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Bob Musgrave

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Bidding a Fond Farewell to Producing Great Polly Platt, Who Shot Off Bottle Rocket

    Criterion CollectionBob Musgrave and Luke and Owen Wilson shooting Bottle Rocket in 1995​Bob Musgrave sends word: "Polly Platt died yesterday." She was 72. Cinephiles know the name: The ex-wife of Peter Bogdanovich, she worked on such films as Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show before becoming a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2011

    On the Run From Johnny Law: Off to Hillsboro To Save a Motel and Watch Bottle Rocket

    Bob Musgrave at the "Bottle Rocket motel" last night, signing Criterion Collection DVDs for the faithful​Andy Carl Valentin and Chris Durbin didn't expect this. Not this. Certainly not. When first they hatched their cockamamie scheme -- to rescue from fiscal despair a Days Inn off I-35 in Hillsbor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Bottle Rocket Fans' Attempt to Save Hillsboro Motel Now Part of Alamo's Rolling Roadshow

    ​On and off since posting that original item about Andy Carl Valentin and Chris Durbin's plans to save the Bottle Rocket motel in Hillsboro I've spoken with the twosome about ... related matters, let's say. And today, we can officially announce at least one significant bit of breaking news: The Au ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Divine Intervention? Two Bottle Rocket Fans Want to Save Iconic Hillsboro Motel.

    The Hillsboro motel where they shot part of Bottle Rocket is so iconic Ian Dingman put it on the front of the Criterion Collection DVD.​My old friend and long-ago Observer-er Matt Zoller Seitz, who wrote the definitive making-of piece about Bottle Rocket back in September 1995, sent me a note this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Auctioning Off Bottle Rocket Artwork for the North Texas Food Bank

    What you see above is an early cover sketch for the Criterion Collection Bottle Rocket DVD about which we've written, oh, just a little in recent weeks. Like all of the artwork featured on the disc and throughout its accompanying booklet, it was done by Ian Dingman, and it measures 4 inches by 8 inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    That Bottle Rocket DVD's Everything We Could Have Hoped For

    View image Danny Fine, left, and Bob Musgrave in an outtake from Bottle Rocket Spent the better part of last night watching every single second and scrap on the Criterion Collection Wes Anderson-approved Bottle Rocket two-fer, available today (ya think?), and there are copious revelations containe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Just Four More Days Till Criterion Collection Shoots Off That Bottle Rocket

    So, yeah, right -- anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that's long overdue. While we're waiting for the package, let's spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Criterion Explodes With Details About Double-Disc Bottle Rocket

    So, yeah, right -- anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that's long overdue. While we're waiting for the package, let's spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    AFI Dallas: The Joy in Joy Division, and The Monster Among Us

    So, yeah, right -- anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that's long overdue. While we're waiting for the package, let's spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2007

    Pictures of You (Or Someone You Like?)

    So, yeah, right -- anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that's long overdue. While we're waiting for the package, let's spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    See You Tomorrow Night, Right? Right.

    So, yeah, right -- anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that's long overdue. While we're waiting for the package, let's spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2007

    Don't Mess with Texas' Film Bidness

    So, yeah, right -- anxiously awaiting Tuesday, when Criterion Collection finally makes available that fully loaded Bottle Rocket two-fer that's long overdue. While we're waiting for the package, let's spend a couple of moments with the man who designed the package: artist Ian Dingman, responsibl ... More >>

  • Film

    January 2, 1997

    Independents' day

    Small films have their big night in '96

  • Film

    February 8, 1996

    Mope and glow

    Bottle Rocket is a clever mix of optimism and angst

  • Film

    February 8, 1996

    Unusual suspects

    Five Dallas filmmakers risk their lives for a burger -- and to discuss their movie

  • News

    September 7, 1995

    Slouching toward Hollywood

    Can four young Dallas filmmakers sell their dream-and still keep their souls? Matt Zoller Seitz follows the trail of Bottle Rocket

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