Bottle Rocket

Hey, Dr. Nichols. I was just coming down to say good-bye.

- Anthony, I came to help you with your bags. - No. That's okay. I got it.

I can take them down myself. I-I got 'em.

What's-What's this? What's going on?

Well, see, my friend Dignan didn't realize that this was a voluntary hospital...

and he got this whole escape thing worked out...

and he just got so excited about the thing...

I didn't have the heart to tell him...

no, that...

I mean, look how excited he is.

I gotta do it this way, Dr. Nichols. I gotta climb out.

It's-It's only one floor down.

Okay. But can you do it fast?

You know, this-this doesn't look good. None of this looks good at all.

Okay.

Well, thanks very much, Dr. Nichols.

You've really been a great help. You've been a great doctor.

- No. Thank you. - Yeah, well. Yeah. Okay. Go.

- Can you hand me my bag, please? - Yeah.

Thanks. I'll see you.

Hey, Anthony. Don't try to save everybody, okay?

Okay. I won't.

- Dennis! - Hey!

- See you later, Felicia. - Hey, Anthony. Thanks for everything.

- Bye. Take care. - Bye, Barbara. See you, Curtis.

- Thanks, Anthony. - Come on. Any problems?

- No. - Yes! Yes! Wonderful. Great. Wait, wait, wait.

Who'd you get to do that? Did you bribe the janitor?

Smart. Smart.

- Driver, what's our E.T.A.? - 7:30.

Good, good. We're on schedule. Here's our agenda for the next few months.

- I believe you will find everything is in order. - Practice job. Looks good.

That's our first move when we get back.

- Look it over, and I will brief you on the way. - Okay.

This is just a rough sketch of what I was trying to do.

The idea of a practice job, a heist, and the idea that you and I both respond to goals.

- And it all leads to Mr. Henry. - The guy from the letters.

Exactly. Exactly. This is rough, but what I try to do is...

I think you and I both respond to structure, and that's what's important.

Twenty-five? Boy, you've really got it well planned out.

- Next 50. - Yeah.

So did you enjoy your first visit to the nuthouse?

Hey, hey! Come on.

Be sensitive to the fact that other people...

are not comfortable talking about emotional disturbances.

You know, I am. I'm fine with that, but other people-

- Okay. - Put it behind you. You're out. You're better.

- You're right. - And so it begins.

Okay, we should also get on a fitness regime: Sit-ups, roadworks, hitting the bags-

- I was running 10 miles a day out in the desert. - Were you really?

- Yeah, at night, when it got cooler. - That's exactly what I'm talking about. That's good cardiovascular.

When'd you get so avid about the fitness thing, Dignan?

What? What do you mean by "avid"?

I'm just saying I've never known you to be all that athletic. All of a sudden-

You've never-Wait. You've never known me to be all that athletic?

- Does it sound weird? - I'm not saying you're not a good athlete.

- Does it sound weird to be talking about all the exercise? - It doesn't sound weird.

I'm not saying that it's the top priority, but I think it's a pretty good goal.

- I think it's a really good goal. - Here. Put these on.

- Obviously, good quickness. - Yeah, in and out pretty fast.

- Real fast, man, and good intensity. - High intensity.

Great intensity, 'cause I was, like- tu-tu-tu-like really fast.

The preparation was good. I think that's your specialty.

Thank you. If I said that, it would sound like bragging. That's why I didn't want to say it.

- Okay, criticisms. - Criticisms.

I've only one: Not very thorough. Left a lot of valuables behind.

- I don't think that was a mistake. - That was one of the limitations of this job.

But, by the way, great job in there.

It was nice working with you, 'cause it was like-

Thank you.

Next order of business: Mr. Henry.

You're wondering, when am I gonna introduce you to Mr. Henry after all I've told you about him?

Well, in answer to that question, very soon.

In fact, judging from how well that-Here you go. Do that up there. There you go.

Judging from how well that job went today, which was pretty good...

including the coin collection and the earrings, was, to say the least-

Y-You took the earrings, Dignan? You took them?

Well, it's my fault. It's, like, ultimately, Anthony, when are you gonna learn?

Man, you got another ball! Should I play your game?

Dignan, I know you remember the list, 'cause you signed it.

You signed "The Things Dignan's Not Supposed to Touch."

The thing is, I can't be sorting through all that shit in the middle of a burglary.

- Hey, I don't care, okay? - There's just no time for it.

I bought the earrings for my mother on her birthday. I picked them out mys-

One thing is, every valuable item in the house was on that list.

Maybe we should've robbed your house. You ever think of that?

No, I bet that never crossed your mind.

What? What? Come on, Dignan.

You know there's nothing to steal from my mom and Craig.

Hey, hey, Grace!

Hey, Grace!

You're supposed to be in Arizona.

What, you don't say hi anymore? Come on.

Is this the pi-Are you the pilot?

No, I'm-I'm Anthony. I'm Grace's brother.

Will you excuse us for a minute, Bernice?

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

You told her-

You told your friend Bernice I'm some kind of jet pilot?

What was I supposed to say? They stuck you in an insane asylum?

It wasn't an insane asylum, Grace.

I explained to you back then that it was for exhaustion.

- Exhaustion? - Yes, exhaustion.

You haven't worked a day in your life. How could you be exhausted?

Okay, sit down. Okay?

I didn't come up here today to argue with you, okay?

I got some friends waiting for me, and I've got things I need to-

Who?

- Some associates, that's who. - Dignan?

Yeah, Dignan, but also some-

What's wrong with Dignan, Grace? I thought you liked Dignan.

- I do like Dignan. - Why do you sigh when I mention his name?

But he's a liar.

Bob Mapplethorpe, potential getaway driver, go!

- Go. - I think there's a real air of mystery about me.

Don't complicate it. Your number one strength is you have a car you can provide.

Sell yourself. Start over. You ready? Go.

Okay. All right. I'm a risk taker.

I'm growing an entire crop of marijuana plants in my parents' backyard. I think that shows a little-

Wait a second. You're growin' an entire crop of marijuana in your backyard?

Dignan, look. I'm just not that good at this "selling yourself" stuff, okay?

So I'm just gonna tell you the truth.

I really want to be a part of this team...

and I'm the only one with a car.

That's good. That's good.

'Cause that hits me right here.

Okay, can you do me a favor and take...

I want you to take these earrings and put them in Mom's mahogany box.

Now, put them in your backpack or something so you don't lose them.

What are you doing with these?

Could you just put them in the box, please, Grace?

You've really gotten into a bad habit of asking a huge amount of questions lately.

God.

Okay. I gotta go, okay, pal?

What's gonna happen to you, Anthony?

Geez, Grace! What the hell kind of question is that to ask me?

When are you coming home?

Grace. I can't come home. I'm an adult.

Why are you looking at me like that?

A little kid. I want to know what caused thunder-

How'd it go with Grace?

- How'd it go? - Can we leave, please, Bob?

Sure.

Little kids are really cute. She is a cute little kid.

What happened? I just have no idea. I mean, how did Grace get so cynical?

- Look, I can't answer that question now. - Where does it come from?

All I'm concerned about is getting you back in the car.

How did she come to this conclusion about me-

Let's get back in the car where you can settle down.

- She thinks I'm a failure. - What? She said you're a failure?

- Thinking that about me at this point. - What has she ever accomplished with her life that's so great?

- What do I do? - Nothing. You don't have to do anything.

I'm not saying she has to look up to me at all. I'm not saying that.

- Don't worry about it. - Although maybe she should. Why not?

- Stop. Stop for a second. - She tells her best friend at school I'm a pilot.

- Stop for a second and look at this. - Oh, no.

Fact: I learned more in the two months I spent with Mr. Henry and his crew...

than I learned in 15 years of academic study.

Fact: I can guarantee you, after Mr. Henry sees us pull this job...

he's gonna take a personal interest in our future.

Fact: Mr. Henry drives a Jaguar.

Fact: Dignan, the picture's not doing it for me right now.

Does the fact that I'm trying to do it do it for you?

I hate to interrupt your conversation, guys.

But I think I know what you've been going through, man...

'cause I been through some pretty heavy shit myself.

If you're feeling alone, like nobody in the world cares...

and nobody in the fucking world gives a shit-

then I'm here.

- That was a stop sign. - I'm ready to listen, man.

If you want, I'll even open up first. My brother-That's a shit situation.

He beats the crap out of me all the time.

I don't suppose either one of you know why Bob's car's parked out in front.

- Yeah, he's here. - He's...

- He's ins- - He's here at the house.

- Let me see if Bob's keeping the pool clean. - That's Future Man.

Yeah, I know.

What the fuck is this?

Vámonos, Clay.

Bob, you were told to thoroughly clean the pool this morning.

- It's a leaf. - There was one leaf!

- Man, one leaf blew in! - Your name's Anthony, isn't it?

Yeah, his name's Anthony. My name's Dignan.

I'm Stacy Sinclair, Elizabeth's sorority sister.

I didn't know she had a sister.

Oh, my God. You have the best sense of humor.

She is going to be so jealous I saw you here.

So you go to school in Arizona, right?

- No, I was in the hospital. - What for?

I went nuts.

- He's kidding. He's kidding. He didn't go nuts. - You poor thing. How'd it happen?

- Do you really want to know? - Clean the shit out of the pool!

- Yes, I really do. - Okay.

One morning, over at Elizabeth's beach house...

she asked me if I'd rather go waterskiing or lay out...

and I realized that not only did I not want to answer that question...

but I never wanted to answer another water-sports question...

or see any of these people again for the rest of my life.

Three days later, I was on my way out to the desert, and that was that.

Bullying son of a bitch!