FREE THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS PDF Wes Anderson,Owen Wilson | 160 pages | 30 Jan 2002 | FABER & FABER | 9780571215454 | English | London, United Kingdom The Royal Tenenbaums () - Plot Summary - IMDb Where the soundtrack to Rushmore captured that film's mix of brash and bittersweet through British Invasion The Royal Tenenbaums and Mark Mothersbaugh's playfully poignant score, the music for The Royal Tenenbaums -- Wes Anderson's tale of a prodigal patriarch and the brood of child geniuses he left behind -- evokes the film's shabbily genteel New York through vintage folk-pop, classic punk, and a Mothersbaugh score that gives the delicacy of his earlier scores a newfound maturity. 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The Royal Tenenbaums - Wikipedia Ostensibly based on a nonexistent novel, and told with a narrative influenced by the writing of J. Salingerit follows the lives of three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment The Royal Tenenbaums failure in adulthood. The children's eccentric father Royal Tenenbaum Hackman leaves them in their adolescent years, then returns to them after they have grown, falsely claiming he has a terminal illness. The Royal Tenenbaums works on reconciling with his children and ex-wife Huston. With a variety of influences, including Louis Malle 's film The Fire Within and Orson Welles ' film The Magnificent Ambersonsthe story involves themes of the dysfunctional familylost greatness, and redemption. An absurdist and ironic sense of humor pervades the film, which features a soundtrack subsequently released in two albums. The filmmakers went to efforts to distinguish the film's backgrounds from a recognizable New York, with fashions and sets combining the appearances of different time periods. Hackman won a Golden Globe for his performance, and the screenwriters were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Royal Tenenbaum explains to his three adolescent children, Chas, Margot, and Richie, that he and his wife, Etheline, are separating. Each of the children achieved great success at The Royal Tenenbaums young age. Chas is a math and business genius, from whom Royal steals money. Margot, who was adopted, was awarded a grant for a play that she wrote in the ninth grade. Richie is a tennis prodigy and artist who expresses his love for Margot through paintings. Royal regularly takes Richie on outings without the other children. Eli Cash is the Tenenbaums' neighbor and Richie's best friend. Twenty-two years later, Royal is kicked out of the hotel where he has been living. The The Royal Tenenbaums are in a post-success slump, with Richie traveling the world on a cruise shipfollowing a breakdown. He writes to Eli revealing his romantic love for Margot. Chas has become overprotective of his sons, Ari and Uzi, following his wife Rachael's death in a plane crash. Margot is married to neurologist Raleigh St. Clair, from whom she hides her smoking and her checkered past. Raleigh is conducting research on a subject named Dudley Heinsbergen. Etheline's longtime accountant, Henry Sherman, proposes to her. Learning of Henry's proposal, Royal claims that he has stomach cancer to win back his wife's and children's affections. Etheline calls her children home, and Royal moves back in and sets up medical equipment in Richie's room. Royal learns of Chas' overprotective nature and takes his grandsons on an adventure involving shoplifting and dog fighting. On their return, Chas berates him for endangering his boys while Royal accuses Chas of having a nervous breakdown. Eli, with whom Margot has been having an affair, tells her that Richie loves her. Royal discovers the affair and objects to Margot's treatment of Raleigh, who confides to Richie his suspicions of Margot having an affair. He and Richie hire a private investigator to surveil her. Meanwhile, Henry investigates Royal's cancer claim and discovers his hospital had closed, his doctor does not exist, and that his cancer medication is only candy. He confronts Pagoda, the servant, and gathers the family to tell them that Royal has been lying about his illness. Afterwards, Royal and Pagoda move out. Richie and Raleigh get the private eye's report on Margot, which reveals her history of smoking and sexual promiscuity, including a previous marriage to a Jamaican recording artist. Both men take the news hard, The Royal Tenenbaums Richie going into a bathroom, shaving off his hair and beard, and slashing his wrists in an attempt of suicide. Dudley finds him and Raleigh rushes him to hospital. As The Royal Tenenbaums Tenenbaums sit in the waiting room, Raleigh confronts Margot and then leaves. Richie escapes and meets with Margot to confess his love. They share their secret love and they kiss. Royal decides that he wants Etheline to be happy, and finally arranges for a divorce. Before Henry and Etheline's wedding, Eli, high on mescalinecrashes his car into the side of the house. Royal rescues Ari and Uzi, but the boys' dog, Buckley, is killed. Enraged, Chas chases Eli through the house and wrestles him to the ground. Eli and Chas agree that they both need psychiatric help. Chas thanks Royal for saving his sons and for buying them a Dalmatian from the responding firemen as a replacement for Buckley. Forty-eight hours later, Etheline and Henry are married in a judge's chambers. Some time later, Margot releases a new play inspired by her family and past events, Raleigh publishes a book about Dudley's condition, Eli checks himself into a drug rehabilitation facility in North Dakota, and Richie begins teaching a junior tennis program. Chas becomes less overprotective of his children. Royal seems to have improved his relationship with all his children, and seems to be on better terms with Etheline. He has a heart attack and dies at the age The Royal Tenenbaums Chas accompanies him in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, and is the only witness to his death. The family attends his funeral, where the epitaph dubiously reads that he "Died tragically rescuing The Royal Tenenbaums family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship. The Royal The Royal Tenenbaums has an ensemble cast[5] [6] led by Hackman. A starting point for the story's concept was the divorce of director Wes Anderson 's mother and father, though the evolved story bore little resemblance to it. Basil E. Frankweilerwhere the characters Claudia and Jamie run away to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, inspired the story of Margot and Richie hiding out in a museum. Salinger 's characters in the book Franny and Zooey inspired much of the child prodigy material. Gene Hackman was Anderson's choice for Royal, with Anderson saying, "It was written for him against his wishes. Hackman's decision The Royal Tenenbaums star made it easier to assemble a cast of high-profile actors to appear with him. Around sets were employed during photography, with art director Carl Sprague saying the crew avoided sites that would identify New York Cityeven altering street signs. The Waldorf-Astoria was used for the hotel scenes, [20] while Central Park Zoo depicted a rain forest. During production, Anderson gave Huston photographs of his mother who, like Etheline, was an archaeologist. Huston said, "Wes would send pictures of his mother in aviator jackets or on archaeological digs, and he very specifically wanted me to wear a certain locket. Finally, I asked him, 'Wes, am I playing your mother? Anderson and Huston had a tense relationship with Hackman, who was not always amiable on set. I saw The Royal Tenenbaums imprint of my hand on his cheek and I thought, he's going to kill me. Anderson credited Kumar Pallana with extinguishing the blaze before Huston was seriously injured. As shooting continued, the bird used for Mordecai was caught by a citizen of New Jersey, who demanded a price for its return. It was replaced instead by one more white in color.