directed by Wes Anderson
and co-written with Owen Wilson
. The film stars Gene Hackman
and Anjelica Huston
, with Danny Glover
, Bill Murray
, Gwyneth Paltrow
, Ben Stiller
, Luke Wilson
, and Owen Wilson.
It follows the lives of three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric
father leaves them in their adolescent years. An ironic
and absurdist
sense of humor pervades the film.
Hackman won a Golden Globe for his performance.
This is my adopted daughter, Margot Tenenbaum.
I'm sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
That's a hell of a damn grave. I wish it were mine.
Goddammit, that's the last time you stick a knife in me! You hear me?
I'm not talking about dance lessons. I'm talking about putting a brick through the other guy's windshield. I'm talking about taking it out and chopping it up.
I didn't think so much of him at first, but now I get it. He's everything I'm not.
Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin' the cemetery?
Oh, that's right. We got another body buried here.
You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!
He looks pretty good for a suicide. Attempted, anyway.