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Set in a run-down hotel which attempts to look after people who are mentally ill but cannot afford medical insurance...

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ProducerBono, Bruce Davey, Wim Wenders, Deepak Nayar, Nicholas Klein

EAN7321900929196

eBay Product ID (ePID)3943147

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleMillion Dollar Hotel

ActorGloria Stuart, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Tom Bower, Amanda Plummer, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare, Milla Jovovich

DirectorWim Wenders

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

FormatDVD

Release Year2000

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Interactive Menus\Scene Access\Original Theatrical Trailer\Featurette, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen

GenreDrama, Romantic

Run Time122 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureGermany

Director of PhotographyPhedon Papamichael

Art DirectorBella Serrell

Costume DesignerNancy Steiner

Production DesignerRobbie Freed

ReviewsRolling Stone - ...Wenders and cinematographer Phedeon Papamichael work up some nifty atmosphere, enhanced by a soundtrack from the likes of Bono and Brian Eno..., New York Times - ...Mr. Wenders demonstrates his casual mastery....He lovingly lingers over the baked, cracking pavement, blowing kisses to [L.A.'s] flaws..., Film Comment - ...A quixotic marvel....[With] emotionally lucid compositions...

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationWim Wender's THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL is a well-filmed movie set in a majestic, dilapidated hotel on the outskirts of Hollywood. The opener shows Tom Tom (Jeremy Davies), the eccentric, slightly retarded, skateboard-riding narrator, wandering in slow motion at daybreak on the roof of the hotel, as a hypnotic U2 song completes the moment. The film consists of many of these near-perfect fantasy capsules, strung together by a vague plot--that Agent Skinner (Mel Gibson), a clownish detective, is investigating the supposed murder of an artist named Izzy who was living at the hotel, and who is the son of a millionaire. What Skinner learns immediately is that most of the hotel's residents are, like Tom Tom, mentally disabled and basically harmless. Geronimo (Jimmy Smits) is one of the few hotel occupants who seems capable of committing such a crime, but even he is more entertaining than threatening. Through Skinner's observation of his subjects, viewers witness some delectably sweet events, such as the magical scene in which Tom Tom meets his true love, Eloise (Milla Jovovich) in the stairwell of the hotel. Both the actors and the sets of THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL facilitate stunning photography that looks as if it were ripped from the pages of Vogue. The script, based on an idea by Bono, and the score by U2, complete this fashionable picture.

Movie/TV TitleMillion Dollar Hotel

ComposerBono, Daniel Lanois

Executive ProducerUlrich Felsberg

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

ScreenwriterNicholas Klein

MusicU2