Rockets Redglare! (2003)

★ 6.0 1h 29m IMDb
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A portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his death in 2001. Rockets was the sometimes bodyguard/drug dealer of Sid Vicious and Jean Michel Basquiat, as well as a talented stand-up comic and character actor who left his indelible mark wherever he went. This film chronicles Rockets' last days, hunting for methadone in Puerto Rico and telling stories from his past.

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Rockets Redglare
Rockets Redglare as Self Died 2001 Rockets Redglare (May 8, 1949 – May 28, 2001) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian.  As well as his career as an entertainer, he worked as a roadie for a band called The Hassles (with...
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe as Self Age 70 · Appleton, Wisconsin, USA William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various acc...
Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch as Self Age 73 · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA James Robert "Jim" Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) is an American writer-director and musician. Jarmusch has been a major figure in American independent cinema since the 1980s...
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi as Self Age 68 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an American actor. His early credits consist of significant roles in independent film productions such as Parting Glances (1986), Mystery Train (1989...
Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon as Self Age 62 · New Rochelle, New York, USA Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He began his acting career in the late 1970s and quickly rose to fame as a teenage idol in the 1980s. Dil...
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel as Self Age 74 · Brooklyn, New York, USA Julian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. In the 1980s Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates. Schnabe...

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