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

Royal negotiates with the hotel manager about the return of his possessions, seeking a favorable decision.

Scene 99 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Manager
Royal
Dusty

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Begins 1:26 into a 1:59 film

The story so farBefore scene 99

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.

Scenes 1–39
Royal is absent from the children’s adult lives, and their family remains shaped by his betrayals and abandonment.
Scenes 40–47
Royal wants a path back to Etheline and the children, and claims impending death will give him one.
Scenes 48–50
He returns to the house and openly asks his children for a chance to make things right.
Scenes 51–90
Royal tries to reconnect through schemes, misjudgments and genuine care, learning that affection alone cannot erase old injuries.
Scenes 91–92
Royal admits to Etheline that he hoped to win her back and remove Henry, revealing the motive behind his return.
Just before
Scene 96
Etheline and Henry try to share a romantic evening, but she becomes uneasy and leaves before dessert.
Scene 97
Margot and Eli end their affair on a bridge; Eli admits she loved Richie, and a detective photographs them.
Scene 98
Raleigh, Richie and Dudley review the detective’s report on Margot’s past; Raleigh focuses on her smoking.
Scene 99
This scene

99INT. BASEMENT. DAY.

Royal, Pagoda, Dusty and the manager of the hotel sit at a table in the laundry room of the Lindbergh Palace. The manager is reviewing a typewritten document.

MANAGER

All right. Everything seems to be in

order. I’ll contact you in the next

twenty-four hours.

ROYAL

I appreciate that. Which way are you

leaning, by the way?

MANAGER

I’ll inform you of my decision at the

appropriate time.

ROYAL

I get it. Put in a good word for us,

Dusty.

DUSTY

I already did.