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16 June 201116 June 2011

Screening of Bottle Rocket added to motel sleepover

Great news. The Alamo Drafthouse is bringing their Rolling Roadshow to the Days Inn-Hillsboro sleepover on July 9th. According to the Dallas Observer Unfair Park blog:

And today, we can officially announce at least one significant bit of breaking news: The Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse has added a Bottle Rocket screening to the July 9 sleepover at the Days Inn in danger of shuttering thanks to franchise fees too big a burden for the motel’s owners…

So. Look for the poster here when it’s available; by then maybe Bob Musgrave will have given me a firm yay on whether he can make the trip down with me that night.

More soon…

15 June 201115 June 2011

Invite: Wes Anderson Costume Cocktail Party

From down under, at The World Bar:

15 June 2011

Video: Regular Show homage to Rushmore

From Cartoon Network’s Regular Show.

Thanks to Words of Wes for the lead.

29 May 2011

Links for 29 May 2011

Rushmore aficionado Josh Evensen has written and performed an 4-song album about Margaret Yang, Where is My Spaceship Margaret. You can download it for free.
Our old amigo/as the Bourgeois Heroes have a new-ish single out Olé/Hola (b/w When You’re Dancing). It is available on vinyl and CDR or as a digital download.
The story about two young lads’ effort to save the Bottle Rocket motel has been picked up by The Onion and, yesterday, was featured on the front page of IMDB

Every line matters. Send links to edwardappleby@yankeeracers.org.

27 May 201127 May 2011

Rushmore and Team Zissou pins

Some cool Wes-inspired pins on Etsy, for students at the Rushmore Academy and members of Team Zissou.

P.S. Do you ever wish you could breathe underwater?

27 May 201128 May 2011

Bottle Rocket video essay

Johannes sent us a link to his well-done video essay on Bottle Rocket. He says:

Wes Anderson’s films are often described as containing odd characters, obscure details, exceptional production design, references to other films and prominent use of music. The same thing could be said of a Tarantino film. So what makes Anderson’s films so singular? Why is it, that after a few shots one can instantly identify them as Wes Anderson films? This visual essay aims to look at the roots of Anderson’s style in his first feature film effort “Bottle Rocket”.

Don’t forget to book your room for the Days Inn Hillsboro for July 9th!

24 May 201127 May 2011

“Save the Bottle Rocket Motel” event [updated]

Last updated: 27 May 2011, 10:30 pm

Bob stole his car! Last evening, we reported that Texans Andy and Chris were organizing an event to “save” the Days Inn Hillsboro (TX) where parts of Wes Anderson’s first feature, Bottle Rocket, was filmed. Great news: The Dallas Observer has picked up on the story [update: so has The Onion AV Club]. Robert Wilonsky reports:

[Motel co-owener] Bina did not know about the event, which yesterday appeared on The Rushmore Academy website. And she is grateful: “I guess God is listening to me,” she says, again with a laugh. But she’s not sure June 25 is the best date: That, she says, is when the corn harvesters usually arrive — the one time of the year she can count on business. Then again, even that sure thing is far from one now.

In response, Andy and Chris have moved the event to July 9th. Check out the Facebook invite. Be sure to call the hotel directly to book your room (254/582/3493). To plan your trip itinerary, check out the Bottle Rocket tour site.

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24 May 201125 May 2011

Max Fischer Wrote The Life Aquatic

A new Tumblr blog theorizes that Max Fischer, a student at Grover Cleveland High School, wrote the Wes Anderson dramedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The investigator/blogger writes:

The Life Aquatic is half-play, half-movie – the sets are elaborately designed and sometimes low budget, but retain much of Max’s earlier fascination for spectacle and adult themes.

This isn’t the first time that TLA’s origins have been wondered about, out loud. Zissou scholars at the Yankee Racers Aquatic Institute have postulated at TLA is in fact a movie within a movie.