"He said the train is lost."
"How can a train be lost? It's on rails."
"How can a train be lost? It's on rails."
The last time the Whitman brothers were together they were attending their father's funeral the year before. Afterwards the brothers divided up his personal items and went their separate way, but now oldest brother Francis (Wilson) invites his brothers on a trip across India in the Darjeeling Limited (a train), for a spiritual journey. He has his assistant Brendan (Wolodarsky) travel with them to print out daily laminated schedules of the days events. The trip will end when the brothers meet up with their mother (Angelica Huston) who has become a nun.
Francis was in a terrible accident and has the majority of his face covered in bandages. Middle brother Peter (Brody) wears their father's prescription sunglasses (which make his head hurt) and wants to leave his pregnant wife. Youngest brother Jack (Schwartzman, who co wrote the film with his cousin Roman Coppola and director Anderson) doesn't want to be included in the excursion and calls home frequently to listen to the messages on his ex girlfriend's (Natalie Portman) phone.
The brothers don't trust each other, at all. They get into trouble on the train after: smoking, taking drugs (cough medicine and other prescription pills), and bringing a deadly snake on board. After finally attacking each other in a fight that erupts out of their cabin, they are kicked off the train.
From it's opening sequence when Bill Murray and Brody run to catch the train, to the ending sequence when the three brothers run for the train, it is clear that this is a Wes Anderson film. I don't really know what else to say...the film in general was very funny, while very sobering at the same time.
--: If you like Wes Anderson you will like / get this film, otherwise I wouldn't suggest it. I enjoyed the film, but I enjoy his films, and these actors had a really interesting chemistry onscreen.
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 91 minutes
Rating: R for language
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Owen Wilson as Francis Whitman
Adrien Brody as Peter Whitman
Jason Schwartzman as Jack Whitman
Amara Karan as Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky as Brendan
Francis was in a terrible accident and has the majority of his face covered in bandages. Middle brother Peter (Brody) wears their father's prescription sunglasses (which make his head hurt) and wants to leave his pregnant wife. Youngest brother Jack (Schwartzman, who co wrote the film with his cousin Roman Coppola and director Anderson) doesn't want to be included in the excursion and calls home frequently to listen to the messages on his ex girlfriend's (Natalie Portman) phone.
The brothers don't trust each other, at all. They get into trouble on the train after: smoking, taking drugs (cough medicine and other prescription pills), and bringing a deadly snake on board. After finally attacking each other in a fight that erupts out of their cabin, they are kicked off the train.
From it's opening sequence when Bill Murray and Brody run to catch the train, to the ending sequence when the three brothers run for the train, it is clear that this is a Wes Anderson film. I don't really know what else to say...the film in general was very funny, while very sobering at the same time.
--: If you like Wes Anderson you will like / get this film, otherwise I wouldn't suggest it. I enjoyed the film, but I enjoy his films, and these actors had a really interesting chemistry onscreen.
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) 91 minutes
Rating: R for language
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Owen Wilson as Francis Whitman
Adrien Brody as Peter Whitman
Jason Schwartzman as Jack Whitman
Amara Karan as Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky as Brendan
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