The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
A salute to writers and expatriates, Wes Anderson’s tenth feature takes the form of the final edition of The French Dispatch, a weekly magazine chronicling life in the city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, France (for American readers). Made up of three featured stories—a profile of a tortured artist, a report on student revolutionaries, and a recounting of a tabloid kidnapping with a gourmet twist—plus an obituary and a travelogue, this dazzlingly constructed anthology mixes everything from theatrical interludes to tableaux vivants to comic-book animation. The superb ensemble cast includes Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Léa Seydoux, Owen Wilson, and Jeffrey Wright.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital master supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman
- Selected-scene storyboard animatic
- Behind the Scenes of “The French Dispatch”
- Visual essay featuring the writing of film scholar David Bordwell, read by Rupert Friend
- Episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour featuring Anderson, New Yorker editor David Remnick, and actor Jeffrey Wright
- Interview with artist Sandro Kopp, who created Moses Rosenthaler’s paintings in the film
- Music video for “Aline” by Jarvis Cocker, directed by Anderson and illustrated by Javi Aznarez
- “The French Dispatch” Reads the “New Yorker” (and Other Magazines), featuring Wright and actors Bill Murray, Stephen Park, Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton reading excerpts from classic magazine pieces
- “The French Dispatch”: Miniature Unit Berlin and Accidentally Angoulême, shorts about the making of the film
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Richard Brody; excerpts from the limited-edition magazine issue of The French Dispatch, published to promote the film, including historical and production dispatches by writer Alex Pasternack and further-reading recommendations from Anderson; and a poster by Aznarez featuring the French Dispatch magazine covers created for the film
New illustration by Javi Aznarez
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital master supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman
- Selected-scene storyboard animatic
- Behind the Scenes of “The French Dispatch”
- Visual essay featuring the writing of film scholar David Bordwell, read by Rupert Friend
- Episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour featuring Anderson, New Yorker editor David Remnick, and actor Jeffrey Wright
- Interview with artist Sandro Kopp, who created Moses Rosenthaler’s paintings in the film
- Music video for “Aline” by Jarvis Cocker, directed by Anderson and illustrated by Javi Aznarez
- “The French Dispatch” Reads the “New Yorker” (and Other Magazines), featuring Wright and actors Bill Murray, Stephen Park, Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton reading excerpts from classic magazine pieces
- “The French Dispatch”: Miniature Unit Berlin and Accidentally Angoulême, shorts about the making of the film
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Richard Brody; excerpts from the limited-edition magazine issue of The French Dispatch, published to promote the film, including historical and production dispatches by writer Alex Pasternack and further-reading recommendations from Anderson; and a poster by Aznarez featuring the French Dispatch magazine covers created for the film
New illustration by Javi Aznarez
Cast
- Benicio Del Toro
- Moses Rosenthaler
- Adrien Brody
- Julian Cadazio
- Tilda Swinton
- J. K. L. Berensen
- Léa Seydoux
- Simone
- Sandro Kopp
- Paintings by
- Frances McDormand
- Lucinda Krementz
- Timothée Chalamet
- Zeffirelli
- Lyna Khoudri
- Juliette
- Jeffrey Wright
- Roebuck Wright
- Mathieu Amalric
- The Commissaire
- Stephen Park
- Nescaffier
- Bill Murray
- Arthur Howitzer Jr.
- Owen Wilson
- Herbsaint Sazerac
- Christoph Waltz
- Paul Duval
- Edward Norton
- The Chauffeur
- Jason Schwartzman
- Hermès Jones
- Anjelica Huston
- Narrator
Credits
- Director
- Wes Anderson
- Screenplay by
- Wes Anderson
- Story by
- Wes Anderson
- Story by
- Roman Coppola
- Story by
- Hugo Guinness
- Story by
- Jason Schwartzman
- Produced by
- Wes Anderson
- Produced by
- Steven Rales
- Produced by
- Jeremy Dawson
- Executive producer
- Roman Coppola
- Executive producer
- Henning Molfenter
- Executive producer
- Christoph Fisser
- Executive producer
- Charlie Woebcken
- Director of photography
- Robert Yeoman
- Production designer
- Adam Stockhausen
- Costume designer
- Milena Canonero
- Editor
- Andrew Weisblum
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Piano solos performed by
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Music supervisor
- Randall Poster
- “Aline” by Christophe performed by
- Jarvis Cocker
- Hair and makeup design
- Frances Hannon
- Coproducer
- Octavia Peissel
- Line producer
- Frédéric Blum
- U.S. casting by
- Douglas Aibel
- French casting by
- Antoinette Boulat
- UK casting by
- Jina Jay
- Still photographer
- Roger Do Minh
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