Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Owen Wilson
- Dignan
- (as Owen C. Wilson)
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- TriviaAfter the movie bombed at the box office, Owen Wilson seriously considered joining the Marines, convinced that acting held no future for him.
- GoofsAfter the bookstore robbery, the boys are conversing at the house and police lights can be seen flashing among the trees behind Owen Wilson. This was meant to lead into a scene that was deleted about the police being called to the neighborhood for an unrelated call, during which they end up discovering Bob's marijuana crop.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Best of the '90s (2000)
- Soundtracks7 & 7 Is
Written by Arthur Lee
Performed by Love
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Published by Trio Music Co., Inc./Grass Root Productions
Featured review
I normally hate Owen Wilson...
In anything. But man was he great in this movie. I mean it was such a good performance. This movie is director Wes Anderson's (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic) feature directorial debut. It's about a group of misfit friends that decide to take up a life of crime. The group includes Anthony (Luke Wilson) just got out of the nut house and is searching for himself. Dignan (Owen Wilson, co-wrote the movie with Anderson) is the confident but bumbling ringleader who wants to be notorious but doesn't know how to execute a plan to save his life. And Bob (Robert Musgrave) the driver/look out who just wants a little recognition. The movie follows their misadventures of them robbing a bookstore, going on the lamb, Anthony falling in love with a Motel maid who instills joy back in his life, and Dignan's 'big score' that involves his former employer. The subtle humor and deliveries by the actors make the movie stand out in it's own little version comedy. The characters are losers, but lovable. You can't help but cheer them on even though what they do is illegal. I highly recommend this cool little film. It's an excellent introduction into the wonderful films of Wes Anderson.
RATING: **** out of ****
RATING: **** out of ****
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $560,069
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $124,118
- Feb 25, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $560,069
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