The Royal Tenenbaums
By July 08, 2002
Simply stated, Wes Anderson is the most original presence in American film comedy since Preston Sturges. Like Sturges, his confidence is boundless, and he has a similarly Read more »
- United States
- 2001
- 110 minutes
- Color
- 2.35:1
- English
- Spine #157
SYNOPSIS: Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston) had three children—Chas, Margot, and Richie—and then they separated. Chas (Ben Stiller) started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior champion tennis player and won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Wes Anderson’s hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Royal Tenenbaum | Gene Hackman |
| Etheline Tenenbaum | Anjelica Huston |
| Chas Tenenbaum | Ben Stiller |
| Margot Tenenbaum | Gwyneth Paltrow |
| Richie Tenenbaum | Luke Wilson |
| Eli Cash | Owen Wilson |
| Raleigh St. Clair | Bill Murray |
| Henry Sherman | Danny Glover |
| Dusty | Seymour Cassel |
| Pagoda | Kumar Pallana |
| Narrator | Alec Baldwin |
Credits
| Director | Wes Anderson |
| Screenplay | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson |
| Producer | Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin and Barry Mendel |
| Cinematography | Robert Yeoman |
| Executive producers | Rudd Simmons and Owen Wilson |
| Production design | David Wasco |
| Editing | Dylan Tichenor |
| Costume design | Karen Patch |
| Music | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Music supervisor | Randall Poster |
| Casting | Douglas Aibel |
| Unit production manager | Denise Pinckley |
| First assistant director | Sam Hoffman |
| Second assistant director | Michelle L. Keiser |
| Additional editing | Daniel R. Padgett |
| Key set decorator | Sandy Reynolds Wasco |
| Richie's artwork & original illustrations | Eric Chase Anderson |
| Associate producer | Will Sweeney |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET
- Special slipcase/box packaging featuring Richard Avedon’s cast photo, plus cover artwork by Eric Anderson
- New widescreen digital transfer, supervised by director Wes Anderson and enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 soundtracks
- Commentary by Wes Anderson
- With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles, featuring Wes Anderson
- Exclusive video interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, and Danny Glover
- Outtakes
- The Peter Bradley Show, featuring interviews with additional cast members
- The Art of the Movie: Young Richie’s murals and paintings, still photographs by set photographer James Hamilton, book and magazine covers, Studio 360 radio segment on painter Miguel Calderón, and storyboards
- Theatrical trailers
- Collectible insert including Eric Anderson’s drawings
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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