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Chelsea Walls (2001) -- This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
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a million stories tall
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This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters. full summary | add synopsis
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Hawke Was Given A Month To Save His Marriage By Hotel Boss
 (From WENN. 8 October 2009, 6:36 PM, PDT)

Thurman Pays Tribute To Richardson
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Cast

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Bianca Hunter ... Lorna Doone
Kevin Corrigan ... Crutches

Rosario Dawson ... Audrey

Matthew Del Negro ... Rookie Cop

Paz de la Huerta ... Girl (as Paz De La Huerta)
Guillermo Díaz ... Kid

Vincent D'Onofrio ... Frank
Paul D. Failla ... Cop (as Paul Failla)

Kris Kristofferson ... Bud

Robert Sean Leonard ... Terry Olsen

Duane McLaughlin ... Wall

Natasha Richardson ... Mary
Jimmy Scott ... Skinny Bones
John Seitz ... Dean
Mark Strand ... Journalist
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Also Known As:
Chelsea Hotel
Last Word on Paradise (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language.
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109 min
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Australia:MA (cable rating) | USA:R | Canada:A (Ontario)

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Terry Olsen: Why do they call you Lorna Doone? Ain't that a cookie?
Lorna Doone: You can call me whatever you want.
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The insufferable hunger of the damned, 23 June 2003
Author: CharlesFckinWidmore from home

There are many lines like the one above in this film. Ethan Hawke in his first work as a director has tried to capture the feeling of these modern beatniks who reside in the Chelsea Hotel in NYC and have chosen for themselves a way of life that is different than the kind of life our society would consider successful. These people aren't even artists, they're just artist wannabes. A little boy says it very clearly "It's hard to say who really is a poet these days". What makes them interesting and what they have in common is that they can't stand the modern world, their perspective on life and the belief that happiness is in simple things. There are several moments in this film that make that so clear. One of them is when Val tells Audrey (played brilliantly by Rosario Dawson) "We only have 43 dollars" and her answer is "We're just living Val. Lots of people do that.". While I was watching this film I was thinking of something I had heard in Charlie Kauffman's 'Adaptation'. "In real life nothing really happens" and I think that's exactly what Ethan Hawke's purpose is, to show us the life of some not so ordinary people who however have feelings and ordinary problems. Ethan Hawke has a wonderful script in his hands, but he fails to deliver and that's the most diappointing thing about this film. But other than that this film has so many beautiful poetic moments that it's worth watching. I understand though that if you never dreamed of this kind of life, if everything that you think matters is to make money in order to afford the comforts of modern life then this film will never appeal to you.

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