The Phoenician Scheme Review
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Jump to section titled: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Very Wes!, very stylish, impeccably done. Mia Threapleton was my favourite among a strong cast. The plot seemed almost incidental — more a series of scenes, all precisely and well written. I also liked Michael Cera's Bjorn Lund, especially the bit where one of his paint brushes was ever so slightly bent after a plane crash. I love all that detail.
It's very innovative but at the same time, more of the same. If you haven't watched a Wes Anderson film before then I'd recommend you start elsewhere: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch or Asteroid City — all of which make my Top 100.
Cast
- Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda
- Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl
- Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund
- Riz Ahmed as Prince Farouk
- Tom Hanks as Leland
- Bryan Cranston as Reagan
- Mathieu Amalric as Marseille Bob
- Richard Ayoade as Sergio
- Jeffrey Wright as Marty
- Scarlett Johansson as Cousin Hilda
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Uncle Nubar
- Rupert Friend as Excalibur
- Hope Davis as Mother Superior
- Bill Murray as God
- Willem Dafoe as Knave
- Alex Jennings as Broadcloth
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as 1st Wife
- F. Murray Abraham as Prophet
- Steve Park as The Pilot
- Scott Shepherd as Field Reporter
- Donald Sumpter as Chairman
- Jason Watkins as Notary
- Stéphane Bak as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Antonia Desplat as 2nd Wife
- Tonio Arango as Assassin #1 (Desert)
- Aysha Joy Samuel as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Mohamed Chahrour as Bodyguard #2
- Imke Büchel as Governesses
- Anna Bardorf as Governesses
- Imad Mardnli as Bodyguard #1
- Jaime Krsto Ferkic as Chauffeur
- Sabine Hollweck as Cook
- Volker Michalowski as Assassin #3 (Elevator)
- Mike Maggart as Security Officer
- Truman Hanks as Administrative Secretary
- Beatrice Campbell as Young Liesl
- Carmen-Maja Antoni as Grandmother
- Mattia Moreno Leonidas as Young Anatole
- Alexandra Wysoczanska as Nurse
- Shabnam Kohestani as Nurse
- Thuli Wolf as Nurse
- Jenny Behnke as Nurse
- Luisa Steimann as Nurse
- Yekta Arman as Bureaucrat
- Giuseppe O'Bruadair as Bureaucrat
- Sanjay Hari as Bureaucrat
- Alexander Kühne as Bureaucrat
- Kim Young-sam as Bureaucrat
- Andreas Krafft as Bureaucrat
- Faysal Omer as Bureaucrat
- Werner Ort as Bureaucrat
- Alexander Yassin as Bureaucrat
- Hans Carl von Werthern as Bureaucrat
- Harry Wiggins as Bureaucrat
- Simon Weisse as Bureaucrat
- Matthew Jordan as Footmen
- Sönke Möhring as Footmen
- Max Mauff as Footmen
- Philipp Droste as Footmen
- Merlin Sandmeyer as Footmen
- Edward Hyland as Korda's Son - Jasper
- Kit Rakusen as Korda's Son - David
- Milo James as Korda's Son - Phillip
- Ogden Dawson as Korda's Son - Michael
- Hector Bateman-Harden as Korda's Son - Jamie
- Benjamin Lake as Korda's Son - Harry
- Gunes Taner as Korda's Son - Steven
- Gabriel Ryan as Korda's Son - Samuel
- Momo Ramadan as Korda's Son - Thomas
- Jonathan Wirtz as Korda's Son - David #2
- Gabriele Pacchia as Tailor
- Mohamad Younes as Barber
- Daniel Steiner as Arsonist
- Benoît Herlin as Arsonist
- Tobias Schüler as Train Crew
- Simon Baptiste Mayer as Train Crew
- Michel Hüttner as Train Crew
- Till Sennhenn as Train Crew
- Roman Berger as Train Crew
- Antonia Schröter as 3rd Wife
- Fuasi Abdul Khaliq as Jazz Band
- Christian Grabandt as Jazz Band
- Robert Gutowski as Jazz Band
- Kelvin Sholar as Jazz Band
- Erik Unsworth as Jazz Band
- Eric Vaughan as Jazz Band
- Anna Henschel as Cigarette Girl
- Arsal Jalib as Nightclub Waiter
- Ashkan Olfati as Nightclub Waiter
- Emile Buchheister as Coat-check Girl
- Nicolas Avinée as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Mohamed Belhadjine as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Sébastien Fouassier as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Eliel Ford as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Martin Scali as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Aya Nour Ayache as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Maksude Cerdik as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Sogol Faghani as Radical Freedom Militia Corps
- Michael Maggart as Security Officer
- Julian-Andres Arango as First Mate
- Anton Arnold as Ship's Medic
- Carlo Milillo as Scribe
- Bernd Rautenberg as Assassin #2 (Fighter Jet)
- Freya Feyrouz as Angel
- Karl Markovics as Hermit
- Abdul Aziz Mardini as King
- Adrian Lohnert as Surveillance Ops
- Edgars Gluhovs as Surveillance Ops
- Eduardo Miranda as Surveillance Ops
- Jakob Jaromir Gerhardt as Surveillance Ops
- Johannes Löhr as Surveillance Ops
- Samuel Gehrke Rios as Surveillance Ops
- Johannes Krisch as Cardinal
Crew
- Wes Anderson — Producer
- Bruno Delbonnel — Director of Photography
- Adam Stockhausen — Production Design
- Wes Anderson — Director
- Gerd Nefzer — Special Effects Supervisor
- Steven M. Rales — Producer
- Anna Pinnock — Set Decoration
- Chapman C.H. Kan — Set Designer
- Alexios Chrysikos — Concept Artist
- Hugh Sicotte — Concept Artist
- Alexandre Desplat — Original Music Composer
- Jeremy Dawson — Producer
- John Peet — Producer
- Tom Rye — First Assistant Director
- Valentino Giannì — Production Sound Mixer
- Wes Anderson — Story
- Roman Coppola — Story
- Wes Anderson — Screenplay
- Esther Schreiner — Art Direction
- Neneh Lucia — Art Direction
- Marc Bitz — Art Direction
- Friederike Berthold — Set Dresser
- Maresa Burmester — Set Decoration Buyer
- Josef Brandl — Set Designer
- James Cowley — Set Dresser
- Hannes Früh — Set Dresser
- Adina Herbell — Set Designer
- Celina Hollaender — Assistant Art Director
- Natascha Matzat — Set Designer
- Jourdan McKee — Assistant Art Director
- Florian Radloff — Set Dresser
- Jochen Schuetz — Set Dresser
- Tim Sehling — Set Dresser
- Hauke Spaethe — Set Dresser
- Alexis Teller — Set Decoration Buyer
- Betti Unterlauf — Set Dresser
- Mariana Vasconcellos — Art Direction
- Martyna Wojnarowska — Set Designer
- Andreas Zuhr — Set Designer
- Stefanie Übelhör — Assistant Art Director
- Wayne Lemmer — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Wayne Lemmer — Supervising Sound Editor
- Axel Scholz — Lighting Technician
- Dominique Fouassier — Stunt Coordinator
- Sébastien Fouassier — Stunt Coordinator
- Matthias Schmidt — Stunt Double
- Joe Tödtling — Stunt Double
- Roman Coppola — Executive Producer
- Henning Molfenter — Executive Producer
- Molly Rosenblatt — Co-Producer
- Ben Adler — Associate Producer
- Randall Poster — Music Supervisor
- Milena Canonero — Costume Design
- Barney Pilling — Editor
- Andrew Weisblum — Additional Editor
- Heike Merker — Hair Designer
- Heike Merker — Makeup Designer
- Chris Scarabosio — Supervising Sound Editor
- Chris Scarabosio — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Marius Ehlayil — Unit Production Manager
- Marius Ehlayil — Line Producer
- Bertrand Girard — Unit Manager
- Dan Schrecker — Visual Effects Supervisor
- Hugo Guinness — Creative Consultant
- Douglas Aibel — Casting
- Jina Jay — Casting
- Alexandra Montag — Casting
- Sanjay Sami — Key Grip
- Vincent Scotet — First Assistant Camera
- Felix Terreyre Saint-Cast — Second Assistant Camera
- Harry Wiggins — Gaffer
- Stephan O. Gessler — Supervising Art Director
- Sandy Hamilton — Property Master
- Mike Drury — Property Master
- Erica Dorn — Graphic Designer
- Valentino Giannì — Location Sound Mixer
- Gareth Spensley — Colorist
- Martin Scali — Second Unit Director
- Eliel Ford — Second Unit Director
- Raffaella Fantasia — Assistant Costume Designer
- Patricia Colin — Costume Supervisor
- Bernd Rautenberg — Special Effects Supervisor
- Bernd Rautenberg — Propmaker
- Jennifer Furches — Script Supervisor
- Edward Bursch — Additional Editing
- Jay Clarke — Storyboard Artist
- Klaus Große Darrelmann — Location Manager
- Benoît Herlin — Standby Property Master
- Till Sennhenn — Standby Property Master
- Roman Berger — Standby Carpenter
- Darin Damjanow — Driver
- Truman Hanks — Loader
- Jenna Lennen-Rodriguez — Camera Trainee
- Sanjay Sami — Steadicam Operator
- Roger Do Minh — Still Photographer
- Björn Susen — Gaffer
- Matthias Hildebrand — Best Boy Electric
- Alexander Jung — Electrician
- Dan Jung — Electrician
- Axel Scholz — Electrician
- Daniel Zeitler — Electrician
- Heinrich Harndt — Electrician
- Jake Whittingham — Lighting Programmer
- Juman Malouf — Thanks
- Robin Hurlstone — Thanks
- Octavia Peissel — Thanks
- Frances Hannon — Thanks
- Nevy Di Salvatore — Thanks
- Meagan Rogers — Thanks
- Joey Horrigan — Thanks
- Zack Stoff — Thanks
- Derek Hansen — Thanks
- Justine Sophia — Thanks
- Nick Read — Thanks
- Amelia Read — Thanks
- Kris Schackman — Thanks
- Robert O'Connor — Thanks
- Zuzana Balážovičová — Thanks
- Jan Brun — Best Boy Grip
- Philipp Hübner — Grip
- Kevin Kreideweiß — Grip
- Filippo Toso — Boom Operator
- Max Hartstang — Second Assistant Sound
- Nils Ettwein — Sound Assistant
- Marieke Czogalla — Sound Assistant
- Petra Reinhardt — Assistant Costume Designer
- Robert Worley — Assistant Costume Designer
- Pascaline Suty — Assistant Costume Designer
- Rossano Marchi — Assistant Costume Designer
- Laurence Caines — Assistant Costume Designer
- Conrad Pope — Orchestrator
- Conrad Pope — Conductor
- Robin Baynton — Music Editor
- Robin Baynton — Scoring Mixer
- Simon Rhodes — Score Engineer
- Graeme Stewart — Music Editor
- Meghan Currier — Music Coordinator
- Bill Newlin — Music Programmer
- Christie Tate — Thanks
- Tom Tate — Thanks
- Sandra Knatchbull — Thanks
- Andrew Knatchbull — Thanks
- Lucy Benson — First Assistant Editor
- Ana Gabriela Fernández Walean — Assistant Editor
- Laura Saimre — Additional Editor
- Lillia Tyrén — Assistant Editor
- Randy Schmidt — Assistant Editor
- Fran Barba — Assistant Editor
- Emma Zee — Post-Production Manager
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