18 Facts About The Royal Tenenbaums

Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson and co-written with Owen Wilson.

Royal Tenenbaums was shot in and around New York City, including a house in Harlem used for the Tenenbaum residence.

The Royal Tenenbaums Tenenbaum explains to his three adolescent children, Chas, Margot, and Richie, that he and his wife, Etheline, are separating.

The Royal Tenenbaums regularly takes Richie on outings without the other children.

Twenty-two years later, The Royal Tenenbaums is kicked out of the hotel where he has been living.

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The Royal Tenenbaums writes to Eli revealing his romantic love for Margot.

The Royal Tenenbaums learns of Chas' overprotective nature and takes his grandsons on an adventure involving shoplifting and dog fighting.

The Royal Tenenbaums discovers the affair and objects to Margot's treatment of Raleigh, who confides to Richie his suspicions of Margot having an affair.

The Royal Tenenbaums confronts Pagoda, the servant, and gathers the family to tell them that Royal has been lying about his illness.

The Royal Tenenbaums decides that he wants Etheline to be happy, and finally arranges for a divorce.

Chas thanks The Royal Tenenbaums for saving his sons and for buying them a Dalmatian named Spark Plug from the responding firemen as a replacement for Buckley.

The Royal Tenenbaums seems to have improved his relationship with all his children, and seems to be on better terms with Etheline.

French director Louis Malle's works, such as his 1971 Murmur of the Heart, were an influence on Anderson, with The Royal Tenenbaums particularly drawing from The Fire Within, where a suicidal man tries to meet his friends.

The Royal Tenenbaums calls Henry "Coltrane" and speaks jive, drawing on racial stereotypes found in media.

Academic Donna Kornhaber theorized that through adultery and pronouncements that "There are no teams", Royal had separated himself from the Tenenbaums; Royal's belief that he is not a Tenenbaum is signaled when he seconds Eli's sentiment that he "always wanted to be a Tenenbaum".

The Royal Tenenbaums's father is never named, but The Royal Tenenbaums misses him; Robe further hypothesized Chas alienating his sons after Rachael's death shows that family history is repeating itself.

Anderson declared The Royal Tenenbaums to be "the most complex, ambitious musical piece I've ever worked on".

The Royal Tenenbaums modeled his performance of the character Jack Donaghy on the television series 30 Rock after Hackman's speech and movements as Royal Tenenbaum.