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* ActingForTwo: Cumberbatch, Kingsley, Patel, and Fiennes all play multiple roles in the "play".
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* ActingForTwo: Cumberbatch, Kingsley, Patel, and Fiennes all play multiple roles in the "play".
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* TimePassageBeard: To show his obsession with reading cards from the back over the next three years, Henry goes from coiffed dandy to having long, unruly hair and an accompanying wild beard.
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* TimePassageBeard: To show his obsession with reading cards from the back over the next three years, Henry goes from coiffed dandy to having long, unruly hair and an accompanying wild beard. Also, he's just in his underwear.
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* KarmicTwistEnding: Discussed but averted. After we follow Henry ripping off casinos for a while, Dahl shows us a possible ending of this type where Henry looks down at himself as he is cashing his chips and sees the beginning of a disease that will ravage his body with his penetrating vision. Then he decides it's too [[CruelTwistEnding cruel]] and trite and Henry decides [[JustLikeRobinHood to do something more magnanimous with his scheme]].
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** Dr. Phillips (one of the three doctors which was with Dr. Cartwright in the break room in the story) is hear named Dr. Mitra, likely so that all three doctors have surnames beginning with the letter 'M'.
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** Dr. Phillips (one of the three doctors which was with Dr. Cartwright in the break room in the story) is hear here named Dr. Mitra, likely so that all three doctors have surnames beginning with the letter 'M'.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Max Engelman, Henry Sugar's makeup artist, claims to have loved him, though it's unclear whether it's meant platonically or romantically.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Dr. Chatterjee never gets to learn what other ways there are to see without one's eyes, as Imdad Khan dies before he can get his answer.
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** Dr. Chatterjee never gets to learn what other ways there are to see without one's eyes, as Imdad Khan dies before he can get hisanswer.answer.
** Henry Sugar is a pseudonym and his real name is kept secret from even his biography on request of John Winston and Max Engelman. We never find out his real name, only that he's a member of a famous British family.
** Dr. Chatterjee never gets to learn what other ways there are to see without one's eyes, as Imdad Khan dies before he can get his
** Henry Sugar is a pseudonym and his real name is kept secret from even his biography on request of John Winston and Max Engelman. We never find out his real name, only that he's a member of a famous British family.
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** Dr. Philips (one of the three doctors which was with Dr. Cartwright in the break room in the story) is hear named Dr. Mitra, likely so that all three doctors have surnames beginning with the letter 'M'.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Dr. Chatterjee never gets to learn what other ways there are to see without one's eyes, as Imdad Khan dies before he can get his answer.
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** The doctor who did the writeup on Mr. Khan is named Dr. Z. Z. Chatterjee, while in the original he was named John F. Cartwright.
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** The doctor who did the writeup on Mr. Khan is named Dr. Z. Z. Chatterjee, while in the original he was named John F. Cartwright.Cartwright.
** Dr. Philips (one of the three doctors which was with Dr. Cartwright in the break room in the story) is hear named Dr. Mitra, likely so that all three doctors have surnames beginning with the letter 'M'.
** Dr. Philips (one of the three doctors which was with Dr. Cartwright in the break room in the story) is hear named Dr. Mitra, likely so that all three doctors have surnames beginning with the letter 'M'.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Several:
** Imhrat Khan is now named Im''dad'' Khan.
** The doctor who did the writeup on Mr. Khan is named Dr. Z. Z. Chatterjee, while in the original he was named John F. Cartwright.
** Imhrat Khan is now named Im''dad'' Khan.
** The doctor who did the writeup on Mr. Khan is named Dr. Z. Z. Chatterjee, while in the original he was named John F. Cartwright.
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-->He couldn’t understand why he felt so little excitement about this success. If this had happened three years ago, before the yoga, he'd have gone crazy with excitement, he'd be rushing off to a nightclub to celebrate. But Henry didn't feel excited. He felt sad. Every time he made a bet, he'd been certain to win. There was no thrill, no suspense, no danger. He knew he could travel around the world making millions. But was it going to be any fun?
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-->He couldn’t couldn't understand why he felt so little excitement about this success. If this had happened three years ago, before the yoga, he'd have gone crazy with excitement, he'd be rushing off to a nightclub to celebrate. But Henry didn't feel excited. He felt sad. Every time he made a bet, he'd been certain to win. There was no thrill, no suspense, no danger. He knew he could travel around the world making millions. But was it going to be any fun?
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-->He couldn’t understand why he felt so little excitement about this success. If this had happened three years ago, before the yoga, he'd have gone crazy with excitement, he’d be rushing off to a nightclub to celebrate. But Henry didn’t feel excited. He felt sad. Every time he made a bet, he'd been certain to win. There was no thrill, no suspense, no danger. He knew he could travel around the world making millions. But was it going to be any fun?
* SwissBankAccount: A benevolent example. Henry's accountant John moves to Switzerland so he can legally handle the money Henry wins from cheating at gambling around the world, which is in turn used to set up several charitable organizations for children.
* SwissBankAccount: A benevolent example. Henry's accountant John moves to Switzerland so he can legally handle the money Henry wins from cheating at gambling around the world, which is in turn used to set up several charitable organizations for children.
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-->He couldn’t understand why he felt so little excitement about this success. If this had happened three years ago, before the yoga, he'd have gone crazy with excitement, he’d he'd be rushing off to a nightclub to celebrate. But Henry didn’t didn't feel excited. He felt sad. Every time he made a bet, he'd been certain to win. There was no thrill, no suspense, no danger. He knew he could travel around the world making millions. But was it going to be any fun?
* SwissBankAccount: A benevolent example. Henry's accountant John moves to Switzerland so he can legally handle the money Henry wins from cheating at gambling around the world, which is in turn used to set up several charitable organizations for children.
* SwissBankAccount: A benevolent example. Henry's accountant John moves to Switzerland so he can legally handle the money Henry wins from cheating at gambling around the world, which is in turn used to set up several charitable organizations for children.
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* MatteShot: In keeping with the short's vintage aesthetic, the characters often narrate in front of painted backgrounds, and a scene transition will occasionally have a "stagehand" these backgrounds away.
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''The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' is a 2023 ShortFilm (~40 minutes) directed by Creator/WesAnderson and adapted from the Creator/RoaldDahl short story [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar of the same name]]. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival before a limited theatrical release on September 20 and a release on Creator/{{Netflix}} a week later. It is the first of several Dahl adaptations planned by the streaming service.
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''The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' is a 2023 ShortFilm (~40 minutes) directed by Creator/WesAnderson and adapted from the Creator/RoaldDahl short story [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar of the same name]]. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival before a limited theatrical release on September 20 and a release on Creator/{{Netflix}} a week later. It is the first of several Dahl adaptations planned by Anderson for the streaming service.
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->''"Then, all at once, Henry felt a powerful electricity tingling through his entire body, and there began to come to him an idea that was to change everything."''
''The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' is a 2023 ShortFilm (~40 minutes) directed by Creator/WesAnderson and adapted from the Creator/RoaldDahl short story [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar of the same name]]. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival before a limited theatrical release on September 20 and a release on Creator/{{Netflix}} a week later. It is the first of several Dahl adaptations planned by the streaming service.
Roald Dahl (Creator/RalphFiennes) narrates the story of Henry Sugar (Creator/BenedictCumberbatch) to the audience. Henry is a wealthy bachelor who, by chance, picks up an account by the Indian doctor Z.Z. Chatterjee (Creator/DevPatel) about Imdad Khan (Creator/BenKingsley), a man who had learned to see without utilizing his eyes after much training. Henry decides to use this method to cheat at gambling and become even richer than he already is. Creator/RichardAyoade rounds out the cast.
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalDistillation: In the short story, Henry inadvertently angers the mob by scoring well at three casinos owned by the same mobster, and has to recruit a makeup artist to help him come up with various identities. That is trimmed for the film version, and the different disguises/identities are part of the plan from the beginning.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Dahl is speaking directly to the audience and looking at the camera while he narrates. In-universe narration is also presented as the actors reading into the camera.
* DisguisedInDrag: One of the disguises Henry considers while pondering his gambling/philanthropy plan is a blonde woman in a suit.
* HermitGuru: The levitating yogi that taught Imdad Khan how to see without his eyes lived deep in the Indian jungle.
* LegacyOfService: The narration mentions that John Winston's father had been the accountant for Henry's grandfather, just as John worked for Henry's father and Henry himself.
* MatteShot: In keeping with the short's vintage aesthetic, the characters often narrate in front of painted backgrounds, and a scene transition will occasionally have a "stagehand" these backgrounds away.
* MoneyToThrowAway: Upon realizing that [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction using one's enhanced concentration to cheat at cards makes the gambling victories meaningless and empty]], Henry takes the 30,000 pounds he's won and makes it rain from his balcony, causing chaos down below.
* NestedStory: Imdad Khan's story is told to Z.Z. Chatterjee, which is being read by Henry, whose story is in turn being narrated by Roald Dahl.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: The greedy Henry uses his new nigh-psychic abilities to cheat at cards, only to be bummed because there's no thrill in it:
-->He couldn’t understand why he felt so little excitement about this success. If this had happened three years ago, before the yoga, he'd have gone crazy with excitement, he’d be rushing off to a nightclub to celebrate. But Henry didn’t feel excited. He felt sad. Every time he made a bet, he'd been certain to win. There was no thrill, no suspense, no danger. He knew he could travel around the world making millions. But was it going to be any fun?
* SwissBankAccount: A benevolent example. Henry's accountant John moves to Switzerland so he can legally handle the money Henry wins from cheating at gambling around the world, which is in turn used to set up several charitable organizations for children.
* TimePassageBeard: To show his obsession with reading cards from the back over the next three years, Henry goes from coiffed dandy to having long, unruly hair and an accompanying wild beard.
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->''"Then, all at once, Henry felt a powerful electricity tingling through his entire body, and there began to come to him an idea that was to change everything."''
''The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'' is a 2023 ShortFilm (~40 minutes) directed by Creator/WesAnderson and adapted from the Creator/RoaldDahl short story [[Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar of the same name]]. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival before a limited theatrical release on September 20 and a release on Creator/{{Netflix}} a week later. It is the first of several Dahl adaptations planned by the streaming service.
Roald Dahl (Creator/RalphFiennes) narrates the story of Henry Sugar (Creator/BenedictCumberbatch) to the audience. Henry is a wealthy bachelor who, by chance, picks up an account by the Indian doctor Z.Z. Chatterjee (Creator/DevPatel) about Imdad Khan (Creator/BenKingsley), a man who had learned to see without utilizing his eyes after much training. Henry decides to use this method to cheat at gambling and become even richer than he already is. Creator/RichardAyoade rounds out the cast.
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalDistillation: In the short story, Henry inadvertently angers the mob by scoring well at three casinos owned by the same mobster, and has to recruit a makeup artist to help him come up with various identities. That is trimmed for the film version, and the different disguises/identities are part of the plan from the beginning.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Dahl is speaking directly to the audience and looking at the camera while he narrates. In-universe narration is also presented as the actors reading into the camera.
* DisguisedInDrag: One of the disguises Henry considers while pondering his gambling/philanthropy plan is a blonde woman in a suit.
* HermitGuru: The levitating yogi that taught Imdad Khan how to see without his eyes lived deep in the Indian jungle.
* LegacyOfService: The narration mentions that John Winston's father had been the accountant for Henry's grandfather, just as John worked for Henry's father and Henry himself.
* MatteShot: In keeping with the short's vintage aesthetic, the characters often narrate in front of painted backgrounds, and a scene transition will occasionally have a "stagehand" these backgrounds away.
* MoneyToThrowAway: Upon realizing that [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction using one's enhanced concentration to cheat at cards makes the gambling victories meaningless and empty]], Henry takes the 30,000 pounds he's won and makes it rain from his balcony, causing chaos down below.
* NestedStory: Imdad Khan's story is told to Z.Z. Chatterjee, which is being read by Henry, whose story is in turn being narrated by Roald Dahl.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: The greedy Henry uses his new nigh-psychic abilities to cheat at cards, only to be bummed because there's no thrill in it:
-->He couldn’t understand why he felt so little excitement about this success. If this had happened three years ago, before the yoga, he'd have gone crazy with excitement, he’d be rushing off to a nightclub to celebrate. But Henry didn’t feel excited. He felt sad. Every time he made a bet, he'd been certain to win. There was no thrill, no suspense, no danger. He knew he could travel around the world making millions. But was it going to be any fun?
* SwissBankAccount: A benevolent example. Henry's accountant John moves to Switzerland so he can legally handle the money Henry wins from cheating at gambling around the world, which is in turn used to set up several charitable organizations for children.
* TimePassageBeard: To show his obsession with reading cards from the back over the next three years, Henry goes from coiffed dandy to having long, unruly hair and an accompanying wild beard.
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