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Bottle Rocket(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-02-21
67%
1055 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
They're not really criminals, but everyone's got to have a dream.
Overview:
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.
Languages: Spanish, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $7,000,000.00
Revenue: $1,040,879.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Boyle-Taylor Productions
Movie: Bottle Rocket
Top 10 Billed Cast
Luke Wilson
Anthony Adams
Owen Wilson
Dignan
Robert Musgrave
Bob Mapplethorpe
Lumi Cavazos
Inez
James Caan
Mr. Abe Henry
Andrew Wilson
John "Future Man" Mapplethorpe
Ned Dowd
Dr. Nichols
Jenni Tooley
Stacy Sinclair
Video Trailer Bottle Rocket
Video: Bottle Rocket (1996) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers
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BOTTLE ROCKET | Storyboards by Wes Anderson | MUBI
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