BOTTLE ROCKET

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson

PLOT:  Three friends who have no experience in illegal activities plan a robbery.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Office Space

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FANTASTIC MR. FOX

GENRE:  Animation/ Adventure/ Comedy/ Family
MADE:  2009
CAST:  George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

PLOT:  at 7 fox years Mr. Fox is having a mid-life crisis which prompts him to plot and raid the farmer's land, after which he must take responsibility and help the animal community somehow survive when the farmer decides to do something about it.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Chicken Run, Ratatouille, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

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RUSHMORE

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

PLOT:  A student of Rushmore prep school is put on academic probation causing a teacher student rivalry to ensue.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

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LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

GENRE:  Comedy/Drama/Adventure
MADE:  2004 
CAST:  Angelica Huston, Bill Muray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum 
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson 
WRITER:  Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach

PLOT:  After his best-friend and sea-exploring partner is eaten by a Jaguar Shark during an expedition, Steve Zissou and an eclectic mix of a crew go on a voyage to seek out the Jaguar Shark and eliminate it for revenge.  Along the way he meets his grown son, a pilot, for the first time and falls in love with a pregnant journalist that his son just happens to also be in love with.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited, Lost In Translation

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THE DARJEELING LIMITED

GENRE:  Comedy
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Angelica Huston
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman

PLOT:  A quirky comedy about three estranged and very different brothers who set off on journey by train through India to bond and look for their mother who has escaped into the mountains of India.

PARALLEL UNIVERSAL:  The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou,  Fantastic Mr. Fox, Little Miss Sunshine

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THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

GENRE:  Comedy/Dark Comedy
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Angelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Owen Wilson & Wes Anderson

PLOT:  A film about the life of the Royal Tenebaum's which includes a had-been pro tennis player, an OCD widower, an adopted overly-private daughter, a perfect mother, a screw-up father and a family friend that is a drug-abuser novelist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Bottle Rocket

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