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movie a day #261: bottle rocket
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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com
This quietly daffy comedy should have been an indie hit, but ended up ignored by audiences. Too bad; it's a wonderfully sustained caper movie about friends whose career choice is all wrong. Low-key Anthony (Luke Wilson) and high-strung Dignan (Owen C. Wilson--the two actors are brothers) are brought into a life of crime by Dignan's ambition to be a small-time thief. After a few amusingly laid-back trial burglaries, they (and a third buddy) find themselves over their heads when they hook up with an experienced crime boss (James Caan). Because this movie is so relentlessly deadpan, you really have to be dialed in to its brand of humor--but once there, Bottle Rocket shoots off plenty of sparks. Above all, Owen Wilson's portrayal of Dignan is a terrifically original comic creation; Dignan is so sincerely focused on his goals that he can't see how completely absurd his ideas are. Owen Wilson, who went on to supply similarly knuckle-headed performances in Armageddon and Permanent Midnight, wrote the screenplay with director Wes Anderson. --Robert Horton--This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.
sorry to double up, but this should catch me up from missing monday. anyway, this is the one that started it all. this movie is what made me start to love film. it is very, very funny (albeit subtly so), and a great first film from owen and wes.
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Again, another movie I have not seen, but I might have to check it out.
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This one's great! Wes Anderson's first, I think.
yep. james l. brooks saw their short and got them the money to make it. the short (to the best of my knowledge) has yet to be released, and i believe the hold-up is that they used music from "peanuts" and have not gotten the go ahead to keep it in for mass production.
Did someone call this movie "brilliant"? I was very disappointed. A few chuckles here and there (like the "stop sign" line), but overall it was bleh.
The plot just sort of meandered around, like the writers couldn't decide where they wanted to take the movie. It was okay, nothing to write home about.
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