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

Pagoda tells Royal about Henry’s proposal; Royal resents the rival and insists Etheline is still his wife.

Scene 30 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Pagoda
Royal

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Begins 27 min into a 1:59 film

The story so farBefore scene 30

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 27
Royal rides the hotel elevator with operator Dusty after receiving Pagoda’s call.
Scene 28
A bellboy directs Royal to take Pagoda’s call in the lobby telephone booth.
Scene 29
Royal enters the booth and answers Pagoda’s call.
Scene 30
This scene

30EXT. CITY PARK. DAY.

Royal and Pagoda stand alone in the middle of a field. A light, misting rain falls.

PAGODA

The black man asks her to be his wife.

ROYAL

(quietly)

No shit? And what’d Ethel say?

PAGODA

She thinks about it.

Royal stares off into space. He shakes his head.

ROYAL

I don’t like the sound of this one damn

bit, Pagoda. I mean, Lord knows I’ve

had my share of infidelities. But she’s

still my wife.

(pause)

And no goddamn two-bit chartered

accountant’s going to change that.

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