Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Owen Wilson
- Dignan
- (as Owen C. Wilson)
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- TriviaAfter the movie bombed at the box office, Owen Wilson seriously considered joining the Marines, convinced that acting held no future for him.
- GoofsAfter the bookstore robbery, the boys are conversing at the house and police lights can be seen flashing among the trees behind Owen Wilson. This was meant to lead into a scene that was deleted about the police being called to the neighborhood for an unrelated call, during which they end up discovering Bob's marijuana crop.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Best of the '90s (2000)
- Soundtracks7 & 7 Is
Written by Arthur Lee
Performed by Love
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Published by Trio Music Co., Inc./Grass Root Productions
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What an interesting, yet hilarious quirky comedy!
I was watching the Roger Ebert movie show when he was giving his best films of the decade of the 1990's with movie director Martin Scorsese. Scorsese picked Bottle Rocket as his seventh favorite movie of the decade. From that point forward, I had to search out and find this movie. Boy, am I glad that I did.
The movie Bottle Rocket is a joy. It is a caper comedy in one respect, but also an interesting look at how the bad brother can talk the good brother into doing the wrong thing. The second idea sets up some great comedy bits. Owen Wilson as the bad brother, Dignan, is absolutely hilarious. From this point forward, I will always be interested in seeing him in a movie. His brother Luke Wilson as the good, yet naive brother, is also very charming. James Caan shows up in the second half of the movie and is fantastic. The writer/director, Wes Anderson (Rushmore), does a great job of telling an off-beat story and gives his characters great lines to say.
All in all, Bottle Rocket was a pleasant surprise that I had never heard of. Thank you Martin Scorsese.
The movie Bottle Rocket is a joy. It is a caper comedy in one respect, but also an interesting look at how the bad brother can talk the good brother into doing the wrong thing. The second idea sets up some great comedy bits. Owen Wilson as the bad brother, Dignan, is absolutely hilarious. From this point forward, I will always be interested in seeing him in a movie. His brother Luke Wilson as the good, yet naive brother, is also very charming. James Caan shows up in the second half of the movie and is fantastic. The writer/director, Wes Anderson (Rushmore), does a great job of telling an off-beat story and gives his characters great lines to say.
All in all, Bottle Rocket was a pleasant surprise that I had never heard of. Thank you Martin Scorsese.
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- May 29, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $560,069
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $124,118
- Feb 25, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $560,069
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