Rockets Redglare!

Rockets Redglare!

89 mins | Documentary | May 2, 2003

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.

Rockets Redglare!

89 mins | Documentary | May 2, 2003

Rockets Redglare!
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.
Producers
Original title Rockets Redglare!
Directors Luis Fernandez de la Reguera
Writers

Cast

Rockets Redglare

as Himself

Willem Dafoe

as Himself

Jim Jarmusch

as Himself

Steve Buscemi

as Himself

Matt Dillon

as Himself

Julian Schnabel

as Himself

Alexandre Rockwell

as Himself

Molly Griffith

as Herself

Nick Zedd

as Himself