Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket

They're not really criminals, but everyone's got to have a dream.

1996•1h 31m•6.7/10

ComedyCrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(1K)

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.

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Production

Gracie Films, Columbia Pictures, Boyle-Taylor Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson

Anthony Adams

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Dignan

Robert Musgrave

Robert Musgrave

Bob Mapplethorpe

Lumi Cavazos

Lumi Cavazos

Inez

James Caan

James Caan

Mr. Abe Henry

Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson

John "Future Man" Mapplethorpe

Teddy Wilson

Hector Mapplethorpe

Donny Caicedo

Rocky

Ned Dowd

Ned Dowd

Dr. Nichols

Jenni Tooley

Jenni Tooley

Stacy Sinclair

Shea Fowler

Grace

Kumar Pallana

Kumar Pallana

Kumar

Jim Ponds

Applejack

Haskel Craver

Jackson

Haley Miller

Bernice

Brian Tenenbaum

H. Clay Murchison

Temple Nash

Temple

Darryl Cox

Darryl Cox

Bookstore Manager

Dipak Pallana

Bookstore Employee

Stephen Dignan

Stephen Dignan

Rob

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