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Director: Wes Anderson
Producers: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Roman Coppola & Lydia Dean Pitcher
Writer: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola & Jason Schwartzman
Music: James Newton Howard
Release Date: Jan 10, 2008 (Hong Kong)
Running Time: 91 mins.
Budget: US$17.5 million
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.
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Those hoping that The Darjeeling Limited will be another Wes Anderson quirky ride into the absurd with a gluttony of off-beam character humour might be slightly disappointed: everything here is toned-down, stripped-back and played straighter than in his previous outings. The humour this time around is more embedded in character than ever before and more often than not you really have to dig hard in search for the laughs. Maybe it's Wilson's absence from the writing credits (this one is penned by Anderson, Schwartzman and Roman Coppola) or maybe it's Anderson tackling more serious issues (the death of their father and the disappearance of their mother soon after), but there's definitely something amiss. Where Anderson loses out on the gags, however, he makes up for with his most visually impressive film yet - The Darjeeling Limited is a joy to watch, with his hard camera pans softened by an array of beautiful colours. Expecting a talented director like Anderson to continue making the quirky comedies he's famous for forever would be a big ask, and this might be his way of nudging his fans in another direction, a direction he really wants to go in. Whether his fans accept the change or not remains to be seen - but it certainly makes his next feature a guessing game and a more intriguing prospect.
I watched this movie on the way back from Sydney to HK. I have missed the beginning of it and I am looking for chances to watch it again. It didn't catch my attention when I was scanning the entertainment guide on the plane but after I had finished watching all the blockbuster movies, I watched this and found it very interesting.
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