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Wes Anderson Bday DBL FTR ~ Moonrise Kingdom & Bottle Rocket

  • Balboa Theater 3630 Balboa St. San Francisco United States (map)

Celebrate Wes Anderson’s Bday with us with a Double Feature of Moonrise Kingdom & Bottle Rocket!

BOTTLE ROCKET is Reservoir Dogs meets Breathless with a West Texas sensibility. In Wes Anderson's first feature film, Anthony (Luke Wilson) has just been released from a mental hospital, only to find his wacky friend Dignan (Owen C. Wilson) determined to begin an outrageous crime spree. After recruiting their neighbor, Bob (Robert Musgrave), the team embarks on a road trip in search of Dignan's previous boss, Mr. Henry (James Caan). But the more they learn, the more they realize that they do not know the first thing about crime.

MOONRISE KINGDOM is the seventh film directed by two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums).

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff, Captain Sharp. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader, Scout Master Ward. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. The cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Bob Balaban; and introduces Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as Sam and Suzy, the boy and girl.