The Royal Tenenbaums: A Screenplay - Softcover

Anderson, Wes; Wilson, Owen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571215459 ISBN 13: 9780571215454

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2002

Synopsis

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children - Chas, Richie and Margo - and then they separated. Chas started buying real estate in his early teens and seemed to have an almost preternatural understanding of international finance. Margot was a playwright and received a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the ninth grade. Richie was a junior champion tennis player and won the US 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 Royal Tenenbaums is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

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Review

"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"

"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"

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""

"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

Synopsis

The screenplay of the award-winning picture from the director Wes Anderson, at once tender and probing, mindful of New York and its special mixture of grit and glory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0571215459
• ISBN 13: 9780571215454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160