The Royal Tenenbaums

Year:

2002

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Wes Anderson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 36 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-01-04

Filming Locations: 144th Street & Convent Avenue, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $21,000,000

Opening Weekend: $276,981 (USA) (16 December 2001)

Gross: $52,353,636 (USA) (16 June 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Wes Anderson

Gene Hackman

Royal Tenenbaum

Anjelica Huston

Etheline Tenenbaum

Ben Stiller

Chas Tenenbaum

Gwyneth Paltrow

Margot Tenenbaum

Luke Wilson

Richie Tenenbaum

Owen Wilson

Eli Cash

Bill Murray

Raleigh St. Clair

Danny Glover

Henry Sherman

Seymour Cassel

Dusty

Kumar Pallana

Pagoda

Alec Baldwin

Narrator (voice)

Grant Rosenmeyer

Ari Tenenbaum

Jonah Meyerson

Uzi Tenenbaum

Aram Aslanian-Persico

Young Chas Tenenbaum

Irina 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 Lardner Ward

Hotel Clerk (as Donal Ward)

Andrew Wilson

Farmer Father / Tex Hayward

Dipak Pallana

Doctor

Sanjay Mathew

Sanjay Gandhi

Mary Wigmore

Chas' Secretary

Sonam Wangmo

Sing-Sang

Gita Gabriel

Facialist

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 #1

Jan Austell

Elderly 'Baumer' Fan #2 (as Jan V.E. Austell)

Rony Clanton

Cemetery Maintenance Man

Salim Malik

Anwar

Tom Lacy

Judge

Keith Charles

Royal's Lawyer

Greg Goossen

Gypsy Cab Driver (as Greg Goosen)

Saidah Arrika Ekulona

Nurse (as Sadiah Arrika Ekulona)

Vic Mata

Sanchez

Michael J. Conti

Irish Longshoreman (as Michael Conti)

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

Stephen Dignan

Paramedic

Eric Chase Anderson

Medical Student

Tomm Bauer

Tennis Ball Boy (uncredited)

Ray Castellanos

Grocery Clerk (uncredited)

Blaze Kelly Coyle

Tennis Socialite (uncredited)

Michael Cuomo

Tennis Fan (uncredited)

Ben Dasaro

Tennis Tournament Director (uncredited)

Dimitri DeFresco

Archeology Student (uncredited)

Sherrie Fell

Secratary (uncredited)

Daniel Koenig

Tennis Fan (uncredited)

Elizabeth Logan

Tennis Fan (uncredited)

Rebeca Martinez

Reporter (uncredited)

Seth Michael May

Archeologist (uncredited)

Lian Moy

Patron (uncredited)

Kevin Kean Murphy

Archaeologist (uncredited)

Alem Brhan Sapp

Desmond (uncredited)

Kaipo Schwab

Polynesian Chief (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Although the exteriors were largely shot in New York, Wes Anderson intentionally avoided virtually all shots of skyscrapers or other distinctive New York landmarks. In one scene, Royal and Pagoda are talking in Battery Park (on the southern tip of Manhattan) and Anderson intentionally had Kumar Pallana (Pagoda) stand directly in front of the Statue of Liberty so it wouldn't show up in the shot.

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Wes Anderson: [in-camera speed change] The last scene changes from normal speed to slow-motion.

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The original hawk used to play Mordecai was kidnapped during shooting and held for ransom - production could not wait for him to be returned which is the reason that the bird that appears later in the movie has "more white feathers" - it's a different bird.

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Goofs

When Margot gets her finger chopped off, the log she's holding jumps from her left hand to her right immediately before it is chopped.

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Royal's cigarette jumps from his hand to the ashtray repeatedly when he is having a conference with his three children.

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A crew member is reflected on a red car as the camera cranes down outside the Tenenbaum household before Etheline and Henry's wedding.

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Quotes

Raleigh: [after reading a private investigator's research on Margot's background, which reveals she's been a smoker since she was 12, she married a man in Jamaica at 19, has had numerous affairs and one-night stands with men and women, including Eli Cash] She smokes.

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Eli: [to Richie] I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum, you know?

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Chas: Please don't get in the middle of this, Mr. Sherman. This is a family matter.

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Faq

Q

Where did the phrase "let's shag ass" come from?

A

The phrase "let's shag ass" was taken from the movie The Last Detail (1973) starring Jack Nicholson.

Q

Are any of the characters based on real people?

A

Q

Why does Richie say he's going to kill himself tomorrow when he tries to kill himself at that moment?

A

According to the director's commentary, "I'm going to kill myself tomorrow" is a quote taken from Le feu follet, a film that influenced The Royal Tenenbaums.

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