The Royal Tenenbaums: A Screenplay

by Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

Overview

This is the screenplay for the acclaimed film, directed by Wes Anderson. There were three extraordinary children in the Tenenbaum family; Chas Tenenbaum (Ben Stiller) was a financial expert and started buying real estate in his early teens; Margot Tenenbaum (Gwyneth Paltrow) was an acclaimed playwright and won a Pulitzer Prize in the 9th grade; Richie Tenenbaum (Luke Wilson) was a champion tennis player ranked 2nd in the world by the age 17. They were brilliant. They were famous. They were unlucky enough to be the children of a man named Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman). Now for the first time in 25 years, they're all living together under the same roof. After having largely gone their separate ways they're looking to mend fences—and themselves in the process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780571215454
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	01/30/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	530,995
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Wes Anderson is the director and co-writer, along with Owen Wilson, of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore.

Editorial Reviews

Wes Anderson has only two previous features, Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1999), but it's already clear that this 32-year-old writer-director possesses one of the freshest voices in American movies. His is a talent that Jean Renoir might have admired.” —Dave Kehr, The New York Times

“The Royal Tenenbaums speaks in its own singular voice: at once tender and probing, mindful of New York and its special mixture of grit and glory, but confident enough to mold it into a big, faded magic playhouse, a limitless extension of the Tenenbaum family's private universe. I've never seen moments like these in any other movie.” —Kent Jones, Film Comment

“Memorable . . . Charming . . . A strong imagination is at work in every part of the picture.” —Stuart Klawans, The Nation

From the Publisher

Memorable . . . Charming . . . A strong imagination is at work in every part of the picture.

The Nation Stuart Klawans

The Royal Tenenbaums speaks in its own singular voice: at once tender and probing, mindful of New York and its special mixture of grit and glory, but confident enough to mold it into a big, faded magic playhouse, a limitless extension of the Tenenbaum family's private universe. I've never seen moments like these in any other movie.

Film Comment Kent Jones

Wes Anderson has only two previous features, Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1999), but it's already clear that this 32-year-old writer-director possesses one of the freshest voices in American movies. His is a talent that Jean Renoir might have admired.

The New York Times Dave Kehr

"Wes Anderson has only two previous features, Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1999), but it's already clear that this 32-year-old writer-director possesses one of the freshest voices in American movies. His is a talent that Jean Renoir might have admired."
—Dave Kehr, The New York Times

Dave Kehr

"Memorable . . . Charming . . . A strong imagination is at work in every part of the picture."
—Stuart Klawans, The Nation

Stuart Klawans

"The Royal Tenenbaums speaks in its own singular voice: at once tender and probing, mindful of New York and its special mixture of grit and glory, but confident enough to mold it into a big, faded magic playhouse, a limitless extension of the Tenenbaum family's private universe. I've never seen moments like these in any other movie."
—Kent Jones, Film Comment

Kent Jones