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

Outside after the drill, Chas declares the family would have died; Uzi cries about leaving Buckley and Chas dismisses the fear.

Scene 24 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Chas
Narrator
Uzi

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Begins 23 min into a 1:59 film

The story so farBefore scene 24

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 21
Chas rushes the boys down the apartment hallway during the drill, warning them not to use the elevator.
Scene 22
In the stairwell, Chas carries Uzi as the boys worry that they left their dog Buckley behind.
Scene 23
Buckley sleeps wheezily beside the bathtub as Chas’s siren sounds outside and then stops.
Scene 24
This scene

24EXT. SIDEWALK. NIGHT.

Chas, Ari and Uzi stand on the sidewalk, looking up at the building. The street is deserted. The tape recorder has been turned off. The lantern is still blinking.

Chas turns off the lantern and presses stop on his stopwatch.

CHAS

Four minutes and forty-eight seconds.

We’re all dead. Burned to a crisp.

Chas shakes his head. He looks disoriented and weak.

NARRATOR (V.O.)

Over the last six months, he had become

increasingly concerned with their

safety.

Uzi is still crying.

UZI

We left Buckley.

Chas rubs his eyes and his temples. He says quietly:

CHAS

It doesn’t matter.

Chas sits down on the sidewalk. Ari and Uzi look scared. The doorman watches uneasily from the lobby.