Royal Tenenbaums

Release Date: 2002-07-09, Rating R (Restricted),

A family of grown child prodigies reunites when one of them reveals that they are dying from a terminal illness.

Release Date: 2002-07-09, Rating R (Restricted),

Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston) had three children--Chas, Richie and Margot, and then they separated.

Release Date: 2003-02-04, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 2002-07-09, Rating R (Restricted),

In their youth the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York family--were extraordinary. They were all geniuses. Royal Tenenbaum Gene Hackman was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline Angelica Huston raised their children to be ambitious entrepreneurial and creative--then published an acclaimed book about her child-rearing techniques. Adopted daughter Margot Gwyneth Paltrow was a gifted playwright. Son Chas Ben Stiller was a masterful businessman with a taste for real estate. And the other son Richie Luke Wilson was a natural tennis champ. However when Royal packed up his life and left his wife and his family in a cloud of betrayal everything fell apart. Twenty years later the Tenenbaums are a dejected and alienated bunch each having found that their early successes did not carry over into adulthood. When washed-up Royal learns that his distant wife Etheline who has become an archaeologist may remarry he feigns illness as an excuse to reunite with his estranged family. From Wes Anderson director of RUSHMORE this

Comedy Drama DVD - This year's quirkiest big-studio release has to be Wes Anderson's J. D. Salinger-esque comedy about a family of dysfunctional geniuses. Written by Anderson and his Rushmore coauthor, Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. It also features one of the year's best performances: Gene Hackman as the clan's cheerfully malignant patriarch. Tenenbaumsgets the royal treatment with this delectable DVD, featuring among its many riches numerous "Easter eggs" and a making-of documentary directed by the legendary Albert Maysles. - The Royal Tenenbaums (DVD)

Rating R (Restricted),