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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
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Produced and directed by the hugely talented Wes Anderson and co-written with actor and regular collaborator Owen Wilson, this is the much anticipated follow-up to Rushmore, one of the quirkier American films of the late 1990s. The Royal Tenenbaums is no less quirky. It's a story about a gifted but dysfunctional New York family that is reunited when estranged patriarch Gene Hackman feigns terminal illness. An ambitiously original ensemble comedy, it is related in an episodic, storybook format with off-screen narration from Alec Baldwin. This stylised presentation suggests that the interlocking subplots involving the various Tenenbaums — Gwyneth Paltrow's foundering marriage to Bill Murray; Ben Stiller's paranoia; Luke Wilson's deepening depression — will be resolved in a detached fashion, without warmth or the audience's empathy. That is not so. As the narrative builds, the atmosphere thaws and something like poetry unfolds. Immaculately written and brilliantly performed (with Hackman, especially, on magnificent form), this extraordinary fable restores one's faith in American cinema. AC
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Running time
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105min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Comedy Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson
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Theatrical distributor
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Buena Vista
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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March 2002
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UK video release date
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August 2002
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Award |
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| Academy 2001 |
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) |
Wes Anderson |
Nominee |
| Academy 2001 |
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) |
Owen Wilson |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2001 |
Best Screenplay (Original) |
Wes Anderson |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2001 |
Best Screenplay (Original) |
Owen Wilson |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2001 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
Gene Hackman |
Winner |
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