Anderson Countdown Part 1 - Bottle Rocket

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's newest Countdown miniseries: the Wes Anderson Countdown. To honor one of the great still-working indie writer-director auteurs, who's next film ASTEROID CITY comes out later this year, Scott, Scott, and Jay will be watching all 10 of the American filmmakers' works to-date, from his origins with the '90s heist-comedy BOTTLE ROCKET, all the way to his latest feature, 2021's star-studded anthology drama THE FRENCH DISPATCH. Join us each week over the next 10 weeks as we progress through Anderson's full oeuvre in the buildup to ASTEROID CITY!

 

 

On the first episode of the Anderson Countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay start their journey in 1996 with Anderson's feature-length directorial debut BOTTLE ROCKET. Directed by Anderson and co-written by Anderson with mutli-hyphenate Owen Wilson, who also stars with his brother Luke Wilson in the film as Dignan and Anthony respectively, BOTTLE ROCKET follows Dignan and Anthony's execution of the former's overly intricate '75-Year Plan' to pull off a series of heists and become career criminals alongside a small-time criminal known to Dignan, Mr. Henry (James Caan). Dignan and Anthony's plans start with practice heists - to mixed success - and recruiting a getaway driver, Bob (Robert Musgrave), but as the trio get deeper and deeper into their plans, their ineptitude may just be their downfall. The countdown crew give their thoughts on Anderson's first outing, including early indications of Anderson's writing and directing styles, the performances of the cast, and the effectiveness of Anderson's take of blending comedy and drama.