Rockets Redglare!
2003, English. Directed by Luis Fernandez de la Reguera.
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.
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- 1h 29m
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- English
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Rockets Redglare! runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Rockets Redglare! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 May 2003. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked Rockets Redglare!, try Come See Me in the Good Light, A Toxic Love Story, Elstree 1976.
Who directed Rockets Redglare!?
Rockets Redglare! (2003) was directed by Luis Fernandez de la Reguera and stars Rockets Redglare, Willem Dafoe, Jim Jarmusch.