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The project was first mentioned in August 2018 as an untitled musical set after World War II. That December, the film was officially announced, with Anderson calling it a "love letter to journalists." Filming took place between November 2018 and March 2019, with cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman, in the city of Angoulême, France. In post-production, editing was completed by Andrew Weisblum and the score was composed by Alexandre Desplat.
Following a delay from 2020, The French Dispatch premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on July 12, 2021, and was theatrically released in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on October 22, 2021. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for its score, production design, and performances. It has grossed $42.4 million worldwide against its budget of $25 million.
Wes Anderson's first movie for Disney since The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
This is Wes Anderson's ninth collaboration with Bill Murray, his eighth collaboration with Owen Wilson and his seventh collaboration with Jason Schwartzman (plus two shorts).
The cast includes seven Oscar winners: Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Benicio Del Toro, Christoph Waltz, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, and Fisher Stevens; and nine Oscar nominees: Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Griffin Dunne, Bob Balaban, Owen Wilson and Bruno Delbonnel.
The cast has won a total of 11 Oscars, while the crew has won eight. Frances McDormand has won four, Christoph Waltz has won two, while Fisher Stevens, Anjelica Huston, Benicio Del Toro, Tilda Swinton and Adrien Brody have won one each. Costume designer Milena Canonero has won four, composer Alexandre Desplat has won two, production designer Adam Stockhausen has won one and hair and makeup designer Frances Hannon has won one - each of these people won one of their Oscars for Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.
In casting Timothée Chalamet as Zeffirelli, Wes Anderson told GQ, "I never had the inconvenience of ever thinking of anybody else for this role even for a second." The role was written specifically for him.
Benicio Del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Mathieu Amalric, and Léa Seydoux have appeared in at least one James Bond movie. Additionally, Jason Schwartzman (a regular in Wes Anderson films) is the son of Jack Schwartzman, the producer of the non-EON Productions James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983).
Cast members Léa Seydoux and Christoph Waltz have appeared together in four movies. The pair first appeared together in the first scene of Inglourious Basterds (2009) and later both appeared again in the two Bond movies Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).
All of the cast explained that working on this movie was the most exhilarating, challenging, and fun they ever had with any movie, since every scene they did was done with as much improvisation as possible, but also with a well-written script to go off of.
Herbsaint Sazerac was named after liquor hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana. Herbsaint is a type of anise-flavored liqueur. Sazerac is a brand of rye whiskey. Both are ingredients in a cocktail also called a "Sazerac."
The animated segments of The French Dispatch were directed by Gwenn Germain, who previously worked on Anderson's Isle of Dogs. As a nod to Angoulême's comic heritage, the sequences were done entirely by local illustrators. The team comprised a maximum of 15 people, using The Adventures of Tintin and Blake and Mortimer as their main inspirations. The process took about seven months to complete.
During the ending credits some covers of The French Dispatch through its history are shown. They were created by Spanish illustrator Javi Aznarez and were loosely inspired in The New Yorker's covers.
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