The Royal Tenenbaums received Oscar recognition in one category, that for
Director Wes Anderson's original screenplay. It didn't win, but no one can
ever say this wasn't original.
Title character Gene Hackman is the estranged patriarch of the Tenenbaum clan and his baptismal name is Royal. He was a lawyer along the lines of Clarence Darrow back in the day, but has fallen on hard times. Back in his prime he walked out on wife Angelica Huston and the children who grew up to be Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Now with no place to go he decides to resume the role of dad.
Problem is that Huston has decided after all these she wants a husband and man she picked out is Danny Glover. As he's already lied his way into the house with a false terminal cancer story, Hackman will have to work triple overtime to accomplish his goal.
If you like quirky characters than The Royal Tenenbaums will fill your bill. I can bet that players were clamoring for these roles because there's nothing ordinary in what we see of the people in this film. Any actor would love to be in this because the writer gives them so much to work with and your imagination can sore.
If you like unorothodox than The Royal Tenenbaums is your film. And whatever you think the ending will be I guarantee you will be wrong.
Title character Gene Hackman is the estranged patriarch of the Tenenbaum clan and his baptismal name is Royal. He was a lawyer along the lines of Clarence Darrow back in the day, but has fallen on hard times. Back in his prime he walked out on wife Angelica Huston and the children who grew up to be Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Now with no place to go he decides to resume the role of dad.
Problem is that Huston has decided after all these she wants a husband and man she picked out is Danny Glover. As he's already lied his way into the house with a false terminal cancer story, Hackman will have to work triple overtime to accomplish his goal.
If you like quirky characters than The Royal Tenenbaums will fill your bill. I can bet that players were clamoring for these roles because there's nothing ordinary in what we see of the people in this film. Any actor would love to be in this because the writer gives them so much to work with and your imagination can sore.
If you like unorothodox than The Royal Tenenbaums is your film. And whatever you think the ending will be I guarantee you will be wrong.