The Royal Tenenbaums [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures presents an American Empirical Picture ; producers, Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin ; writers, Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson ; director, Wes Anderson.
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FilmPublisher number: D24022D | Touchstone Home VideoPublication details: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002], c2001.Edition: Widescreen version (2.35:1)Description: 2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788832530
- Directory of photography, Robert Yeoman ; editor, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Mark Mothersbaugh ; costume designer, Karen Patch ; production designer, David Wasco.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Director Wes Anderson and his longtime friend and writing partner Owen Wilson follow up Bottle Rocket (1996) and Rushmore (1998) with this similarly offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional family reunion. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful attorney who had three children with his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston), an archaeologist. Each of the Tenenbaum kids was a precocious genius: Chas (Ben Stiller) made a killing as a child investor. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior tennis champ and three-time U.S. Nationals winner. The adopted Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright who won a $50,000 Braverman Grant in the ninth grade. When Royal abruptly left his family, however, it was the beginning of two decades of betrayal and failure that would scar the Tenenbaums for life. Their past resentments are bitterly held against Royal when he suddenly reappears, claiming to have six weeks to live and a desire to reconnect with his family. Typically, Royal's story is a sham, but his presence and sincere desire for absolution soon have a profound effect on the Tenenbaums, who are each dealing with thwarted desires and relationships. Among them are Richie's lifelong love for Margot, who's unhappily married to Raleigh St.Clair (Bill Murray) and Etheline's eccentric engagement to Henry Sherman (Danny Glover), who wishes to marry her. The Royal Tenenbaums also co-stars Owen Wilson and features narration provided by Alec Baldwin. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: commentary by director Wes Anderson; theatrical trailer; new widescreen digital transfer, supervised by director Wes Anderson; "With the filmmaker: portraits by Albert Maysles", featuring Wes Anderson; exclusive video interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, and Danny Glover; outtakes; The Peter Bradley Show, featuring interviews with additional cast members; "The art of the movie: Young Richie's murals and paintings"; still photographs by set photographer James Hamilton; book and magazine covers; Studio 360 radio segment on painter Miguel Calderoń; storyboards; collectible insert including Eric Anderson's drawings.
Directory of photography, Robert Yeoman ; editor, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Mark Mothersbaugh ; costume designer, Karen Patch ; production designer, David Wasco.
Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Luke Wilson ; narrator: Alec Baldwin.
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, Dolby digital and DTS 5.1 surround sound.
Closed-captioned.