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The Tenenbaum family, from left: Richie (Luke Wilson); Margot (Gwyneth
Paltrow); Royal (Gene Hackman); Chas (Ben Stiller) with his two children,
Ari (Grant Rosenmeyer) and Uzi (Jonah Meyerson); Etheline (Anjelica Huston);
family friend Henry Sherman (Danny Glover); and longtime servant Pagoda
(Kumar Pallana).

In The Royal Tenenbaums, the
estranged patriarch, played by Gene
Hackman, declares he is "half-Hebrew,"
making his children, the ex-prodigies,
11,1 hat's in a Jewish name?
"three-quarters Mick-Catholic."
Everything, suggests
Anderson says the mix is appropriate
The Royal Tenenbaums'
for
the siblings, played by Gwyneth
writer-director Wes
Paltrow,
Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson,
Anderson.
because "in real life Ben
The Houston-bred filmmak-
and Gwyneth are half-
er may be of Swedish-Lutheran
Irish and half-Jewish. Plus,
•stock, but his latest funny-
those are the [religions] I
melancholy flick began when
always wanted to be.
he remembered his Jewish
Anderson, whose
childhood friend, Brian
protagonist is
Rushmore
Tenenbaum.
Max
J.
Fisher,
added a
"Brian had three sisters, and
couple other Jewish names
I'm friends with all of them,
to the mix. Stiller's charac-
Anderson said during a recent
ter, Chas, has two sons,
Q&A at the Writers Guild in
Ari and Uzi — which is
Los Angeles. "They were close-
hilarious considering their
ly-knit and always going off on
The
"half-Hebrew"
relatives
are called things
outings — nothing like the sib-
patriarch
Royal
like
"Margot"
and
lings in the film — but I really
Tenenbaum informs
"Etheline." Anderson says
liked the name."
his family that he's
he picked "Ari" and "Uzi"
After the surname came an
leaving the family
because at one point,
idea: "I wanted to do a story
about a family of former genius- home in the dramatic "Chas was supposed to be
comedy "The Royal
an accountant for the
es," says Anderson (Rushmore,
Tenenbaums."
Mossad. I just thought Ari
Bottle Rocket), who wrote the
was
a good Israeli name,"
script with actor Owen Wilson.
he adds, with a chuckle. "Of course, Uzi
That makes sense, considering the
is a bit much." I 1
quirky director has a "thing" for miser-
able virtuosos.
He says his favorite Peanuts character
The Royal Tenebaums opens today
is Linus because the cartoon kid is a
in Detroit.
kind of a genius" with an unfortunate
blanket addiction.

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