Released:
2003-05-02

Overview:
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.

Director:
Luis Fernandez de la Reguera

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Rockets Redglare
  as
  Self
• 
  Willem Dafoe
  as
  Self
• 
  Jim Jarmusch
  as
  Self
• 
  Steve Buscemi
  as
  Self
• 
  Matt Dillon
  as
  Self