In a scene no one saw coming, Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston hit the gym to teach Riz Ahmed the art of the “classic backhand layup” in The Phoenician Scheme. Wes Anderson turns a simple basketball lesson into a hilariously stylized moment, complete with deadpan dialogue, pastel courts, and that signature symmetrical charm.
The Phoenician Scheme Cast:
Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Imad Mardnli and Benedict Cumberbatch
The Phoenician Scheme is now playing in theaters!
The Phoenician Scheme Cast:
Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Imad Mardnli and Benedict Cumberbatch
The Phoenician Scheme is now playing in theaters!
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Short filmTranscript
00:01Classic backhand layup.
00:10I beg your pardon?
00:11I didn't say anything.
00:12Did you hear what Mr. Reagan just spoke to me?
00:14When he refers to my mother, he refers to the sovereign queen
00:16of a population of ten million loyal subjects.
00:18He didn't say anything about the sovereign queen.
00:21Don't listen to that. He's trying to get in your head.
00:23Just play your game, Farouk, if I may call you that, Your Highness.
00:25I don't know how to play my game. It's utterly foreign to me.
00:28You're good.
00:29I'm not good!
00:39Two is it.
00:40Does that count?
00:41It doesn't count, but I've never seen it done before.