Rockets Redglare
Rockets Redglare (May 8, 1949 – May 28, 2001) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian. As well as his career as an entertainer, he worked as a roadie for a band called The Hassles (with a young Billy Joel), and as a bodyguard and drug supplier to punk rock bassist Sid Vicious and artist-musician Jean Michel Basquiat.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8453 |
| Birthday | 1949-05-08 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Also Known As |
1984
Stranger Than Paradise
7.151/622
New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with the...
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Stranger Than Paradise
1996
Basquiat
6.617/324
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
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Basquiat
1986
Down by Law
7.352/870
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
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Down by Law
1988
Stars & Bars
4.4/21
A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
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Stars & Bars
2000
Animal Factory
6.327/271
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug deale...
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Animal Factory
1996
Trees Lounge
6.894/216
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other r...
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Trees Lounge
1985
After Hours
7.487/1823
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
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After Hours
1993
What About Me
4.667/9
After a family tragedy, a young woman finds herself homeless and living on the streets of New York.
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What About Me
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
8/1
This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his demons and obsessions.
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The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1987
Salvation!
6.6/5
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.
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Salvation!
1987
Police State
5.429/7
In Nick Zedd's mock docu-drama Police State, he puts his own body on the line to illustrate his belief that “freedom is an illusion.” A black comedy-s...
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Police State
2003
Rockets Redglare!
7.667/3
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...
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Rockets Redglare!
1986
The Way It Is
8/1
A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.
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The Way It Is
1985
Where Evil Dwells
5.6/5
Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freaks (Knights of the Black Circle), David Wojnaro...
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Where Evil Dwells
1988
Talk Radio
7.051/254
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
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Talk Radio
1990
Force of Circumstance
9/1
A courier who represents Moroccan dissidents arrives in Washington with secret documents.
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Force of Circumstance
1985
Last Rights
0/0
A Super-8 movie based on the case of grandmother murderess Velma Barfield who was executed for murdering her husband. It was described by Tessa Hughes...
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Last Rights
1997
Fall
6.234/32
For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks up supermodel Sarah Easton and falls head over heels i...
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Fall
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
6.082/531
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken...
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Desperately Seeking Susan
1992
Little Noises
5.917/6
A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.
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Little Noises
1992
In the Soup
6.734/98
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
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In the Soup
1990
Sons
5.25/4
A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and romantic action during the war.
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Sons
1986
The Perils of P.K
9.5/2
P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for a comeback, and thinks she could make one if...
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The Perils of P.K
1989
Mystery Train
7.3/532
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a yo...
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Mystery Train
1988
Shakedown
5.8/102
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...
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Shakedown
1989
Rooftops
4.8/18
T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is...
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Rooftops
2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
5.692/13
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Once considered an un...
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Chelsea on the Rocks
2009
Who Killed Nancy?
5/14
On October 12th, 1978, New York Police discovered the lifeless body of a young woman, slumped under the bathroom sink in a hotel room. She was Nancy S...
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Who Killed Nancy?
1988
Big
7.191/4158
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has gro...
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Big
1987
Her Name is Lisa
3.333/3
A Vermont farmer searches New York City for his dream girl, with his gay neighbor as his guide.
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Her Name is Lisa
1990
In the Spirit
4.5/4
After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her apartm...
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In the Spirit
1988
Candy Mountain
6.077/13
A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker.
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Candy Mountain
1998
Louis & Frank
4.5/2
Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.
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Louis & Frank
1991
Craps
0/0
A slice of downtown New York City life (filmed partially on location at Katz' Deli).
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Craps
1989
Cookie
5.6/27
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail,...
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Cookie
1997
Dreamland
9/1
Small-town gangsters and ambitious young girls meet in "Dreamland", where they exchange nervous kisses and green banknotes.
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Dreamland
1987
Hotshot
4.4/7
The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.
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Hotshot
1988
She Must Be Seeing Things
5.5/9
Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads her...
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