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Release Date
• USA: Dec 14, 2001
• UK: 15 Mar 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 9, 2002
Budget $21,000,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for some language, sexuality/nudity and drug content.
Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes
Country USA
Studio American Empirical, Touchstone Pictures
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Other Titles
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Die Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Black Comedy, Drugs, Marriage, Detectives, Infidelity, Love
Tagline: Family Isn't A Word... It's A Sentence.
Plot: In their youth, the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York family--were extraordinary. They were all geniuses. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) raised their children to be ambitious, entrepreneurial, and creative--then published an acclaimed book about her child-rearing techniques. Adopted daughter Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a gifted playwright. Son Chas (Ben Stiller) was a masterful businessman with a taste for real estate. And the other son, Richie (Luke Wilson), was a natural tennis champ. However, when Royal packed up his life and left his wife and his family in a cloud of betrayal, everything fell apart. Twenty years later, the Tenenbaums are a dejected and alienated bunch, each having found that their early successes did not carry over into adulthood. When washed-up Royal learns that his distant wife Etheline, who has become an archaeologist, may remarry, he feigns illness as an excuse to reunite with his estranged family.From Wes Anderson, director of RUSHMORE, this film is full of quirky comedy that will have audiences reeling and reflecting simultaneously. The brilliant script is impeccable with choppy, intentionally awkward language delivered with dry wit by the well-appointed (almost too good to be true)
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| Directed by |
Wes Anderson
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket |
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Wes Anderson
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket |
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| Cast |
Gene Hackman
Unforgiven, Enemy of the State, Young Frankenstein |
 | Anjelica Huston
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Addams Family, Ever After |
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 | Ben Stiller
There's Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
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 | Owen Wilson
Armageddon, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers |
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