The Royal Tenenbaums [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Wes Anderson

Overview

Director Wes Anderson and his longtime friend and writing partner Owen Wilson follow up Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1998) with this similarly offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional family reunion. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful attorney who had three children with his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston), an archaeologist. Each of the Tenenbaum kids was a precocious genius: Chas (Ben Stiller) made a killing as a child investor. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior tennis champ and three-time U.S. Nationals winner. The adopted Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright who won a $50,000 Braverman Grant in the ninth grade. When Royal abruptly left his family, however, it was the beginning of two decades of betrayal and failure that would scar the Tenenbaums for life. Their past resentments are bitterly held against Royal when he suddenly reappears, claiming to have six weeks to live and a desire to reconnect with his family. Typically, Royal's story is a sham, but his presence and sincere desire for absolution soon have a profound effect on the Tenenbaums, who are each dealing with thwarted desires and relationships. Among them are Richie's lifelong love for Margot, who's unhappily married to Raleigh St.Clair (Bill Murray) and Etheline's eccentric engagement to Henry Sherman (Danny Glover), who wishes to marry her. The Royal Tenenbaums also co-stars Owen Wilson and features narration provided by Alec Baldwin.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2012
UPC:	0715515099318
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	3,670

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Andersen; With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles, featuring Anderson; Interviews with an behind-the-scenes footage of actors 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; Scrapbook featuring young Richie's murals and paintings, still photographs by set photographer James Hamilton, book and magazine covers, and storyboards; ; Studio 360 radio segment on painter Miguel Calder?n, along with examples of his work; Trailers; Collectible insert with Eric Anderson's drawings; Plus: An essay by film critic Kent Jones

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gene Hackman	Royal Tenenbaum
Anjelica Huston	Etheline Tenenbaum
Gwyneth Paltrow	Margot Tenenbaum
Ben Stiller	Chas Tenenbaum
Luke Wilson	Richie Tenenbaum,Eli Cash,Farmer Father / Tex Hayward
Danny Glover	Henry Sherman
Bill Murray	Raleigh St. Clair
Seymour Cassel	Dusty
Kumar Pallana	Pagoda,Doctor
Alec Baldwin	Narrator,Narrator
Grant Rosenmeyer	Ari Tenenbaum
Jonah Meyerson	Uzi Tenenbaum
Aram Aslanian-Persico	Young Chas Tenenbaum
Irene Gorovaia	Young Margot Tenenbaum
Amedeo Turturro	Young Richie Tenenbaum
Stephen Lea Sheppard	Dudley Heinsbergen
James Fitzgerald	Young Eli Cash
Larry Pine	Peter Bradley
Don McKinnon	Detective
Frank Wood	Hotel Manager
Al Thompson	Walter Sherman
Jennifer Wachtell	Rachael Tenenbaum
Donal Ward	Hotel Clerk
Sanjay Matthew	Sanjay Gandhi
Mary Wigmore	Chas' Secretary
Sonam Wangmo	Sing-Sang
Pawel Wdowczak	Neville Smythe-Dorleac
Peter Leung	Yasuo Oshima
William Sturgis	Franklin Benedict
Liam Craig	Reporter in Blue Cardigan
Sheelagh Tellerday	Eli's Aunt
Max Faugno	Cote d'Ivoire Attendant
Guido Venitucci	Cote d'Ivoire Radio Operator
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Frederick -- Bellboy
Brian Smiar	Elderly `Baumer' Fan No. 1
Jan V.E. Austell	Elderly `Baumer' Fan No. 2
Rony Clanton	Cemetery Maintenance Man
Salim Malik	Anwar
Tom Lacy	Judge
Keith Charles	Royal's Lawyer
Greg Goosen	Gypsy Cab Driver
Sadiah Arrika Ekulona	Nurse
Vic Mata	Sanchez
Michael Conti	Irish Longshoreman
Tatiana Abbey	Parisian Girl
Kalani Queypo	New Guinea Tribesman
Mel Cannon	Punk Rocker
Leo Manuelian	Eli's Egyptian Friend
Amir Raissi	Eli's Egyptian Friend
Roger Shamas	Eli's Egyptian Friend
Philip Denning	Father Petersen
Gary Evans	Police Officer
Rex Robbins	Mr. Levinson
Nova Landaeus-Skinnar	Elaine Levinson
Sam Hoffman	Paramedic
Brian Tenenbaum	Paramedic
Stephan Dignan	Paramedic
Eric Chase Anderson	Medical Student

Technical Credits

Wes Anderson

Owen Wilson

Wes Anderson	Screenwriter,Producer
Owen Wilson	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Douglas Aibel	Casting
Barry Mendel	Producer
Scott Rudin	Producer
Mike Russo	Stunts
Bob Scupp	Special Effects
Rudd Simmons	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Sweet and funny, doggedly oddball if bordering precious, Wes Anderson's third feature presents itself as the adaptation of a non-existent book, checked out of an anachronistic municipal library, and set in an enchanted Manhattan. It's the story of an Upper East Side Salingeresque family living in the memory of their own personal FAO Schwarz.