The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

One year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with one another.

Director:

Wes Anderson

Writers:

Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola,

Stars:

Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Owen Wilson	...	Francis
Adrien Brody	...	Peter
Jason Schwartzman	...	Jack
Amara Karan	...	Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky	...	Brendan (as Wally Wolodarsky)
Waris Ahluwalia	...	The Chief Steward
Irrfan Khan	...	The Father
Barbet Schroeder	...	The Mechanic
Camilla Rutherford	...	Alice
Bill Murray	...	The Businessman
Anjelica Huston	...	Patricia
A.P. Singh	...	Taxi Driver
Kumar Pallana	...	Old Man
Dalpat Singh	...	Waiter
Trudy Matthys	...	German Lady #1 (as Trudy Mathis)

Storyline

A year after the accidental death of their father, three brothers -- each suffering from depression - meet for a train trip across India. Francis, the eldest, has organized it. The brothers argue, sulk, resent each other, and fight. The youngest, Jack, estranged from his girlfriend, is attracted to one of the train's attendants. Peter has left his pregnant wife at home, and he buys a venomous snake. After a few days, Francis discloses their surprising and disconcerting destination. Amid foreign surroundings, can the brothers sort out their differences? A funeral, a meditation, a hilltop ritual, and the Bengal Lancer figure in the reconciliation.

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Plot Keywords:

train | journey | india | funeral | snake | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [fr] Fox [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hindi German Tibetan

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Darjeeling Limited

Filming Locations:

India

Box Office

Budget:

$17,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£435,198 (UK) (23 November 2007)

Gross:

$11,896,380 (USA) (22 February 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Searchlight Pictures, Collage Cinemagraphique, American Empirical Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman organically wrote the screenplay as they traveled around India together.

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Goofs

At the end when they are trying to catch the train and throwing the bags away they are running on sand, when they are on the train and looking back, the bags are lying on the platform made of tarmac.

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Quotes

[first lines]
The Businessman: That's my train.

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Connections

References The Guru (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Champs Elysees (aka Waterloo Road)"
Written by Mike Wilsh and Mike Deighan
Performed by Joseph Dassin (as Joe Dassin)
Courtesy of Epic Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment France
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Second only to "Rushmore"

I admit that arrogance is in the atmosphere of all of Wes Anderson's films and his style will probably never change, but I LOVE every single one of them (even the overblown "The Life Aquatic" gets me giddy). He knows how to push my emotional buttons and entertain the hell out of me, something that I find rare in most movies I watch. Usually if I want to be entertained, I feel the movie has to compromise the emotional value and vice versa. With Wes, I'm laughing, being entertained by the characters AND caring for them. The second that Adrien Brody ran past Bill Murray in slow motion running toward the train as The Kinks' "This Time Tomorrow" kicked in, my heart started racing at the idea that I was about to watch a new film by Wes, which I look at as something special that comes every few years. Wes' detractors complain that he is a pretentious one-trick pony, a true statement, but to me, not a negative one because I love his universe and I love being invited into it in every one of his films. While I love both of them, I occasionally wish that Tim Burton would make a film that wasn't some kind of Gothic fairy tale, or that Paul Thomas Anderson would make a film that didn't star his own ego. With Wes, I want him to just continue what he's been doing: keep using his same awesome style while taking baby steps of progress. The writing, acting, directing, soundtrack, production design and cinematography (okay, EVERYTHING) are top-notch in "The Darjeeling Limited". Hell, if "Rushmore" wasn't such a damn masterpiece, I'd say Wes has made his best film yet.