Rockets Redglare! (2003)
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.
Cast
Rockets Redglare
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Willem Dafoe
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Jim Jarmusch
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Steve Buscemi
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Matt Dillon
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Julian Schnabel
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Alexandre Rockwell
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Molly Griffith
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Nick Zedd
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