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The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) 5.5
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Metascore: 25/100
Reviews: 178 user | 67 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com Tragi-comic, romantic whodunnit set in a run down hotel which plays host to mentally ill people too poor to afford medical insurance. Director:Wim Wenders |
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| Jeremy Davies | ... | ||
| Milla Jovovich | ... | ||
| Mel Gibson | ... | ||
| Jimmy Smits | ... | ||
| Peter Stormare | ... | ||
| Amanda Plummer | ... | ||
| Gloria Stuart | ... | ||
| Tom Bower | ... | ||
| Donal Logue | ... | ||
| Bud Cort | ... | ||
| Julian Sands | ... | ||
| Conrad Roberts | ... | ||
| Harris Yulin | ... | ||
| Charlayne Woodard | ... | ||
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The movie starts when a billionaire's son dies in a skid row hotel and a federal agent turns the lives of the miscreant residents upside down to find out if it was suicide or murder. Written by Eddie Tomayko <eddiet@geocities.com>
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Rated R for language and some sexual content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 February 2000 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
The Billion Dollar Hotel See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$29,483 (USA) (2 February 2001)Gross:
$52,526 (USA) (9 February 2001)Company Credits
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Icon Entertainment International, Kintop Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion See more »
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Tom Tom: Wow, after I jumped it occurred to me, life is perfect, life is the best. It's full of magic, beauty, opportunity, and television, and surprises, lots of surprises, yeah. And then there's that stuff that everybody longs for, but they only real feel when it's gone. All that just kinda hit me. I guess you don't really see it all clearly when you're - ya know - alive.
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Written by Daniel Lanois, Bono and Nicholas Klein
Performed by Bono and Daniel Lanois
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The book that Eloise carries around early in the movie is 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel García Márquez. See more »Goofs
The positions of the pool balls change during the voting scene. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Tom Tom: Wow, after I jumped it occurred to me, life is perfect, life is the best. It's full of magic, beauty, opportunity, and television, and surprises, lots of surprises, yeah. And then there's that stuff that everybody longs for, but they only real feel when it's gone. All that just kinda hit me. I guess you don't really see it all clearly when you're - ya know - alive.
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"Dancin' Shoes"Written by Daniel Lanois, Bono and Nicholas Klein
Performed by Bono and Daniel Lanois
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I bought this film "pre-viewed" on DVD because of Mel Gibson's face on the front cover and the promise of bonus features on the back. After watching it, I wondered if it was released on the heels of 9-11, as nothing else could quite explain why I had never even heard a one-liner about this fresh film with it's very believable, and wonderfully eccentric characters. The cast is first rate; Mel Gibson in his most complex role to date; Jimmy Smits, an absolute natural; Gloria Stewart (Titanic), Amanda Plummer, (The Fisher King; Freejack) Peter Stormare, (Chocolat; Armageddon) Julian Sands (Boxing Helena) and even Bud Cort (Harold and Maude; Pollock) support the two leads, Jeremy Davies, (Saving Pvt. Ryan) and Milla Jovovich. (The Messenger; Zoolander)
The DVD is a treat with U2's haunting song "The ground beneath her feet" the perfect accompaniment to the opening menu, as it sets the tone for the film beautifully. (Ok, I'm conveniently ignoring the opening song, "The First Time," as well as the actual opening shot, but after that ordinary opening, the movie gets deep and interesting quickly.)
When we first meet "Tom Tom," he is preparing to jump off the roof of the "Million Dollar Hotel." As he runs across the roof and launches himself through the air, our emotions are still not with him, for we only know three things about him, 1.) he looks peculiar, 2.) He is throwing himself off the roof of a hotel in some big city and 3.) he has not connected with us on a human level... As he sails spread-eagled through the air, we hear his voice proclaim: "Wow, after I jumped, it occurred to me... life is perfect." From that narrative voice and beyond, this film sucks you into the lives of the "Beggar's Butler," a retarded man and splendid mimic played to perfection by Davies, and the girl of his modest dreams, Eloise, played by Milla Jovovich. Tom Tom's best friend, Izzy Goldkiss (Tim Roth) died from a fall from the same roof and special agent Skinner (Gibson) is brought in by media mogul and Izzy dad, Stanley Goldkiss to find or frame a killer. The residents band together to stand up to Skinner and perhaps make a few dollars for themselves in the process. The film is well acted and unpredictable and by the time we watch Tom launch himself over the edge at the film's conclusion, we have come to care - to really care - about this human being and the motley crew of characters who people his world, and that brings a genuine welling of emotion and a spilling of tears. Not many films today can claim as much.