminal 'head honcho' who's played by James Caan, spotting them and convincing them to carry out a large heist - but is it too much for them to handle and will they get away with it? The movie starts with Anthony (played by Luke Wilson) getting out out of a psychiatric ward (which he stayed at due to suffering exhaustion), with his friend Dignans help (played by Owen Wilson), even though he could voluntarily leave, Dignan was keen to try ...

IzzyS 23.09.2007 · Read full review
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The Review - Bottle Rocket, Wes Andersons first film is surely not his best but is still a worthy addition to the few films he has made. The script, as with all of Andersons other films, is witty, clever and quirky. Bottle Rocket gives the viewer a sign of things to come from Andersons other work. Such as the visual gags: matching yellow jump suits (the matching swim suits in The Life Aquatic and the matching red track suits in Tenenbaums) and the ...

narutogoku 11.08.2007 (13.08.2007) · Read full review
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