They're not really criminals, but everyone's got to have a dream.
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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Spare, contemporary, intimate and warm.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
Who loves it, who doesn't
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“Is Dignan the real protagonist?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Luke WilsonAnthony Adams
- Owen WilsonDignan
- Robert MusgraveBob Mapplethorpe
- Lumi CavazosInez
- James CaanMr. Abe Henry
- Andrew WilsonJohn "Future Man" Mapplethorpe
- Teddy WilsonHector Mapplethorpe
- Donny CaicedoRocky
- Ned DowdDr. Nichols
- Jenni TooleyStacy Sinclair
Crew
- Wes AndersonDirector
- Owen WilsonWriter
- Wes AndersonWriter
- Robert D. YeomanDirector of Photography
- Mark MothersbaughOriginal Music Composer
- David MoritzEditor
- Cynthia HargraveProducer
- Polly PlattProducer
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