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| Sammi Davis | ... | Jezebel (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Amanda De Cadenet | ... | Diana (segment "The Missing Ingredient") (as Amanda deCadenet) | |
| Valeria Golino | ... | Athena (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Madonna | ... | Elspeth (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Ione Skye | ... | Eva (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Lili Taylor | ... | Raven (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Alicia Witt | ... | Kiva (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Jennifer Beals | ... | Angela (segments "The Wrong Man", "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| David Proval | ... | Sigfried (segment "The Wrong Man") | |
| Antonio Banderas | ... | Man (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Lana McKissack | ... | Sarah (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Patricia Vonne | ... | Corpse (segment "The Misbehavers") (as Patricia Vonne Rodriguez) | |
| Tamlyn Tomita | ... | Wife (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Danny Verduzco | ... | Juancho (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | TV Dancing Girl (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Paul Calderon | ... | Norman (segment "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| Quentin Tarantino | ... | Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| Lawrence Bender | ... | Long Hair Yuppie Scum | |
| Kathy Griffin | ... | Betty | |
| Quinn Thomas Hellerman | ... | Baby Bellhop | |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Sam the Bellhop | |
| Unruly Julie McClean | ... | Left Redhead | |
| Laura Rush | ... | Right Redhead | |
| Paul Skemp | ... | Real Theodore | |
| Marisa Tomei | ... | Margaret | |
| Tim Roth | ... | Ted the Bellhop | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kimberly Blair | ... | Hooker (uncredited) | |
| Monica Lee Steen | ... | Margaret's Stoner Friend (segment "The Man from Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Russell Vossler | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Bruce Willis | ... | Leo (segment "The Man from Hollywood") (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Allison Anders | (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | ||
| Alexandre Rockwell | (segment "The Wrong Man") | ||
| Robert Rodriguez | (segment "The Misbehavers") | ||
| Quentin Tarantino | (segment "The Man from Hollywood") | ||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Allison Anders | (written by) (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Alexandre Rockwell | (written by) (segment "The Wrong Man") | |
| Robert Rodriguez | (written by) (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Quentin Tarantino | (written by) (segment "The Man From Hollywood") | |
Original Music by | |||
| Combustible Edison | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Rodrigo García | (director of photography) (segment "The Missing Ingredient") (as Rodrigo Garcia) | ||
| Guillermo Navarro | (director of photography) (segment "The Misbehavers") | ||
| Phil Parmet | (director of photography) (segment "The Wrong Man") | ||
| Andrzej Sekula | (director of photography) (segment "The Man From Hollywood") | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Margaret Goodspeed | (segment "The Missing Ingredient") (as Margie Goodspeed) | ||
| Elena Maganini | (segment "The Wrong Man") | ||
| Sally Menke | (segment "The Man from Hollywood") | ||
| Robert Rodriguez | (segment "The Misbehavers") | ||
Casting by | |||
| Russell Gray | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Gary Frutkoff | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Mayne Berke | (as Mayne Schuyler Berke) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Sara Andrews | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Susan L. Bertram | |||
| Mary Claire Hannan | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Christina Bartolucci | .... | co-key makeup artist (segment "The Man from Hollywood") (as Cristina Bartolucci) | |
| Toni G | .... | assistant makeup artist (segment "The Missing Ingredient") (as Toni G.) | |
| Don Malot | .... | assistant hair stylist (segments "The Man from Hollywood", "The Misbehavers") | |
| Don Malot | .... | assistant makeup artist (segments "The Man from Hollywood", "The Misbehavers") | |
| Anna Marco | .... | key makeup artist/hair: Salma Hayek (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Anna Marco | .... | makeup artist | |
| Barbara Olvera | .... | assistant hair stylist (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Orlando | .... | hair stylist: Madonna | |
| Ermahn Ospina | .... | key hair stylist (segments "The Man from Hollywood", "The Misbehavers") | |
| Ermahn Ospina | .... | key makeup artist (segments "The Man from Hollywood", "The Misbehavers") | |
| Michael Pachal | .... | key hair stylist (segments "The Missing Ingredient", "The Wrong Man") (as Michael Ross) | |
| Pamela Priest | .... | hair stylist: Bruce Willis | |
| Paul Starr | .... | makeup artist: Madonna | |
| Lizbeth Williamson | .... | key makeup artist (segments "The Missing Ingredient", "The Wrong Man") | |
Production Management | |||
| Debbie Hayn-Cass | .... | production supervisor (as Deborah Cass) | |
| Paul Hellerman | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Douglas Aarniokoski | .... | first assistant director (segments "The Missing Ingredient" and "The Misbehavers") | |
| Fernando Altschul | .... | first assistant director (segments "The Wrong Man" and "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| Brian Bettwy | .... | second assistant director | |
| Louis Shaw Milito | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| James C. Beeson | .... | carpenter | |
| Peter Borck | .... | lead man | |
| Martin Charles | .... | graphic designer | |
| Carlos A. Chavez | .... | painter | |
| Adam DeFelice | .... | specialty prop fabricator (as Adam deFelice) | |
| T.D. Donnelly | .... | stand-by painter | |
| James Michael Drury Jr. | .... | on-set carpenter (as James M. Drury Jr.) | |
| Dave Edinger | .... | carpenter | |
| Marc Gillson | .... | lead painter (as Mark D. Gillson) | |
| Joseph W. Grafmuller | .... | swing gang (as Joseph Grafmuller) | |
| Matthew Gratzner | .... | specialty prop fabricator | |
| Shari Griffin | .... | draper | |
| Shane Hawkins | .... | lead carpenter | |
| Steven Ingrassia | .... | swing gang | |
| Marisol Jiménez | .... | art department coordinator (as Marisol Jimenez) | |
| Andrew King | .... | assistant property master | |
| Adam Markey | .... | painter (as Adam G. Markey) | |
| Brian Markey | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Ray Maxwell | .... | construction foreman | |
| Brant McCarthy | .... | carpenter (as Brant R. McCarthy) | |
| Mary Patvaldnieks | .... | assistant decorator | |
| Mark Peters | .... | carpenter | |
| Thomas Power | .... | swing gang (as Thomas J. Power) | |
| Lynda Reiss | .... | property master | |
| Chris Scher | .... | construction estimator | |
| Mark Simpson | .... | carpenter (as Mark F. Simpson) | |
| Pedro V. Suchite | .... | painter | |
| Randy Tenhaeff | .... | swing gang | |
| Floyd Valero | .... | carpenter | |
| Francis Whitebloom | .... | on-set dresser | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Christy Sumner | .... | special effects assistant | |
| Shannon J. Thompson | .... | special effects assistant (as Shannon Thompson) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Bertha Garcia | .... | visual effects animator | |
| Bertha Garcia | .... | visual effects designer | |
| Joe Gareri | .... | visual effects: Pacific Title Digital | |
| Jay Mark Johnson | .... | visual effects animator | |
| Jay Mark Johnson | .... | visual effects designer | |
| Patrick Phillips | .... | visual effects: Pacific Title Digital | |
| Robert Stromberg | .... | visual effects: Illusion Arts, Inc. | |
| Paul Taglianetti | .... | special effects coordinator: VIFX (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| David S. Williams Jr. | .... | visual effects: Illusion Arts, Inc. | |
Stunts | |||
| Charles Belardinelli | .... | stunt player | |
| Thomas L. Bellissimo | .... | stunt player (as Tom Bellissimo) | |
| Gulcin Gilbert | .... | stunt player (as Gulshin Gilbert) | |
| Kane Hodder | .... | stunt player | |
| Alan Marcus | .... | stunt player | |
Animation Department | |||
| Pam Cooke | .... | animator (as Pam Cooke - Weiner) | |
| Chuck Jones | .... | creative consultant: animation | |
| Bob Kurtz | .... | animator: titles | |
| Gary Mooney | .... | animator | |
| Dave Spafford | .... | animator | |
| Shane Zalvin | .... | animator | |
Casting Department | |||
| Barbara Harris | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Randi Hiller | .... | casting associate | |
| Jeff Olan | .... | extras casting (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Jacqueline Aronson | .... | costume supervisor (segments "The Wrong Man", "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| Mynka Draper | .... | costumer | |
| Thomas G. Marquez | .... | costume supervisor (segments "The Missing Ingredient", "The Misbehavers") | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Bob Allen | .... | first assistant editor (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Erik C. Andersen | .... | first assistant editor (segment "The Misbehavers") | |
| Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán | .... | apprentice editor (as Joaquin Avellan) | |
| Steven M. Buono | .... | second assistant editor (segment "The Wrong Man") | |
| Dawn Todd Curfman | .... | post-production coordinator (as Dawn Todd) | |
| Jeff Ervin | .... | assistant editor | |
| Alyson Evans | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Daniel Fort | .... | second assistant editor (segment "The Misbehavers") (as Daniel A. Fort) | |
| Johanna Groepl | .... | second assistant editor (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| Donald Likovich | .... | assistant film editor | |
| Katie Mack | .... | second assistant editor (segment "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| Ethan Maniquis | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Ray Neapolitan | .... | additional assistant editor | |
| Ben Parker | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Theresa Repola Mohammed | .... | negative cutter | |
| Tatiana S. Riegel | .... | first assistant editor (segment "The Man from Hollywood") | |
| Mike Stanwick | .... | color timer (as Michael Stanwick) | |
| Jeff Swafford | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Debra L. Tennant | .... | first assistant editor (segment "The Missing Ingredient") | |
| David Young | .... | first assistant editor (segment "The Wrong Man") | |
Music Department | |||
| Kristen Becht | .... | music coordinator | |
| Robert Casale | .... | music engineer | |
| Liz Cox | .... | musician: Combustible Edison (as Miss Lily Banquette) | |
| Michael Cudahy | .... | musician: Combustible Edison (as The Millionaire) | |
| Nicholas Cudahy | .... | musician: Combustible Edison | |
| Peter Dixon | .... | musician: Combustible Edison | |
| Andrew W. Leary | .... | executive in charge of soundtracks: Elektra Entertainment (as Andrew Leary) | |
| Mark Mothersbaugh | .... | music producer | |
| Denise Okimoto | .... | music editor | |
| Aaron Oppenheimer | .... | musician: Combustible Edison | |
| Karyn Rachtman | .... | music supervisor | |
| Mary Ramos | .... | music coordinator | |
Transportation Department | |||
| D. Robert Knight | .... | driver | |
| P. Gerald Knight | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Geoff Lancaster | .... | driver | |
| Adam Pinkstaff | .... | transportation | |
| Dotti Thompson | .... | transportation captain | |
Other crew | |||
| Canard Emile Barnes | .... | office production assistant | |
| Sissy Boyd | .... | choreographer | |
| Eric Brooks | .... | legal: A Band Apart | |
| Patrice Carbaugh | .... | medic/stage manager | |
| Cathy Cavadini | .... | looping group (as Catherine Cavadini) | |
| Melanie Chapman | .... | assistant: Ms. Anders | |
| Vicki Cherkas | .... | legal advisor: Miramax Films | |
| Robert Earl Craft | .... | location manager | |
| Dawn Todd Curfman | .... | production coordinator (as Dawn Todd) | |
| Tiffanie DeBartolo | .... | intern | |
| Maureen Duffy | .... | completion guarantee | |
| Judi M. Durand | .... | looping group (as Judi Durand) | |
| Greg Finley | .... | looping group | |
| Carlos K. Goodman | .... | legal: A Band Apart (as Carlos Goodman) | |
| Michael Boyce Harris | .... | stand-in | |
| Deborah Hebert | .... | production accountant | |
| Doris Hess | .... | looping group | |
| Derek Hurd | .... | craft service | |
| Patrick Jack Lee | .... | production financing | |
| Victoria Lucai | .... | assistant: Mr. Tarantino | |
| David McCharen | .... | looping group (as David Mccharen) | |
| Courtney McDonnell | .... | assistant: Mr. Bender | |
| Brian McMillan | .... | animal trainer: McMillan Animal Rentals | |
| Amanda Michener | .... | assistant: Mr. Rockwell (as Amanda M. Michener) | |
| Susan Noonan-Gero | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Kyle Oliver | .... | location assistant | |
| Ben Parker | .... | set production assistant | |
| Cathy Ragona | .... | coordinator: Miramax (as Cathy Agcayab) | |
| David Randolph | .... | looping group | |
| Lisa Redding | .... | stand-in | |
| Nick Roberts | .... | security supervisor: Technical Guard Security | |
| Craig Davis Roth | .... | accounting assistant (as Craig Roth) | |
| Charles Sapadin | .... | office production assistant | |
| Vernon Scott | .... | looping group | |
| Jeff Swafford | .... | key office production assistant | |
| Jayne-Ann Tenggren | .... | script supervisor | |
| Jan D. Tys | .... | studio teacher | |
| Karen Alicia White | .... | set production assistant | |
| Nancy Willen | .... | unit publicist | |
| Heidrun M. Williams | .... | assistant accountant | |
| Kurt Woolner | .... | completion guarantee | |
| Zane | .... | post-production accountant | |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | .... | title designer (uncredited) | |
| Billy Pittard | .... | title designer (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Stephanie Allain | .... | special thanks | |
| Maureen Angelinetta | .... | special thanks | |
| Lola Babalon | .... | special thanks | |
| Pamela Barish | .... | special thanks | |
| Zoe R. Cassavetes | .... | special thanks (as Zoe Cassavetes) | |
| Claire Chew | .... | special thanks | |
| Chris Connelly | .... | special thanks | |
| Roald Dahl | .... | special thanks | |
| Leland Faust | .... | special thanks (as Leland H. Faust) | |
| Jim Hannafan | .... | special thanks (as Jim Hannafin) | |
| Lisa Henson | .... | special thanks | |
| Jerry Lewis | .... | special thanks | |
| Lawrence Lorre | .... | special thanks | |
| Adam Lustig | .... | special thanks | |
| Gerald Martinez | .... | special thanks | |
| Sean McCleese | .... | special thanks | |
| Joel Millner | .... | special thanks | |
| Mike Simpson | .... | special thanks | |
| Maya Montanez Smukler | .... | special thanks | |
| Cindy Jo Stanberry | .... | special thanks | |
| Lee Stollman | .... | special thanks | |
| Shelley Surpin | .... | special thanks | |
| Frank Tashlin | .... | special thanks | |
| Eddie Tishkoff | .... | special thanks: Hollywood Piano Co. | |
| Jamie Toscas | .... | special thanks | |
| Kurt Voss | .... | special thanks | |
| Bumble Ward | .... | special thanks | |
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First Story- * 1/2 out of ****
Second Story- ** out of ****
Third Story- ***1/2 out of ****
Forth Story- **** out of ****
This film is strange, but it gets better as it goes along. It is difficult to get into, but once the viewer gets into it, it is a funny, disturbing, and unique film. The plot is basically of a bellboy(played by the always good, Tim Roth) who has to take care of a hotel for the night on New Years Eve. He gets involved in some strange and off-color characters and slowly is driven insane by it all. There are four stories total. he first one is about a coven of witches who must find semen for their magic potion to resurrect a model. The second is about a suspicious husband who ties his wife up and holds a gun to the bellboy's face because he thinks she is cheating on him with the bellboy, only the bellboy soon discovers that this is just a weird trick. The third story(and by for the goriest) is about a rich man and his wife leaving his children alone at the hotel with the bellboy to babysit. And the forth is about a macabre bet involving a bunch of Hollywood yuppies, a car, a lighter, and removal of body parts.
The first story is really only for certain audiences. I didn't dig it, but I could see why certain people may. The jokes about sex and possible incest were tiresome, the witches were stereotypes and were poor ones, and the camera angles were terrible never allowing the audience to really get into the story. The reason why is because it is shown at a fly-on-the-wall distance and for a plot involving witches it helps to know what they are up to in a closer way. Normally this cinematic approach would work well, most noticeably the brilliant Peter Greenway film, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER, which the movie strongly reminded me of for some reason and Tim Roth was also in it.
The second story was very perverse but didn't offer any way to involve the viewer in actually finding it interesting which it should have been. There is a sequence in which Tim Roth is put to inane stunt-work where he must get himself back into the apartment, even though he is falling out of it through the window. The stunt seems misguided and out of place in the drama of this story. The ideas are good, but the execution didn't quite work. Some pretty strange intensity by Jennifer Beals here.
The film takes a large jump forward into sharp comedy and independent ideas. The tone was mean-spirited and wicked. The children were appropriately mischievous and the father(Antonio Banderes) was nuts. The camera work was involving, and the comedic notes were hit correctly. The story worked and the viewer will have it stuck in their minds for days if they can't make it to the next story.
The best of the four is the last one, with quick and sensible dialog, an inspired plot, appropriate acting, and an off-kilter ending that is shocking, brutal, and brilliant.
Rated R for pervasive strong language, sexuality and some drug use.