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

Pagoda places a call and asks for Mr. Royal to be told he is calling.

Scene 26 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Pagoda

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Begins 26 min into a 1:59 film

The story so farBefore scene 26

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 23
Buckley sleeps wheezily beside the bathtub as Chas’s siren sounds outside and then stops.
Scene 24
Outside after the drill, Chas declares the family would have died; Uzi cries about leaving Buckley and Chas dismisses the fear.
Scene 25
Henry awkwardly proposes to Etheline under the pretext of tax status; she hesitates while the narrator lists her former suitors.
Scene 26
This scene

26INT. TELEPHONE ROOM. DAY.

Pagoda places a call.

PAGODA

Hello, please. Tell Mr. Royal this is

the Pagoda.