1. Anderson includes a reference to Charlie Brown in every one of his films.

2. Natalie Portman traveled to India to shoot for The Darjeeling Limited--she finished filming after just a half hour on set.

3. Martin Scorsese named Anderson the "next Martin Scorsese" in an interview with Esquire.

4. Suzy Bishop's books in Moonrise Kingdom aren't real, but Anderson had different designers create the covers. He also wrote small portions of each book.

5. Cate Blanchett was originally cast as Ms. Fox, but in the end Meryl Streep took on the role.

6. The voice of Rabbit in Fantastic Mr. Fox is none other than renowned chef Mario Batali's.

7. Bill Murray wrote Anderson a check for $25,000 so a helicopter could be rented to help film Rushmore. It's been said that Anderson never cashed the check.

8. Anderson and Owen Wilson were roommates at the University of Texas at Austin, where they began writing Bottle Rocket.

9. Both the Tenenbaums' and Suzy Bishop's homes are real-life structures--The former a building in Harlem, New York; the latter a lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island that can be found on the National Register of Historic Places.

10. Seymour Cassel (Mr. Fischer in Rushmore and Esteban, the crew member eaten by a shark, in The Life Aquatic) once made it known to film critic Roger Ebert that he always wanted to get eaten by a shark in a film.

11. Voiceovers for Fantastic Mr. Fox took place in the woods rather than a studio so as to create a more natural environment.

12. The cigarettes Gwyneth Paltrow smoked in The Royal Tenenbaums as Margot were only sold in Ireland and hadn't been made since the 70s. Anderson insisted on having this brand so as to add to the strangeness of Margot's habit and stay true to the film's theme.

13. Ending his movies in slow motion is a trademark of Anderson's.

14. Rushmore was actually filmed at Anderson's prep school alma mater--St. John's in Houston, Texas.

15. The actors who played Suzy Bishop and Sam in Moonrise Kingdom had never seen a typewriter before being on set.

16. The theme song of The Royal Tenenbaums plays backwards in The Life Aquatic while Steve Zissou is giving a tour of his boat.

17. Anderson has technically appeared in some of his films, as an announcer at Richie's tennis match in The Royal Tenenbaums as well as a bus passenger in Bottle Rocket.

18. The Tenenbaum's family name comes from that of a college friend of Anderson's, Brian Tenenbaum.

19. For Jason Schwartzman's audition for Rushmore, the actor came dressed in character, wearing a blazer and Rushmore patch he made himself.

20. Mordecai, the hawk in The Royal Tenenbaums, was kidnapped and held for ransom during shooting. A second hawk had to be used, and what happened to the original remains unknown.

21. Matthew Gray Gruber (Reid on "Criminal Minds") was an intern for Anderson before playing one in The Life Aquatic.

22. One of the pirates in The Life Aquatic is wearing a University of Texas Longhorns cap, a tout to Anderson's alma mater.

23. Andrew Wilson--brother of Owen and Luke--was used for shots showing Ben Stiller's hand with a BB stuck in it. Andrew was shot by Owen with a BB gun when they were kids and it's never been removed.

24. Anderson was expelled from his private school in the tenth grade.

25. The bullhorn Mrs. Bishop uses in Moonrise Kingdom to communicate with her family was inspired by co-writer Roman Coppola's mother, who used a similar method when he was a child.

26. The Darjeeling Limited's Peter, Francis, and Jack were named after Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, and Jack Nicholson.

27. Anderson explains in the film's DVD commentary that Rushmore was originally going to be about Max and Dr. Guggenheim's battle to control the school.

28. Most of the characters in Anderson's films are named after past classmates of his from high school.

29. Over 100 different puppet versions of Mr. Fox were created and used for the film.

30. While cigarettes were prevalent in The Darjeeling Limited, you'll never see a character finish smoking one throughout the entire film.

31. The book Max is reading in Rushmore, "Diving For Sunken Treasure" by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, alludes to Anderson's future film The Life Aquatic.

32. Adrien Brody and the Wilson brothers applied their own makeup for The Darjeeling Limited.

33. Owen Wilson placed a lime in his shoe to give his character in The Darjeeling Limited his limp.

34. The luggage featured in The Darjeeling Limited inspired a real-life line of clothing and travel accessories by a brand by the name of Very Troubled Child.

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