Release Date | 2003-05-02 |
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Runtime | 89 minutes |
Genres | Documentary |
Stars | Rockets Redglare, Willem Dafoe, Jim Jarmusch, Steve Buscemi, Matt Dillon |
Directors | Luis Fernandez de la Reguera |
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.