The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years (1996-2021) (4K UHD + Blu-ray) (Criterion)

Bottle Rocket / Rushmore / The Royal Tenenbaums / The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou / The Darjeeling Limited / Fantastic Mr. Fox / Moonrise Kingdom / The Grand Budapest Hotel / Isle of Dogs / The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson's first 10 films represent 25 years of unbridled creativity, an ongoing ode to outsiders and quixotic dreamers, a world unto itself, with a mischievous wit and a sense of existential melancholy coursing through every captivating frame. This landmark 20-disc Collector's Edition includes newly remastered 4K prints of the films, over 25 hours of special features, and 10 illustrated books, all presented in a deluxe cloth-bound edition.

Films included in the collection:

Bottle Rocket (1996)
Three young friends from Texas - Deegan, Anthony and Bob - could not decide for a long time what to do in this life. And finally, they made a fateful choice, taking the path of ... crime. They thought that the life of a thief is full of romance. But it turned out that luck is not in store for everyone in this field. After their first case - a robbery of a bookstore - the friends went on the run ...

Rushmore Academy (1998)
Max Fisher is a tenth-grader at the prestigious Rushmore Academy. His enormous successes can only be envied: he is the editor of the school newspaper, the captain of all sorts of teams, the president of countless school clubs and a hopeless underachiever. Max is assigned a probationary period, during which he can think of nothing better than to fall in love with a young teacher! In addition, the unlucky underachiever has an influential and dangerous rival...

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
All members of the Tenenbaum family have unique abilities. For example, Chas has already achieved great success in the financial sector at the age of 10, Richie is a gifted tennis player, Margot became a famous playwright at the age of 10. The children grew up and flew out of the parental nest, but the family decided to reunite when it turned out that the father of the family, Royal Tenenbaum, suffers from an incurable disease and has just over six weeks to live. During this time, Royal will try to make up for lost time and give his children the attention they were deprived of in childhood.

The Life Aquatic (2004)
"I will take revenge," the famous oceanographer said at a press conference. And he was going to take revenge on the shark that ate his best friend and assistant without choking. Having assembled a motley crew, the fearless explorer rushes off to find his mortal enemy.

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Three idiotic brothers who haven't spoken to each other for a year since their father's death find themselves on a train traveling through India. They've come here because their eldest brother has called them to join him on a journey that will help them understand and find themselves, restoring their weakened family ties. However, this good deed soon goes astray: the distrustful relatives start bickering and trying to fight, and as a result, they end up marooned in the middle of the desert. And, of course, this is not all the troubles that await them, especially if you know that the true purpose of the journey undertaken by the seeker of spiritual balance is somewhat different from what he told his brothers.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Enraged farmers, tired of the cunning fox's constant attacks on their chicken coops, are preparing to destroy their enemy and his "cunning" family.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The 1960s. A pair of teenage lovers living on an island in New England run away from adult supervision. Sam Shakasky is a Boy Scout, an orphan who was abandoned by his adoptive parents, an outcast among other Boy Scouts due to his difficult character, and Susie Bishop is a withdrawn, unstable twelve-year-old girl who dreams of magical worlds. After discovering the disappearance, the local sheriff begins an investigation, and the Boy Scout camp counselor organizes a search party.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The film tells the story of the exciting adventures of the legendary concierge Gustav and his young friend, the porter Zero Mustafa. The hotel staff witness the theft and search for priceless Renaissance paintings, the struggle for the enormous fortune of a wealthy family and... dramatic changes in Europe between the two bloody wars of the 20th century.

Isle of Dogs (2018)
The story of 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi, a child under the wing of the corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When the Mayor orders all of Megasaki City's domestic dogs to be banished to a massive dump, Atari sets off alone in a miniature flying machine to the garbage island to find his faithful dog, Spots. There, on the island, he and a pack of new mongrel friends will begin an epic journey that will decide the future of the entire Prefecture.

French Herald. Supplement to the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
A collection of amazing stories published in the pages of the latest issue of a weekly American magazine that was published in a fictional French city in the mid-twentieth century.