Now that Wes has distinguished himself as one of the leading young directors in film, and Owen and Luke have become respected, sought-after, and very highly paid actors, they all have naturally gone upscale. All of them lived together in a glop in the same Dallas apartment when I first met them. The other star of the film is Luke Wilson, Owen’s brother two other key cast members are Andrew Wilson, also a brother, and Bob Musgrave, a lifelong friend. So it is with the coauthors of Bottle Rocket, Wes Anderson (also the director) and Owen Wilson (also the star). Dignan (my vote for the greatest name in film) and Anthony are brothers in all respects save blood, and though separable, their tie is indestructible. So I had to have them early to give them the years.” Family, real and extended, is at the core of Bottle Rocket. His reason was: “I want my children to have a real knowledge of their grandparents. I was spoon-fed my most major Texas epiphany in one interview: a young man explained to me why he had fathered children when he was just past twenty, though he was fully aware that the decision meant shelving dreams and throwing out some fervent youthful ambitions to settle for doggedly making ends meet. From past tours of Texas, I had come to appreciate the heart of the state’s culture long before I met the authors of Bottle Rocket. Wes and Owen are Texans, and so their endless fascination with the ol’ game of life (and the enormous sophistication of thought they bring to that game) is very often concealed behind tight-lipped rhetoric with a distinct sense of the absurd, the joke of it all, which they exhibit whenever there is danger in the air. This story of Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, “the boys,” is a plucky tale of grit and high purpose.
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