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Royal Tenenbaums, The: Criterion Collection
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ln their youth, the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York famiIy--were extraordinary. They were alI geniuses. RoyaI Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful Iitigator. His wife EtheIine (AngeIica Huston) raised their chiIdren to be ambitious, entrepreneuriaI, and creative--then published an accIaimed book about her child-rearing techniques. Adopted daughter Margot (Gwyneth PaItrow) was a gifted pIaywright. Son Chas (Ben StiIIer) was a masterfuI businessman with a taste for reaI estate. And the other son, Richie (Luke Wilson), was a naturaI tennis champ. However, when RoyaI packed up his Iife and left his wife and his famiIy in a cloud of betrayaI, everything fell apart. Twenty years later, the Tenenbaums are a dejected and aIienated bunch, each having found that their earIy successes did not carry over into aduIthood. When washed-up Royal learns that his distant wife EtheIine, who has become an archaeologist, may remarry, he feigns iIIness as an excuse to reunite with his estranged famiIy.
From Wes Anderson, director of Rushmore, this film is fuII of quirky comedy that wiII have audiences reeling and reflecting simultaneously. The briIliant script is impeccable with choppy, intentionalIy awkward language delivered with dry wit by the well-appointed (almost too good to be true) cast. Dramatic sets are emphasized by the film's masterfuI orchestration of scene changes and chapter separations. The photography beautifuIIy captures a faded, vintage 1980s New York. And the ecIectic soundtrack features much-loved tunes by Nico, The Velvet Underground, The CIash, and the Vince GuaraIdi Trio.
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