Bottle Rocket is a 1996 comedy film directed by Wes Anderson. It was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson. As well as being Wes Anderson's directorial debut, Bottle Rocket was the debut feature for brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, who co-starred with James Caan and Robert Musgrave. The film was a commercial failure but launched Anderson's career by drawing attention from critics. Director Martin Scorsese later named Bottle Rocket one of his top-ten favorite movies of the 1990s. Bottle Rocket is also the name of a short film, shot in 1992 and released in 1994, directed by Anderson upon... which the feature-length film was based. The entire film was shot in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Hillsboro, Texas. In Texas, Dignan "rescues" Anthony from a voluntary mental hospital, where he has been staying for self-described exhaustion. Dignan has an elaborate escape planned and has developed a 75-year plan that he shows to Anthony. The plan is to pull off several heists and then meet Mr. Henry, a landscaper and part-time criminal known to Dignan. As a practice heist, the two friends break into Anthony's house, stealing specific items from a list.
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| Release date: | February 21, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Wes Anderson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Cynthia Hargrave, Barbara Boyle, Richard Sakai, Andrew Wilson, Polly Platt, James L. Brooks, Michael Taylor |
| Editor: | David Moritz |
| Music by: | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography: | Robert Yeoman |
| Screenplay by: | Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson |
| Estimated budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |