The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Wes Anderson

Writers (WGA):

Wes Anderson (written by) &
Roman Coppola (written by) ...
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Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Train | India | Journey | Funeral | Snake

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Owen Wilson	...	Francis
Adrien Brody	...	Peter
Jason Schwartzman	...	Jack
Amara Karan	...	Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky	...	Brendan (as Wally Wolodarsky)
Waris Ahluwalia	...	The Chief Steward
Irrfan Khan	...	The Father
Barbet Schroeder	...	The Mechanic
Camilla Rutherford	...	Alice
Bill Murray	...	The Businessman
Anjelica Huston	...	Patricia
A.P. Singh	...	Taxi Driver
Kumar Pallana	...	Old Man
Dalpat Singh	...	Waiter
Trudy Matthys	...	German Lady #1 (as Trudy Mathis)
Margot Goedroes	...	German Lady #2 (as Margot Godros)
Hitesh Sindi	...	Electronics Vendor
Kishen Lal	...	Shoe Vendor
Bhawani Sankar	...	Pepper Spray Vendor
Mukhtiar Bhai	...	Pet Shop Vendor
Suraj Kumar	...	Shoeshine Boy
Kapil Dubey	...	Boy on Bicycle
Mulchand Dedhia	...	Engineer
Dinesh Bishnoi	...	Oldest Boy
Mukesh Bishnoi	...	Middle Boy
Ramesh Bishnoi	...	Youngest Boy
Sriharsh Sharma	...	Boy with Handkerchief
Chanduram Bishnoi	...	Village Elder
Sajjanji Bishnoi	...	Doctor
Pukaram Bishnoi	...	Old Man in Village
Shushila Devi	...	Mother
Ratan Lal Ji	...	Villager
Arun Bishnoi	...	Villager
Jhalaram Bishnoi	...	Villager
Mularam Bishnoi	...	Villager
Anand Pathe	...	Villager
Bhawar Lal	...	Villager
Kaana Ram	...	Villager
Rupa Ram	...	Villager
Shava Ram	...	Villager
Ruka Ram	...	Villager
Bhura Ram	...	Villager
Buramji Ram	...	Villager
Tuka Ram	...	Villager
Bhanwar Singh	...	Villager
Bhanwar Paliwal	...	Villager
Moti Ram	...	Villager
Kishna Ram	...	Villager
Khewal Ram Paliwal	...	Villager
Rajeev Acharya	...	Villager (as Ravi Acharya)
Jai Prakash Sharma	...	Man on Bus
Badrhi Dave	...	Hindu Priest
Vincetta Easley	...	Garage Cashier
John Joseph Gallagher	...	Tow Truck Driver
G.B. Singh	...	Pilot (as Captain G.B. Singh)
Bhavna Narang	...	Flight Attendant
Sunil Chhabra	...	Co-Pilot
Narender Singh Hada	...	Co-Pilot
Thupten Gyatso	...	Oberoi
Gurdeep Singh	...	Chief Steward - Bengal Lancer
Charu Shankar	...	Stewardess - Bengal Lancer
Natalie Portman	...	Jack's Ex-Girlfriend

Directed by
Wes Anderson

Writing credits (WGA)
Wes Anderson		(written by) &
Roman Coppola		(written by) &
Jason Schwartzman		(written by)

Produced by
S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer	....	line producer (as Ferozeuddin Alameer)
Wes Anderson	....	producer
Alice Bamford	....	co-producer
Molly Cooper	....	associate producer
Roman Coppola	....	producer
Jeremy Dawson	....	co-producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher	....	producer
Sam Hoffman	....	line producer: New York
Anadil Hossain	....	co-producer
Steven M. Rales	....	executive producer (as Steven Rales)
Scott Rudin	....	producer

Cinematography by
Robert D. Yeoman		(director of photography) (as Robert Yeoman)

Film Editing by
Andrew Weisblum

Production Design by
Mark Friedberg

Art Direction by
Aradhana Seth
Adam Stockhausen		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Suzanne Caplan Merwanji
Aradhana Seth

Costume Design by
Milena Canonero

Makeup Department
Fae Hammond	....	assistant hair stylist
Fae Hammond	....	assistant makeup artist
Frances Hannon	....	hair designer
Frances Hannon	....	makeup designer
Fabian Garcia	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Harish Amin	....	production manager
Colleen Bachman	....	post-production supervisor
Driss Benyaklef	....	production supervisor
Nitin Chandrachud	....	unit manager
Lydia Dean Pilcher	....	unit production manager (as Lydia Pilcher)
Lori Keith Douglas	....	unit production manager: New York
Sam Hoffman	....	unit production manager: New York
Annie Mathews	....	production supervisor: India (as Annie M. Mathews)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Emilie Cherpitel	....	first assistant director
Roman Coppola	....	second unit director
David Fischer	....	second assistant director: New York
Neha Kaul	....	second second assistant director: India
Matthew McLoota	....	second assistant director: New York
Sahira Nair	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jesse Nye	....	first assistant director: New York
Kevin Pereira	....	third assistant director
Stojan Petrov	....	second assistant director
Kapil Sharma	....	first assistant director: India
Krishan Pratap Singh	....	trainee assistant director (as Kishan Pratap 'K.P.' Singh)
Rebecca Strickland	....	first assistant director: New York

Art Department
Jubair Ahmed	....	carpenter
Khatal 'Babu' Ahmed	....	swing gang
Rashid Ahmed	....	carpenter
Azad Alam	....	carpenter
M. Muneer Alam	....	carpenter
Eric Anderson	....	artist: suitcase wildlife drawings
Imtiaz Ansari	....	labor manager: Mumbai
S.R. Bait	....	designer molder
Shiva Shankar Bajpai	....	key art department assistant
William Ballou	....	construction engineer
Prakash Bandi	....	assistant carpenter
Ganesh Sitaram Bane	....	molder
Cheryl Boyarsky	....	art department intern
Phil Buccellato	....	assistant graphic designer (as Philip Buccellato)
Sunil Chabra	....	property master (as Sunil Chhabra)
Joyoti Chaliha	....	set decorating buyer: Calcutta
Sonal Choudhary	....	set dresser (as Sonal Chowbhary)
Praveen Chouhan	....	signwriter
Rishaad De Miranda	....	set decorating buyer: Goa
Suzanna de Miranda	....	art department coordinator
Alex DiGerlando	....	art department researcher
Alex DiGerlando	....	graphic designer
Dominic Fernades	....	welder
Paul Gelinas	....	model maker
Baiju G. Ghandat	....	model maker
Sandy Hamilton	....	property master
M. Mynule Haque	....	carpenter
Nicholas Hill	....	leadman: New York
Simon Hutchings	....	charge scenic artist
Marc Jacobs	....	suitcases: Louis Vuitton
Virendra Jadhav	....	carpenter
Kim Jennings	....	assistant art director
Ajay Yaswant Kamble	....	painter
Shankar R. Kamble	....	painter
Suresh N. Kamble	....	molder
Yashwant S. Kamble	....	head painter (as Yashwant Kamble)
Prasanna Karkhanis	....	assistant art director
Uday Kartak	....	welder
Abudhlla Khan	....	assistant carpenter
Tukaram K. Khandge	....	painter
Irrfan Khan	....	assistant carpenter
Mithva Krishen	....	set dresser
Mithva Krishen	....	set dressing buyer
Virendra Kumar	....	carpenter
Gopal Kumbawat	....	head miniature painter
Jess Magee	....	art department assistant
Loknath Maharana	....	carpenter
Rajib Majumdar	....	leadman
Simona Migliotti	....	set designer
Babu Lal Mina	....	prop shopper (as Babulal Meena)
Francesca Mirabella	....	art department assistant
Taj Mohammad	....	painter: locomotive
Kris Moran	....	set decorator: New York
Mhd. Mumtaz	....	carpenter
Shaikh Nabi	....	swing gang
Naemuddin	....	carpenter
Trilok Naulakha	....	props storeman
Rachel Nemec	....	model maker
Nick Paley	....	art department assistant
Gundappa Panchal	....	machinist
Vithal Panchal	....	machinist
Satish Patel	....	assistant carpenter: set decorating
Anil G. Patil	....	assistant carpenter
Vijay Karojo Pendakar	....	assistant head painter (as Vijay Pendarker)
Richard Piscuskas	....	construction coordinator
Mark Pollard	....	graphic designer
Manohar Pujare	....	molder
Deepak Dev Pujari	....	molder
Robert Pyzocha	....	model maker
Maksud A. Qureshi	....	carpenter
Mohd. Iqbal Qureshi	....	carpenter
Mukhtar Qureshi	....	carpenter
Kishan Rahate	....	welder
Kumar Rajendra	....	stand-by props
Dattaram Ranga	....	carpenter
Pradeep Kumar Ranjeet	....	art department assistant
Bharat Singh Rao	....	set decorating runner
Uttam Shayam Rao	....	painter
Veer Vijender Singh Rathore	....	labor manager: Jodhpur
Pradip Redh	....	assistant art director
Pappu Saroj	....	carpenter
Hassan Shaikh	....	carpenter
Sumayya Shaikh	....	draftsperson
M. Shakir	....	construction foreman (as M.D. Shakir)
Ram Parvesh Sharma	....	assistant carpenter: set decorating
Shammi Sharma	....	painter: dining car mural
Subodh Sharma	....	carpenter: set decorating
Suresh Sharma	....	stand-by props
Ismail Sheikh	....	set dresser (as Ismael Sheikh)
Nandini Shrikent	....	assistant set decorator
Narendra Singh Bhati	....	art department assistant
Bhupender Singh	....	miniature foreman
Kulwant Singh	....	swing gang
Tej Singh	....	art department office boy
Rajesh Dattaram Sogam	....	molder
Dhansukh Sonagra	....	painter
Narendra H. Sonagra	....	painter
Bharat Surve	....	carpenter
Bharat G. Surve	....	carpenter
Rose Maria Tharakan	....	set dresser (as Rose Tharakan Petrov)
Rose Maria Tharakan	....	set dressing buyer (as Rose Tharakan Petrov)
James Thomas	....	art department assistant
Mukesh Thomas	....	art department assistant
Robin Thomas	....	lead man: Udaipur
Abid T.P.	....	assistant art director (as T.P. Abid)
Dhruv Tripathi	....	set dresser
Dhruv Tripathi	....	set dressing buyer
Ankit Tulsyan	....	art department auditor
Yogender Tyagi	....	swing gang (as Yogendra 'Munna' Tyagi)
Balasaheb Udale	....	carpenter
Aman Mohan Vidhate	....	construction supervisor
Bhushan Vidhate	....	construction foreman
Ramesh Vishvakarma	....	carpenter (as Ramesh 'Sharma' Viswakarma)
Anil Vishwakarma	....	stand-by head carpenter
Durga Parsad Vishwakarma	....	assistant carpenter
Kedar Nath Vishwakarma	....	carpenter
Kharbin Vishwakarma	....	carpenter (as Kharbind Viswakarma)
Lawzari Vishwakarma	....	head carpenter (as Laujari R. Vishwakarma)
Mahatma Vishwakarma	....	assistant carpenter
Mahender Vishwakarma	....	carpenter
Pradeep K. Vishwakarma	....	carpenter (as Pardeep Kumar Vishwakarma)
Ramjanam Vishwakarma	....	carpenter (as Ram Janam Vishwakarma)
Samarjeet Vishwakarma	....	carpenter: set decorating
Satya Dev M. Vishwakarma	....	carpenter
Shiv Kumar Vishwakarma	....	carpenter
Sunil Vishwakarma	....	carpenter (as Sunil Viswakarma)
Laljith Viswakarma	....	carpenter
Ram Sudhar Viswakarma	....	carpenter
Subhash Viswakarma	....	carpenter
Dharmendra Yadav	....	carpenter
Tabasheer Zutshi	....	set dressing buyer: Mumbai
Stephen Barth	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Beggs	....	sound effects recordist: location
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Edelstein	....	adr editor (as Daniel Edelstein)
Mark Fay	....	boom operator
Harry Higgins	....	sound re-recordist
Dan Korintus	....	dialogue editor (as Daniel Korintus)
Allen Lau	....	assistant sound editor
Eric McAllister	....	assistant sound editor
James Nichols	....	sound consultant: Dolby (as James P. Nichols)
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Jacob Ribicoff	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Jacob Ribicoff	....	sound designer
Steve Schwartz	....	assistant sound editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	additional sound effects recordist
Stuart Stanley	....	foley editor
Shane Stoneback	....	sound re-recordist
Vinod Subramanian	....	utility sound
Pawel Wdowczak	....	sound mixer
Doug Winningham	....	additional sound effects recordist (as Dug Winningham)
Egor Panchenko	....	sound utility: New York (uncredited)
Matt Snedecor	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mark S. Driscoll	....	visual effects producer: LOOK Effects (as Mark Driscoll)
Henrik Fett	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK Effects
John Follmer	....	visual effects executive producer
Jesse Morrow	....	digital effects artist
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Gabriel Sanchez	....	Flame artist: LOOK Effects
Dan Schrecker	....	visual effects supervisor: Amoeba Proteus
Andy Simonson	....	visual effects coordinator: LOOK Effects
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Chad Buehler	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Marie Victoria Denoga	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Chad Schott	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration (uncredited)
Justin van der Lek	....	digital compositor: LOOK! Effects (uncredited)
Jennifer Yu	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator (as George Aguilar)
Scott Armstrong	....	stunt assistant
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts
Rushi Rana	....	stunts
Keith Siglinger	....	stunts
Rana Jitendra Singh	....	stunts (as Jitendra Singh Rana)
Vishal Singh	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert M. Andres	....	key grip: New York (as Bob Andres)
Jaswinder Bedi	....	camera loader
John Boccaccio	....	first assistant camera
Inder Burji	....	company grip (as Inder Bhurji)
Steven Caddie	....	best boy grip
Andy Day	....	gaffer: New York (as Andrew Day)
Mulchand Dedhia	....	lighting
Himmat Deol	....	best boy grip
Kapil Dubey	....	spot boy
Anand Kumar Ekbote	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Mohammed Hamid	....	electrician
James Hamilton	....	still photographer
M. Hasim	....	camera department runner
Javed	....	company grip (as Javed Ahmed)
Tukaram Joshi	....	electrician (as Turkaram S. Joshi)
Bharat Katwa	....	electrician
Menosau Kevichusa	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Achay Lal	....	spot boy
Jagdish Mali	....	electrician
Sadruddin Jiva Mistry	....	generator operator (as Sadrudin Mistry)
G. Monic Kumar	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Storn Peterson	....	first assistant camera: New York
Hemchandra Rai	....	video tape operator
Sanjay Sami	....	key grip
Robert Settlemire	....	second assistant camera (as Robert P. Settlemire)
R. Subramanium	....	spot boy
Peter Zuccarini	....	underwater camera operator
Manuel Billeter	....	camera operator: New York (uncredited)
Kelly Britt	....	electrician: New York (uncredited)
Mukund Gupta	....	grip (uncredited)
G. Monic Kumar	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Supriya Bagga	....	casting assistant
Sammy Bhattacharya	....	casting assistant (as Saptarshi 'Sammy' Battacharya)
Dyu D'Cunha	....	casting assistant
Anja Dihrberg	....	casting consultant: Germany
Jina Jay	....	casting consultant: UK
Tess Joseph	....	location casting
Vikas Prajapati	....	casting assistant
Dilip Shankar	....	location casting
Ravindra Singh Rathore	....	casting assistant
Cindy Tolan	....	casting consultant: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lara Bhalla	....	assistant wardrobe supervisor
Ajay Chouhan	....	dressman
Jacqueline Getty	....	additional costume designer
Marc Jacobs	....	costume designer: Louis Vuitton
Poornamrita Kumari	....	costume assistant
Urmilla Lal Motwani	....	key wardrobe supervisor
Ravi Pawar	....	dressman (as Ravi S. Pawar)
Germinal Rangel	....	assistant costume designer
Kevin Ritter	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York
Mohamed Sanaullah	....	dressman (as Mohammad Sanaullah)
Abdul Jabbar Sheikh	....	tailor
Samantha Kuester	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Dana Bloder	....	digital intermediate producer: New York
Alison Carter	....	assistant editor: London
Brian Gates	....	editing room assistant
Joe Gawler	....	digital intermediate colorist
Abbi Jutkowitz	....	assistant editor
Barbara Jean Kearney	....	digital intermediate producer: New York
April McMorris	....	digital intermediate producer: Los Angeles
Jesse Morrow	....	smoke editor
John Peet	....	post-production assistant
Pradeepto Roy	....	rushes download assistant
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer (uncredited)

Music Department
Jim Dunbar	....	music coordinator
Stewart Lerman	....	music editor
Jill Meyers	....	music clearances
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
E. Gedney Webb	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Ashraf	....	driver
Rajendra Singh Bisht	....	driver (as Rajendra Singh)
Suresh Chauhan	....	driver
Jitendra	....	driver
Kishur	....	driver
Mahaveer	....	driver
Ravinder Malik	....	picture vehicle coordinator (as Ravindra Malik)
Madan Puri	....	driver
Raghuveer	....	driver
Ravindra Rahi	....	transportation manager
Bhawar Ram	....	driver
Bhawar Singh	....	driver
Gilab Singh	....	driver
Gopal Singh	....	driver
Jashwant Singh	....	driver
Prem Singh	....	driver
Ravindra Singh	....	driver
Satpal Singh	....	driver
Ashraf Vohra	....	transportation captain
Yashpal	....	driver
Yogi	....	driver
Yusuf	....	driver

Other crew
Tanvir Ahemad	....	chief spot boy
Ajay Ahire	....	rushes courier
Raoul Amaar Abbas	....	assistant: A. Brody
Ayaz Amir	....	key assistant accountant: tax
Imtiaz Amir	....	production accountant: India
Diana Ascher	....	additional accountant
Jaclyn Bashoff	....	assistant: A. Huston
Saakshi Biswas	....	assistant: F. Alameer
Barry Braverman	....	documentarian
Joseph Bunting	....	finance executive
Dhruv Chawla	....	computer technician
Alok Chougule	....	rushes courier
Victoria Cook	....	legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz
Roopa De Choudhury	....	production consultant
Thomas De Napoli	....	assistant: L. Pilcher
Jim Dunlap	....	key assistant accountant
Steve Eckelman	....	assistant: O. Wilson
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant (as Jennifer Freed)
Jennifer Furches	....	script supervisor
Rajesh Ganguly	....	location manager
Deepak Gawade	....	location coordinator
Sandeep Gondalekar	....	train wrangler (as Sandeep E. Gondhalekar)
Prakash Gurnani	....	railway liaison officer
Deepali Handa	....	assistant production coordinator
Saarrah Imtiaz	....	payroll accountant
David Jefferys	....	assistant: W. Anderson
Richard Keeshan	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Nathan Kelly	....	assistant: S. Rudin
Sunil Khedekar	....	assistant: Bhagat Ki Khoti
Pawan Kumar	....	office production assistant
Mukesh Madhwani	....	location coordinator: Udaipur
Steve Makowski	....	office assistant: New York
Drew Massey	....	puppeteer: tiger (as Andrew Massey)
Rohan Mathur	....	office production assistant
Kanishka Mehta	....	hospitality coordinator
Mark Merriman	....	legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz
Sujata Mitra	....	production assistant: Mumbai
Liz Modena	....	assistant post-production accountant
Moinnuidin	....	chief office spot boy
Jennifer Pabley	....	production coordinator: US
Eric Papa	....	location assistant: New York
Kevin Pazmino	....	production assistant
Martha Pilcher	....	location scout (as Martha C. Pilcher Mohammed)
Manoj Puri	....	railway liaison officer
A. Rahim	....	location coordinator: Jaipur
Dr. Mahendra Sinon Rarthore	....	veterinary officer
Peter Sabat	....	production coordinator: New York
Sandra Schilling	....	assistant: S. Rales
Jai Sharma	....	key set production assistant
Suresh Sharma	....	special project manager: Jodhpur
Dinesh Shenoy	....	production assistant: Delhi
Joshua Shull	....	location manager: New York (as Josh Shull)
Ivy Shyu	....	travel coordinator: New York
Anirudh Singh	....	assistant: cast
Pramod Singh	....	location manager
Rajveer Singh Ranawat	....	office production assistant
Gyanander Singh Rathore	....	location coordinator: Jodhpur
Surya Pratap Singh	....	assistant: J. Schwartzman
Annie Munro Sloan	....	assistant wrap coordinator (as Annie Sloan)
Yasmine Stafford	....	production coordinator: Udaipur
Poonam Wahi	....	unit production coordinator
Steven Weisberg	....	location manager: New York (as Syeve Weisberg)
Deborah Wettstein	....	finance executive
Meghan K. Wicker	....	production coordinator: New York (as Meghan Wicker)
Anne Wilson	....	production accountant
Rajeev Acharya	....	cashier (uncredited)
Kathleen Bond	....	accounting assistant (uncredited)
Edward Bursch	....	intern (uncredited)
James Conaboy	....	production assistant: New York (uncredited)
Maureen Duffy	....	completion guarantor (uncredited)
Eddie Griffith	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Matthew Honovic	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin (uncredited)
Nate Shull	....	location assistant: re-shoots (uncredited)
Atilla Yucer	....	key production assistant: New York (uncredited)

Thanks
Anthony and Carole Bamford	....	special thanks
Josh Fifarek	....	sincere thanks
Richard Hawley	....	special thanks
James Ivory	....	special thanks
Gautam Nair	....	special thanks
Praful Patel	....	special thanks
Sandip Ray	....	special thanks
Lallo Prasad Yadav	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Fox Searchlight Pictures (present) (as Fox Searchlilght Pictures & College)
• Dune Entertainment (made in association with)
• American Empirical Pictures
• Cine Mosaic
• Indian Paintbrush
• Scott Rudin Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2008) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (tiger)

Other Companies

• Marc Jacobs  props: François Voltaraire suitcases and costumes by (as Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton)
• Louis Vuitton  props: François Voltaraire suitcases and costumes by (as Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton)
• ABKCO Music and Records  soundtrack
• ARRI  dolly (as ARRI Munich)
• Ashoka Caterer  catering and craft service
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• England Insurance Brokerage  insurance
• Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz  legal services: UK
• Government of India  special thanks (as Government of India - Ministry of Railways)
• Grip Works, The  grip equipment
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop  animatronic tiger
• Jina Jay Casting  casting consultant: UK
• Khussro Films  production services: India
• Lights & Grips Equipment Hirers India  grip and lighting equipment
• Merchant Ivory Productions  music courtesy
• Midnight Transfer  post-production
• Midnight Transfer  scanning services
• Midnight Transfer  telecine
• Orbit Digital  Avid services
• Orbit Digital  high-definition services
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd.  camera
• Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute  special thanks (as Satyajit Ray Society)
• Sound One Corporation  post-production sound facility (as Sound One)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Hindi | Sanskrit

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:R (certificate #43707) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Germany:6 | Sweden:11 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

The film was mostly shot in the Rajasthani desert, in northwest India.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the dining car scene, Peter is reading Jack's short story, Luftwaffe Automotive. The story is written on stationary from the Hotel Chevalier, in Paris. The logo of the French flag on the stationary is incorrect; from right to left, the colors are red, white, and blue. The French flag is blue, white, and red.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Businessman: That's my train.

Movie Connections:

References Teen Kanya (1961)

Soundtrack:

Play with Fire

More spiritual. More guided. Same Anderson.

When deciding whether or not to see this film, the question is very simple: Do you like Wes Anderson's previous work? If you answered yes to this question, you will adore The Darjeeling Limited. If you answered no, you'd better spend your money elsewhere. I personally, fall very deeply into the former category. I've always been a huge Anderson fan and adore all four of his previous efforts, and this certainly ranks among his best (top three, easily). This is a much more guided, inspirational and personal work from the man. While his other features have been more minimalistic and set between a certain group of characters, Darjeeling takes on a much larger world.

The story is about three estranged brothers, Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman). About one year ago their father died and they went their different ways. Of course, nothing can start off too happy in a Wes Anderson world. Francis attempted suicide (the irony is painful), Peter is having a baby with his wife Alice who he always thought he would divorce and Jack is trying to get over a rough break up (some inside jokes for those who have seen Hotel Chevalier are included). Francis decides to reunite these brothers on a spiritual journey across India, via train, and everything happens to go horribly wrong.

The chaos that ensues is quirky, hilarious and utterly perfect for fans of Anderson like myself. The performances from the three leads are brilliant, particularly Adrien Brody whom I thought was going to be out of his Oscar-winning element but actually fit in so well that I preferred him to the rest of the cast. There is a huge turn into a more somber mood about halfway through that brings up memories of Luke Wilson's big scene in The Royal Tenenbaums (nobody tries to commit suicide, mind you) and the film picks up on the dramatic sentiment before jolting right back into the uniquely brilliant world that always keeps my sides in stitches. The man's genius is as strong as ever. This may be his best film and it's certainly his most poignant.