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In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other – to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star in this film about their adventure and their friendship.
OWEN WILSON Francis
The multi-faceted OWEN WILSON (Francis) made his mark in Hollywood as both an actor and writer for feature films. Wilson recently wrapped Steven Brill’s high concept comedy DRILLBIT TAYLOR for Paramount, produced by Judd Apatow. In it Wilson plays a bodyguard who is hired by two kids to protect them from bullies in the schoolyard. DRILLBIT TAYLOR will be released in 2008. Wilson can be seen most recently with Ben Stiller and Robin Williams in Shawn Levy’s A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. He also recently starred in the box office success YOU, ME AND DUPREE and in Disney’s animated feature CARS, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Animated Film. In the summer of 2006 Wilson starred in the smash hit comedy WEDDING CRASHERS opposite Vince Vaughn. This followed the success of Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU, in which Wilson starred opposite Bill Murray and Anjelica Houston. Wilson’ s previous work with Wes Anderson includes THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS for which he and Anderson were nominated for an Academy Award for best original screenplay. Wilson also co-wrote and starred in Anderson’s first film BOTTLE ROCKET as well as co-writing and co-executive producing his second feature RUSHMORE. He also served as associate producer on the OSCAR winning film AS GOOD AS IT GETS. Wilson’s additional acting credits include THE CABLE GUY, ARMAGEDDON, THE MINUS MAN, SHANGHAI NOON, MEET THE PARENTS, ZOOLANDER, BEHIND ENEMY LINES, I SPY, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS and STARSKY AND HUTCH.
ADRIEN BRODY (peter) ADRIEN BRODY (Peter) won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Roman Polanski’s THE PIANIST. He is to date the youngest person to have won the Oscar in that category. His portrayal of real-life Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman also earned him Best Actor honors from the National Society of Film Critics, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the Cesar Awards (France’s equivalent of the Oscars); and nominations for Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA awards. He most recently starred in Peter Jackson’s Academy Award winning epic remake of KING KONG and Allen Coulter’s HOLLYWOODLAND. He will next be seen in the highly anticipated period romantic drama MANOLETE for writer/director Menno Meyjes starring opposite Penelope Cruz as Manuel Rodriguez Sanchez, Spain’s most famous bullfighter. Brody was born and raised in New York City, where he attended the High School for the Performing Arts and then the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He first came to prominence with a starring role in Steven Sodebergh’s KING OF THE HILL. He later starred in two features for director Eric Bross, TEN BENNY and RESTAURANT, the latter earning Brody an Independent Spirit Award nomination. His other films include Ellie Chouraqui’s HARRISON’S FLOWERS; Ken Loach’s BREAD AND ROSES; Terrence Malick’s THE THIN RED LINE; Charlie Shyer’s THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE; Barry Levison’s LIBERTY HEIGHTS; Spike Lee’s SUMMER OF SAM; M. Night Shyamalan’s THE VILLAGE; and John Maybury’s THE JACKET.
JASON SCHWARTZMAN Jack/Co-writer
JASON SCHWARTZMAN (Jack/Co-writer) made his motion picture acting debut as Max Fischer, an eccentric high school sophomore in Wes Anderson’s acclaimed comedy RUSHMORE opposite Bill Murray in 1999. That year his performance garnered a nomination for “Most Promising Actor” from the Chicago Film Critics Associaton. Schwartzman’s recent credits include starring as King Louis XVI in Sofia Coppola’a MARIE ANTOINETTE; SHOPGIRL starring in a love triangle with Claire Danes and Steve Martin, who also directed based on his novel; BEWITCHED with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell; and a starring role in David O. Russell’s existensial comedy I HEART HUCKABEES with Dustin Hoffman, Naomi Watts, Jude Law, and Lily Tomlin, Schwartzman made his televisional debut in the critically acclaimed comedy “Cracking Up” written by Mike White and co-starring Molly Shannon. Other film credits include Roman Coppola’s directional debut, C.Q., S1M0NE starring Al PAcino and Catherine Keener, and the ensemble comedy SLACKERS.
ANJELICA HOUSTON (Patricia) ANJELICA HOUSTON (Patricia), an award winning actress and director, continues her renowned family’s legacy in this film, which began with her grandfather, Walter, and her father, John. Throughout her career, Houston has received 29 honors for her work including multiple honors from the National Society of Film Critics, two Independent Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles and new York Film critics Awards and an honor from Women in Film. She received a best supporting Actress Oscar for her role as “Maerose Prizzi” in the black comedy PRIZZI’S HONOR in which she starred opposite Jack Nicholson and Kathleen turner. In 2005, Huston received a Goldne Globe award for her role in HBO’s original movie IRON JAWED ANGELS in which she starred opposite Hilary Swank and Julia Ormond. Huston’s additional credits include memorable turns in the hit ADDAMS FAMILY films as well as in THE GRIFTERS, THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS, THE WITCHES, GARDENS OF STONE and her fathers final film THE DEAD.
AMARA KARAN (Rita) AMARA KARAN (Rita) makes her feature film debut in THE DARJEELING LIMITED and also stars this year in the British Comedy ST. TRINIANS. The London-born daughter of Sri-Lankan parents, Karan studied political science at Oxford, where she became a rapidly rising star on the local theatre scene. Following a stint as an investment banker, she returned to her love of acting. IN 2002, she wrote, directed and starred in the short film BY MYSELF which was the runner-up winner of the Shoestring Shorts Digital Video Competition.
CAMILLA RUTHERFORD (Alice) CAMILLA RUTHERFORD (Alice) starred as Jocasta on HBO’s hoit series “Rome”. Her feature film credits include Denys Arcands STARDOM, Robert Altman’s GOSFORD PARK, Alki David’s THE FREEDRIVER, Mira Nair’s VANITY FAIR, and most recently, Robert edwards’ LAND OF THE BLIND starring opposite Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland.
IRFAN KHAN (Village Father) IRFAN KHAN (Village Father), a graduate of the prestigious National School of Drama in New Dehli, India, gave his first screen performance in a short but searing scene in Mira Nair’s acclaimed debut film MAQBOOL, a Hindi interpretation of Macbeth set in the Bombay underworld. He gave another award-winning performance in that year in the critically acclaimed love story HASSIL. He then took on the challenging title role in British director Asaf Kapadia’s epic THE WARRIOR, the Hindi-language film that won the BAFTA award for best Film in 2003. Khan most recently garnered international acclaim in the role of an Indian emigrant to the U.S in Mira Nair’s THE NAMESAKE and playing the Captain pursuing the trail of Daniel Pearl’s kidnappers in Michael Winterbottom’s A MIGHTY HEART, starring with Angelina Jolie.
WES ANDERSON Director/Co-writer/Producer
WES ANDERSON was born in Houston Texas, and attended college at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the director and co-writer of BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE, THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS, and THE LIFE ACQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU. His next film will be THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX based on the Roald Dahl book.
ROMAN COPPOLA Co-writer/Producer
Roman Coppola grew up in the world of film-making and has worked in many capacities, from sound recordist to cinematographer, to writer and producer. He began his directing career with visual effects and second unit direction of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and his rookie effort garnered a BAFTA award nomination for Visual Effects. His first feature film, C.Q. premiered at Cannes Film Festival and was well received critically.
SCOTT RUDIN Producer SCOTT RUDIN films include THE QUEEN, NOTE ON A SCANDAL; VENUS; FAILURE TO LAUNCH; CLOSER; TEAM AMERICA; IRIS; THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS
LYDIA DEAN PILCHER Producer
LYDIA DEAN PILCHER is founder of the new-York based production company, Cine Mosaic. Pilcher most recently produced Mira Nair’s critically acclaimed THE NAMESAKE as well as Nair’s VANITY FAIR starring Reese Witherspoon
STEVEN RALES Executive Producer
STEVEN RALES founded Santa Monica-based production company, Indian Paintbrush, in 2006 which is committed to producing and financing films with the industry’leading and emerging film making talent. In the company’s first year, Rales executive produced and co-financed Wes Anderson’s THE DARJEELING LIMITED with Fox Searchlight Pictures, Anderson’s upcoming THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX with Twentieth Century Fox, and produced and fully financed Alan Ball’s feature directional debut, NOTHING IS PRIVATE.
ROBERT YEOMAN ASC Cinematography ROBERT YEOMAN established his strong visual style shooting Gus Van Saint’s acclaimed DRUGSTORE COWBOY garnering him the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. He went on to serve as director of photography on Wes Anderson’s debut film BOTTLE ROCKET, continuing his collaboration with Anderson on RUSHMORE, THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS and THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU.
MARK FRIEDBERG Editor
ANDREW WEISBLUM Editor
ANDREW WEISBLUM most recently worked as editor on Zoe Cassavetes’ BROKEN ENGLISH. He previously edited the independent films UNDERMIND, CONEY ISLAND BABY, and was an additional editor on John Waters’ A DIRTY SHAME as well as director Jay Craven’s A STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM.
JEREMY DAWSON Co-Producer JEREMY DAWSON started in the film industry when he designed the title sequence for the film, PI. He has gone on to design visual effects and animation for many films including REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, FRIDA, THE LIFE AQUATIC and THE FOUNTAIN for which he served as 2nd Unit Directos. He is currently producing Wes Anderson’s next movie, the stop-motion animated film THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX.
ALICE BAMFORD Co-Producer ALICE BAMFORD is a photographer, film maker and traveller who studied arts and architecture at the Prince of Wales INsitute. She and Wes Anderson discovered a shared passion for India and headed there to find inspiration and locations for THE DARJEELING LIMITED which she co-produced. Alice is currently directing and producing a documentary focusing on the ethical and sustainable issues in organic farming, and is working with Wes on the forthcoming animated feature THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX.
ANADIL HOSSAIN Co-Producer
RANDALL POSTER Music Supervisor RANDALL POSTER began working with Wes Anderson in 1996 on the soundtrack to Anderson’s debut BOTTLE ROCKET and has supervised the music on all four of Anderson’s subsequent features. Working with Anderson to create rare and remarkable film soundtracks, these collections have gone on to receive awards and accolades around the world.
MILENA CANONERO Costume Designer MILENA CANONERO has won three Academy Awards for her costumes for CHAROTS OF FIRE (1982), BARRY LYNDON (1975) and most recently MARIE ANTOINETTE. She has received five additional Academy nominations.
In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other – to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star in this film about their adventure and their friendship
"I love this movie...One of the best of the year" Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "Funny, smart and poignant...one of the most satisfying films of 2007" ***** Total Film 20th Century Fox
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