bottle rocket is the feature length debut of wes anderson.
it doesn't heavily feature what would become staples of his latest work, it does in small doses but it more or less looks like a regular film.
and actually i love the cinematography in this film, the composition is not always amazing but the colors and location make this film have a warm vibe to it. the characters are oke but are well played, luke and owen wilson play their parts pretty good and robert musgrave is decent.
he only ever played a big role in this film and then sort of did nothing else as important or good. i wonder what happened.(also watch my newest film https://boxd.it/VbxI )

Bottle Rocket
They're not really criminals, but everyone's got to have a dream.
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Release Date
2/21/1996Runtime
91 minsOverview
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$7,000,000Revenue
$1,040,879Homepage
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Two hapless friends stumble through a series of half-baked crimes with more heart than competence, creating a tragicomic portrait of dreamers in over their heads. It's a tender, quirky film that finds both humor and melancholy in the gap between ambition and reality.
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I was very charmed by Bottle Rocket, even without it having all the symmetry and aesthetics that have become Wes Anderson's signature. It was very endearing. I especially loved the scene when Rocky is washing dishes and translating back and forth for Anthony and Inez. That really got me.
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