The Million Dollar Hotel
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
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| Produced by | Deepak Nayar Bono Nicholas Klein Bruce Davey Wim Wenders |
| Starring | Jeremy Davies Milla Jovovich Mel Gibson |
| Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael |
| Edited by | Tatiana S. Riegel |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Countries | United States Germany United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $6 million |
The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 drama film based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein, directed by Wim Wenders, and starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson. The film features music by U2 and various musicians that was released on the soundtrack, The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture.
Plot
[edit]A group of very different people live in a hotel in Los Angeles, California including the romantically involved Tom Tom (Davies) and Eloise (Milla Jovovich). The events that unfold are the result of the death of an important resident, the son (Tim Roth) of a billionaire media mogul. His father commissions an F.B.I. agent (Gibson) to look into his death.
Cast
[edit]- Jeremy Davies as Tom Tom
- Milla Jovovich as Eloise
- Mel Gibson as Det. Skinner
- Jimmy Smits as Geronimo
- Peter Stormare as Dixie
- Amanda Plummer as Vivien
- Gloria Stuart as Jessica
- Tom Bower as Hector
- Donal Logue as Det. Charley Best
- Bud Cort as Shorty
- Julian Sands as Terence Scopey
- Conrad Roberts as Stix
- Harris Yulin as Stanley Goldkiss
- Charlayne Woodard as Jean Swift
- Ellen Cleghorne as Marlene
- Richard Edson as Joe
- Tito Larriva as Jesu
- Jon Hassell as Hollow
- Tim Roth (uncredited) as Izzy Goldkiss
- Bono (uncredited) as Man in Hotel Lobby
Production
[edit]The story was originally developed by Bono in 1987 when filming the music video for "Where the Streets Have No Name".
Release
[edit]Critical reception
[edit]The Million Dollar Hotel received generally negative reviews from critics. It holds a 25% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. It also holds a rating of 25 out of 100 on Metacritic,[3][4] despite winning the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000.
In an October 2000 press conference in Sydney, before the Australian release of the film, Mel Gibson said, "I thought it was as boring as a dog's ass." He later explained:
It was at the end of a day where I had done 6,000 interviews, some guy was ragging on the film and it just slipped out. Later, I thought 'God, why did I say that? I'm an idiot! I produced this film. I'm distributing it!' It was pretty thoughtless of me, because a lot of people worked very hard on that film, and the fact is there are moments of genius in it. The soundtrack is by U2, and it's phenomenal. So I really regret saying that. I have written a lot of apology letters about it.[5]
Box office
[edit]The day after screening at the Berlin Film Festival on February 9, 2000, the film opened on 111 screens in Germany, grossing Deutschemark 620,5444 ($312,617) in its first four days finishing in tenth place at the box office.[6] The film opened in Italy on 225 screens at the end of March 2000 and went on to gross over $6 million there.[7]
It opened in the United States on February 2, 2001 and grossed $29,483 from 10 theatres in its opening weekend and grossed $59,989 in total. It grossed $45,994 in Australia.[8]
Soundtrack
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Million Dollar Hotel". filmportal.de. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The Million Dollar Hotel (1999)". BBFC. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "The Million Dollar Hotel". Metacritic.
- ^ "The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Rene Rodriguez (December 15, 2000). "Mel on Men, "Mad Max" Musings – and More". Miami Herald.
- ^ "International box office: Germany". Screen International. 18 February 2000. p. 45.
- ^ Senjanovic, Natasha (June 30, 2000). "Gladiator rules in Italy". Screen International. p. 23.
- ^ The Million Dollar Hotel at Box Office Mojo
External links
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- Official web site at the Wayback Machine (archived February 23, 2007)
- The Million Dollar Hotel at IMDb
- The Million Dollar Hotel at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Million Dollar Hotel at Box Office Mojo
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