The Royal Tenenbaums · written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson · 2001

Eli arrives at the Tenenbaum home as a regular family fixture.

Scene 10 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Narrator

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Begins 8 min into a 1:59 film

The story so farBefore scene 10

After losing his hotel room, Royal claims he has only weeks to live so he can move back in with his estranged family; as the truth unravels, he must find a way to be useful and earn a place in their lives.

Scene 1
The children ask Royal whether he still loves them as the family’s separation becomes unavoidable.
Just before
Scene 7
Richie’s childhood tennis success and stalled painting are shown through his trophies, radio, cars and portraits of Margot.
Scene 8
Royal takes Richie to watch a dog fight, while Chas and Margot watch father and son return together.
Scene 9
Eli makes his bed in the apartment he shares with his aunt, where the narrator describes his closeness to the Tenenbaums.
Scene 10
This scene

10EXT. STREET. DAY.

Eli walks up the front steps of the Tenenbaum house and rings the doorbell. He wears a set of house keys on a string around his neck. Pagoda opens the door. He is dressed in pajamas, slippers and a bathrobe. He lets Eli inside.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

He was a regular fixture at family

gatherings, holidays, mornings before

school and most afternoons.

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The Tenenbaum house at night. There are strings of colored lights glowing around the front door and white paper bags with candles in them on the steps. Royal rings the front doorbell. He carries a small package wrapped in red-and-pink- striped paper with a white ribbon on it.

NARRATOR (CONT’D)

The three Tenenbaum children performed

Margot’s first play on the night of her

eleventh birthday.