Rockets Redglare!

Steve Buscemi presents filmmaker Luis Fernandez de la Reugeras' documentary "Rockets Redglare!", a portrait of the New York personality from his early days around '50s hustlers to the East Village crowd of the '80s to his tragic death in 2001.

Born Michael Morra in 1949, Rockets Redglare was, by turn, a brilliant actor, seasoned con artist, best friend and bad influence. Though he never held a day job, Rockets counted actor (for directors such as Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Steve Buscemi), model ( for Julian Schnabel), bodyguard (to Jean Michael Basquiat), stand-up comedian (including shows with Steve Buscemi and Mark Boone Junior) and drug dealer (to Sid Vicious) among his crowning achievements, resulting in a life that even the highest-paid Hollywood screenwriter could unlikely concoct.

Rockets Redglare narrates his own story, with a little help from his friends, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Jim Jarmusch, Julian Schnabel, Gary Ray, Nick Zedd and Rene Heras.