Bottle Rocket


Bottle Rocket is a 1996 American crime comedy film directed by Wes Anderson. It was cowritten by Anderson and Owen Wilson. In addition to being Wes Andersons directorial debut, Bottle Rocket was the debut feature for brothers Owen and Luke Wilson, who costarred with James Caan and Robert Musgrave.

In Arizona, Dignan rescues his friend Anthony from a voluntary psychiatric unit, where he has been staying for selfdescribed exhaustion. Dignan has an elaborate escape plan and has developed a 75year plan that he shows to Anthony. The plan is to pull off several heists, and then meet up with a Mr. Henry, a landscaper and parttime criminal known to Dignan.As a practice heist, the two friends break into Anthonys familys house, stealing specific items from a previously agreed upon list. Afterward, critiquing the heist, Dignan reveals that he took a pair of earrings not specified on the list. This upsets Anthony, as he had purchased the earrings for his mother as a gift and specifically left them off the list. Anthony visits his little sister at her school and asks her return the earrings. Dignan recruits Bob Mapplethorpe as a getaway driver because he is the only person they know with a car. The three of them buy a gun and return to Bobs house to plan their next heist, which will be at a local bookstore. The group bickers as Dignan struggles to describe his intricate plan. ........

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