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Moonrise Kingdom Narrator

Bob Balaban plays the unnamed narrator in Moonrise Kingdom. This man, who is bundled up for the cold outdoors, is your guide to the history, geography, and experience of New Penzance.

Francis Whitman

In the Darjeeling Limited, Francis Whitman (Owen Wilson) is the oldest of three brothers on a spiritual journey through India. The brothers quarrel over his controlling nature, which includes everything from holding their passports to ordering their meals for them. Things aren’t all dandy for Francis either, who gets one of his $3,000 dress shoes stolen by a shoeshine boy. Come on!

Eli Cash

From the Royal Tenenbaums: The crickets and the rust beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. “Vamanos, amigos,” Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) whispered and threw the busted-leather flint craw over the loose weave of the saddle cock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusk light.

Pagoda

In The Royal Tenenbaums, Pagoda (Kumar Pallana) is the ever loyal servant to the Tenenbaums household. When Royal’s scheming gets him fired, Pagoda pulls out a tiny Swiss Army knife and stabs him — and then promptly disinfects the wound.

Sam Shakusky

Sam Shakusky is a young orphan who has trouble making friends in the Khaki Scouts. He orchestrates a runaway with young love Suzy Bishop, using his scout skills to lead them to Moonrise Kingdom.

Chas Tenenbaum

As a child, Chas Tenenbaum was a business prodigy, making a fortune by breeding and marketing dalmatian mice. After losing his wife in a plane crash, he became obsessed with the safety of his sons Ari and Uzi, conducting fire safety drills in the middle of the night.

Richie Tenenbaum

Growing up, Richie Tenenbaum was a tennis prodigy and mediocre artist. He secretly falls in love with his adopted sister Margot, leading to a meltdown during a televised tennis tournament. He abandons his career and seeks refuge aboard the ocean liner Cote d’Ivoire.

Wes Anderson Costume Quiz

How big of a Wes Anderson fan are you? Guess these characters by their costumes, and hover to see the answers. Careful, they get harder as you go along!

Suzy Bishop

In Moonrise Kingdom, Suzy Bishop is a 12-year old girl who likes to look at everything through binoculars – it helps her “see things closer, even if they’re not far away.” While on the run together, Sam Shakusky gives her a pair of earrings made out of scarab beetles and fish hooks.

Alistair Hennessey

Alistair Hennessey is arch-nemesis to Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic. True, Hennessey was once married to Zissou’s wife, but the animosity is more that he’s more handsome, rich, fashionable, and all-around successful than his counterpart.

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