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Royal's mother Helen O'Reilly Tenenbaum is rarely named, but her role in shaping Royal and guiding his behavior is profound, with Robe arguing this is signified by a shot of Royal under a painting of Helen in a World War II Red Cross outfit.
- THE PRIMARY STORY CAME OUT OF THE DIVORCE OF WES ANDERSON'S PARENTS. Though it was partly inspired by real life, writer-director Wes Anderson admits on the film’s DVD commentary that the film itself ended up being very different from his own personal experience.
- THE NAME "TENENBAUM" CAME FROM ANDERSON'S COLLEGE FRIEND. Anderson's longtime friend, Brian Tenenbaum, appears as a paramedic in one of the film’s final scenes.
- WES ANDERSON MAKES A CAMEO. It's the filmmaker's hand that stamps the library card of the book at the beginning of the movie.
- THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS IS THE THIRD MOVIE TO BE CO-WRITTEN BY ANDERSON AND OWEN WILSON. Buena Vista Pictures. The other two were Bottle Rocket and Rushmore.
Jan 4, 2002 · The Royal Tenenbaums: Directed by Wes Anderson. With Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow. The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
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- “One of the initial ideas for this movie was that it would be based on a book, a book that doesn’t actually exist,” says Anderson right at the beginning of the commentary.
- Owen Wilson had told Anderson he should write a screenplay about his parents’ divorce, and this was the director’s intent with this film. “As soon as Royal began to speak, his answers were nothing like the answers my father had given under similar circumstances with my brothers and I,” Anderson says.
- The shooting incident seen at the beginning of the film was inspired by a real event where Owen Wilson shot his brother, Andrew, with a BB gun. According to Anderson, you can still see the BB under Andrew’s skin on his hand.
- Originally, Etheline, played by Anjelica Huston, was to blow out the candles to Margot’s birthday cake. A few shots of this were captured, but, as Anderson recollects, her hair caught on fire on the fifth take.
Dec 14, 2001 · Etheline Tenenbaum (Anjelica Huston) – A noted archaeologist and author, and the mother of the Tenenbaum children, who "makes their education her top priority." Later on, Ethel finds love with Henry Sherman, her accountant, the complete opposite of her estranged husband Royal.
Dec 14, 2021 · Tenenbaums, which follows an estranged father (Hackman) trying to win back his wife (Huston) and his grown-up child-prodigy offspring (Stiller’s financial guru Chas, Paltrow’s playwright Margot,...
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