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The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 American adventure comedy - drama film directed by Wes Anderson which he co - produced with Scott Rudin , Roman Coppola and Lydia Dean Pilcher and co - wrote with Coppola and Jason Schwartzman . The film stars Owen Wilson , Adrien Brody and Schwartzman and also features Waris Ahluwalia , Amara Karan , Barbet Schroeder and Anjelica Huston with Natalie Portman , Camilla Rutherford , Irrfan Khan and Bill Murray in cameo roles . The film was released on October 26 , 2007 by ___MASK29___ . The film received generally favorable reviews from critics and earned $ 35 million on a $ 17 . 5 million budget . The film won the Best Comedy at the Movies for Grownups Awards in 2008 and the Top Films of the Year at the NYFCO Awards in 2007 and also received nominations for the Grand Prix Asturias for Best Feature and the Bodil for Best American Film ( Bedste amerikanske film ). The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 comedy - drama film directed by Wes Anderson , and starring Owen Wilson , Adrien Brody , and Jason Schwartzman . It was written by Anderson , Schwartzman , and Roman Coppola . The film also features Waris Ahluwalia , Amara Karan , Barbet Schroeder , and Anjelica Huston , with Natalie Portman , Camilla Rutherford , Irrfan Khan and Bill Murray in cameo roles . William James " Bill " Murray ( born September 21 , 1950 ) is an American actor , comedian , and writer . He first gained exposure on " Saturday Night Live ", a role which earned him his first Emmy Award and later went on to star in comedy films , including " Meatballs " ( 1979 ), " Caddyshack " ( 1980 ), " Stripes " ( 1981 ), " Tootsie " ( 1982 ), " Ghostbusters " ( 1984 ), " Scrooged " ( 1988 ), " Ghostbusters II " ( 1989 ), " What About Bob ?" ( 1991 ), and " Groundhog Day " ( 1993 ). He also co - directed " Quick Change " ( 1990 ). Amara Karan ( born 1984 ) is a Sri Lankan - English actress who made her film début as the love interest in Wes Anderson ' s " The Darjeeling Limited ". The film premièred at the 2007 Venice Film Festival . Karan ' s second film role was as schoolgirl Peaches in the 2007 film " St Trinian ' s ". Saturday Night Live ( abbreviated as SNL ) is an American late - night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol . The show premiered on ___MASK88___ on October 11 , 1975 , under the original title ___MASK88___ ' s Saturday Night . The show ' s comedy sketches , which parody contemporary culture and politics , are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members . Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest ( who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast ) and features performances by a musical guest . An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming , " Live from New York , it ' s Saturday Night !", properly beginning the show . Adrien Brody ( born April 14 , 1973 ) is an American actor . He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski ' s " The Pianist " ( 2002 ), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29 , making him the youngest actor to win in that category . Brody is also the only male American actor to receive the French César Award . Roman François Coppola ( born April 22 , 1965 ) is an American filmmaker , screenwriter , producer , and entrepreneur . With the 2012 film " Moonrise Kingdom ", he and co - writer Wes Anderson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . In 2016 , he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series  Comedy for ___MASK31___ ' " Mozart in the Jungle ". Rajmund Roman Thierry Polaski ( born 18 August 1933 ), known professionally as Roman Polanski , is a French - Polish film director , producer , writer , and actor . Having made films in Poland , the ___MASK73___ , France , and the United States , he is considered one of the few " truly international filmmakers ". Born in Paris to Polish parents , he moved with his family back to Poland ( Second Polish Republic ) in 1937 , shortly before the outbreak of World War II . He survived the Holocaust although his father was Jewish and mother of Jewish descent , was educated in Poland ( People ' s Republic of Poland ), and became a director of both art house and commercial films . The César Award is the national film award of ___MASK68___ . It is delivered in the "" ceremony and was first awarded in 1976 . The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Ministry of Culture . The nationally televised award ceremony is held in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris each year in February . It is an initiative from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma which was founded in 1975 .