developed by Richie Tenenbaum
From Royal's dialogue in The Royal Tenenbaums, this is the comic moment when Richie responds to his father, "Dad, you were never dying" and Royal exclaims, "But I'm going to live!"
Premise/plot summary:
The first direct sequel in the Wes Anderson film catalogue, This Closeness to Death follows Luke Wilson returning to play a middle aged Richie Tenenbaum as an inpatient at a mental asylum. Imagine elements of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest interpreted in the classic Wes Anderson style. When he learns that the house at 111 Archer Avenue is being sold, Richie fakes a terminal cancer diagnosis out of a desire to get back one more time before the Tenenbaum family vacates the premises. Frances McDormand co-stars in the role of the nurse overseeing the psych ward. Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe feature in supporting roles as fellow mental patients. In a cameo appearance utilizing stock footage from the original film the late Kumar Pallana reprises his role as Pagoda to assure the family once again that, "He has the cancer."
This movie will be a live action film.
The film's cast:
LEADING: Luke Wilson
LEADING: Frances McDormand
SUPPORTING: Jeff Goldblum
SUPPORTING: Willem Dafoe
SUPPORTING: Kumar Pallana
Featured song from soundtrack:
Needle in the Hay, Elliott Smith
Topic: This Closeness to Death (Read 184 times)
