The Royal Tenenbaums (Criterion Collection)

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	Gene Hackman	Royal Tenenbaum
	Anjelica Huston	Etheline Tenenbaum
	Ben Stiller	Chas Tenenbaum
	Gwyneth Paltrow	Margot Tenenbaum
	Luke Wilson	Richie Tenenbaum
	Owen Wilson	Eli Cash
	Bill Murray	Raleigh St. Clair
	Danny Glover	Henry Sherman
	Seymour Cassel	Dusty
	Kumar Pallana	Pagoda
	Alec Baldwin	Narrator
	Grant Rosenmeyer	Ari Tenenbaum
	Jonah Meyerson	Uzi Tenenbaum
	Aram Aslanian-Persico	Young Chas Tenenbaum
	Irene Gorovaia	Young Margot Tenenbaum
	Amedeo Turturro	Young Richie Tenenbaum
	Stephen Lea Sheppard	Dudley Heinsbergen
	James Fitzgerald	Young Eli Cash
	Larry Pine	Peter Bradley
	Don McKinnon	Detective
	Frank Wood	Hotel Manager
	Al Thompson	Walter Sherman
	Jennifer Wachtell	Rachael Tenenbaum
	Donal Lardner Ward	Hotel Clerk
	Andrew Wilson	Farmer Father

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Director	Wes Anderson
Writer	Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson
Producer	Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin, Rudd Simmons, Will Sweeney, Owen Wilson
Musician	Mark Mothersbaugh
Photography	Robert D. Yeoman

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Story Synopsis:
The writing team of director Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson (Bottle Rocket and Rushmore) deliver another quirky and witty comedy with “The Royal Tenenbaums.” Wayward patriarch Royal Tenenbaum (Hackman) returns to his dysfunctional family that he abandoned years earlier. His estranged wife Etheline (Huston) had raised their three children to be gifted geniuses: Chas (Stiller) was a successful child investor, Richie (Wilson) was a three-time U.S. Nationals tennis champ, and the adopted Margot (Paltrow) was a playwright who won the Braverman Grant in the ninth grade. Despite their astounding successes, the Tenenbaum children were scarred by their father, and their emotional baggage carried on into adulthood. One-by-one, Chas, Margot, and Richie move back in with Etheline. Determined to make things right with his estranged family (and their extended relationships with others), Royal tries moving back into the house as well. Soon the sparks fly as the eccentric but talented family starts butting heads and egos. (Suzanne Hodges)



DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.40:1 DVD has a stylish appearance, with a color scheme that stresses a warmer spectrum with lots of reds, golds, and browns. Overall hues are well balanced, with a rich appearance and deeply saturated hues. Fleshtones are nicely rendered and blacks appear deep and solid. Images are sharp and nicely detailed into clothing textures and facial details. There is a bit of pixelization noticed, as well as some edge enhancement that can be bothersome at times. Overall, the picture complements the quirky storytelling. (Suzanne Hodges)


Soundtrack:
The 5.1-channel soundtracks are quite predictable in nature, with the music providing the majority of the spatiality. The music has also been well-recorded with a nicely stereophonic presence across the screen. Overall, surround envelopment is subtle to moderate in nature, yet is effective with the music. The dialogue sounds slightly forward but otherwise is impressively natural-sounding. The spatial distribution of atmospheric effects is rather conservative. The DTS® Digital Surround™ just slightly edges out with a little more spatial and midrange definition. (Perry Sun)

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