Movielogr
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
Directed by Luis Fernandez de la Reguera
Overview
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.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Steve Buscemi | Matt Dillon | Alexandre Rockwell | Jim Jarmusch | Willem Dafoe | Rockets Redglare | Julian Schnabel | Molly Griffith | Nick Zedd