:04:02
NARRATOR:
Theyshared asleeping bag
:04:04
andsurvived on crackers
and rootbeer.
:04:06
Fouryearslater
:04:08
Margotdisappeared alone
fortwo weeks
:04:11
and came back
with halfa fingermissing.
:04:19
Richie Tenenbaum had been
a champion tennisplayer
:04:23
since the third grade.
:04:24
Do you copy, Anonymous?
:04:31
NARRATOR:
He turnedpro at 17
:04:33
and won the U.S. Nationals
threeyearsin a row.
:04:36
He keptastudio
in the cornerofthe ballroom
:04:40
buthad failed to develop
as apainter.
:04:43
Up... up...
:04:46
right...
:04:47
perfect.
:04:48
Pagoda?
:04:49
NARRATOR:
On weekends
:04:51
Royal tookhim on outings
around the city.
:04:53
(yelling )
:04:54
( dogs barking )
:04:56
Put it out there.
:04:58
NARRATOR:
Theseinvitations
:04:59
were neverextended
to anyone else.
:05:01
(laughing )
:05:05
Richie"s bestfriend, Eli Cash,
lived with his aunt
:05:10
in the building
across thestreet.
:05:13
He was a regularfixture
atfamilygatherings
:05:15
holidays, mornings before
school, and mostafternoons.
:05:22
The three Tenenbaum children
performed Margot"s firstplay
:05:26
on the night
ofher 11th birthday.
:05:28
( doorbell rings)
:05:29
Theyhad agreed
:05:31
to invite theirfather
to theparty.
:05:35
What"d you think, Dad?
:05:36
Mmm... didn"t seem
believable to me.
:05:39
Why areyou wearing pajamas?
:05:40
Do you live here?
:05:42
He has permission to sleep over.
:05:44
Well, did you at least think
:05:45
the characters
werewell-developed?
:05:48
What characters?
:05:49
This is a bunch
oflittle kids, uh
:05:51
dressed up in animal costumes.
:05:52
Good night, everyone.
:05:54
Well, sweetie...
:05:55
don"t be mad at me.
:05:56
That"sjust one man"s opinion.