I am a huge movie-lover, with a particular affinity for Wes Anderson. His first movie Bottle Rocket, is based on a short black-and-white film he created with friends and not-yet-stars Owen and Luke Wilson.

Finally, after more than than ten years of patient waiting, Bottle Rocket is coming out in Criterion Collection.

One reason Wes Anderson Criterion Collection pieces are SO COOL is because they feature original artwork by cool people, like his brother Eric Anderson or illustrator Ian Dingman (the later, in this case). In fact, I discovered Bottle Rocket’s new edition because Dingman’s art was featured last week on Tiny Showcase (sorry, all sold out! though there are other prints available on his own web-site).

Besides the awesomely illustrated cover, this DVD will include other fabulous bonuses such as the original black and white short, eleven deleted scenes, a “making of” documentary, a booklet that hopefully includes more Ian Dingman artwork, and more!

It’ll be available on November 25, 2008 at various locations, including amazon ($36). If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I highly recommend at netflix-ing! If you’re skeptical, watch the trailer after the jump!

(Not the best quality, but it gets the point across!)

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