Elevator Pitch: Bottle Rocket (1996)

Bottle Rocket (1996)
Written by Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson
Directed by Wes Anderson
Starring: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd
Pitch: One for the Wes-heads, though if you’re a true Anderson stan you’ve already seen this. You also already know that this is Wes Anderson’s first feature film which followed a proof-of-concept short film of the same name which premiered at the 1994 Sundance film festival. It’s fun, it’s hilarious, and it’s prototypical Wes Anderson. I admittedly came late to the party with this one having just watched it for the first time at the end of 2023 but as a present day Wes Anderson lover I can tell you all the seeds of what would become the auteur’s iconic style of filmmaking are all here!
Where I watched: Mubi