Hotel (2001)

Director:

Mike Figgis

Writers:

Heathcote Williams (adaptation)
Mike Figgis (story)
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Release Date:

5 April 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess Of Malfi in Venice, they in turn are...

Plot Keywords:

Carnival | Music Score Composed By Director | Female Nudity | Hotel | Period Piece

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Max Beesley	...	Antonio
Fabrizio Bentivoglio	...	Very Important Doctor
Brian Bovell	...	Cardinal
Saffron Burrows	...	Duchess of Malfi
Elisabetta Cavallotti	...	Abducted Hotel Guest
Valentina Cervi	...	Hotel Maid
George DiCenzo	...	Boris
Andrea Di Stefano	...	Assassin
Nicola Farron	...	Hotel Guest
Christopher Fulford	...	Steve Hawk
Valeria Golino	...	Italian Actress
Jeremy Hardy	...	Flamenco Troupe Administrator
Salma Hayek	...	Charlee Boux
Danny Huston	...	Hotel Manager
Rhys Ifans	...	Trent Stoken
Jason Isaacs	...	Australian Actor
Paco Jarana	...	Flamenco Guitarist
Lucy Liu	...	Kawika
Mark Long	...	Hotel Kitchen Manager
Mía Maestro	...	Cariola
John Malkovich	...	Omar Jonnson
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Hotel Nurse
Laura Morante	...	Greta
Ornella Muti	...	Flamenco Spokesperson
Burt Reynolds	...	The Flamenco Manager
Stefania Rocca	...	Sophie
Julian Sands	...	Tour Guide
Danny Sapani	...	AJ
David Schwimmer	...	Jonathan Danderfine
Alexandra Staden	...	Film PA
Mark Strong	...	Ferdinand
Heathcote Williams	...	Bosala
Eva Yerbabuena	...	Flamenco Dancer (as Eva La Yerbabuena)

Directed by
Mike Figgis

Writing credits
John Webster		(play "The Duchess of Malfi") uncredited
Heathcote Williams		(adaptation)
Mike Figgis		(story)

Produced by
Andrea Calderwood	....	executive producer
Mike Figgis	....	producer
Annie Stewart	....	producer
Lesley Stewart	....	co-producer
Ernst Etchie Stroh	....	producer (as Etchie Stroh)

Original Music by
Mike Figgis
Anthony Marinelli

Cinematography by
Patrick Alexander Stewart		(director of photography) (as Patrick Stewart)

Casting by
Celestia Fox

Production Design by
Franco Fumagalli

Costume Design by
Catherine Buyse Dian

Production Management
Andrea Borella	....	production supervisor
Rosa Romero	....	production manager
Emma Zee	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paola Barbaglia	....	second assistant director
Susie Liggat	....	first assistant director
Giorgia Marangoni	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Daniele Carrer	....	property master (as Daniele Carreer)
Alberto Tomasini	....	stand-by props
Alessandro Toso	....	assistant property master
Antonio Viola	....	art department production assistant

Sound Department
Ronald Bailey	....	sound consultant
Paul Carr	....	adr and foley mixer
Felicity Cottrell	....	foley artist
James Feltham	....	dubbing mixer
James Feltham	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Golding	....	location sound supervisor
Nigel Heath	....	dubbing mixer
Nigel Heath	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Mandalis	....	sound editor
Ruth Sullivan	....	foley artist
Richard Taylor	....	sound IT support
Mark Tucker	....	location sound supervisor
James Seddon	....	dolby consultant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Helle Absalonsen	....	production coordinator: Digital Film Lab
Vicci Allen	....	production coordinator: Digital Film Lab
Steen Lyders Hansen	....	inferno operator
Sam Smith	....	Inferno operator: Digital Film Lab.

Camera and Electrical Department
Martha Aldridge	....	camera assistant
Lucy Bristow	....	camera operator
Mike Figgis	....	camera operator
Mike Figgis	....	digital camera rig designer
Reuben Garrett	....	gaffer
Cath Le Couteur	....	camera assistant
James O'Keeffe	....	camera operator (as Jim O'Keefe)
Edgar Pablos	....	camera assistant
Ben Wilson	....	digital camera rig designer
Flavia Vitali	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Alex Johnson	....	assistant to casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Beatrice Giannini	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Clive Ashenden	....	assistant to avid editor: 4MC
Adam Barton	....	editor: avid
Chris Beeton	....	colorist: Pepper Ltd.
Ian Differ	....	digital post-production: Digital Film Lab.
Jaime Estrada Torres	....	assembly editor (as Jaime Estrada-Torres)
Steve Harrow	....	post-production consultant: Steeple Post Production Service
Shane Warden	....	on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
David Carpenter	....	musician: bass
Leonard Castro	....	musician: percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta	....	musician: drums
Mark Curry	....	music recordist-mixer
Arlen Figgis	....	additional music mixer
Mike Figgis	....	musician: guitar, trumpet and keyboards
Louise Hammar	....	music supervisor
Anthony Marinelli	....	musician: keyboards
Brice Martin	....	musician: flute
Robert Sheppard	....	musician: flute
Mark Tucker	....	music recordist-mixer
Anthony Marinelli	....	music producer (uncredited)

Other crew
Stefania Antonini	....	production coordinator: Italy
Lesley Broderick	....	production accountant
Carmela Compagnone	....	payroll clerk
Eric D'Souza	....	data transfer: Digital Film Lab.
Michele De Leo	....	cashier
Jude Figgis	....	cast liaison
Louis Figgis	....	assistant: Ms. Stewart
Louis Figgis	....	technical coordinator
Louisa Garnier	....	assistant: Mr. Figgis
Martin Haines	....	legal services: Davenport Lyons
Jethro Harris	....	operations manager
Nigel Horn	....	laboratory contact: Soho Images
Tibor Kuo	....	supervisor: DV
Giacomo Montanari	....	office production assistant
Kevin O'Shea	....	insurance services: AON/Albert G. Ruben
Nik Panic	....	technical assistant
Helen Phelps	....	business manager: Pepper Ltd.
Nicola Rosada	....	location manager
Andreas Rostock	....	data re-recording: Digital Film Lab.
Susan Schrader	....	assistant accountant
Jacqueline Thorogood	....	production coordinator: UK
Giorgio Tregnaghi	....	production accountant
Shane Warden	....	title designer: Pepper Ltd.
Sylvester Weekes	....	supervisor: DV
David Wilder	....	completion bond services: Film Finances
Marco Zanon	....	set production assistant (as Marco 'Bobo' Zanon)
Lillian Awa	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Harriet Cruickshank	....	special thanks
Mark Foligno	....	special thanks: Sony UK
George Hayum	....	special thanks
Danny Huston	....	special thanks
John Smith	....	special thanks: The Whitehouse, London
Bart Walker	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Moonstone Entertainment (presents)
• Hotel Productions (co-producer)
• Cattleya
• Red Mullet Productions (as A Red Mullet Film)
• Channel 4 Television Corporation (in association with) (as Channel 4)

Distributors

• CDA Entertainment (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Gallery Motion Pictures (????) (USA) (TV)
• Innovation Film Group (IFG) (2003) (USA)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (????) (USA) (TV)
• Moonstone Entertainment

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance services by (as Albert G. Ruben)
• Davenport Lyons  legal services by
• Digital Film Lab  digital outputting facilities
• Fairlight Instruments USA  sound editing services: MFX3 editor provided by (as Fairlight)
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Giorgio Armani  special thanks
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound re-recorded at
• Grand Hotel Hungaria Palace, The  special thanks (as The Grand Hotel Hungaria Palace, Venice)
• Hackenbacker Audio Post Production  sound editing and mixing facilities (as Hackenbacker Studios, London)
• Hotel Hungaria  catering
• Midnight Transfer  post-production facilities provided by
• Omnitel  special thanks: cellular phones (as Omnitel SPA)
• Pepper  post-production facilities
• Prada  special thanks
• Red Mullet Studios  music recorded at
• Soho Images  prints
• Sony U.K. Ltd.  special thanks (as Sony UK)
• Steeple Post Production Services  post-production consultant
• Summit Entertainment  foreign sales (uncredited)
• Swatch Group, The  special thanks: watches
• Whitehouse, The  special thanks (as The Whitehouse, London)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, violence and language

Runtime:

Argentina:114 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Canada:109 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:93 min

Country:

UK | Italy

Language:

English | Italian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Japan:R-15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA (TV rating) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company:

Moonstone Entertainment

Trivia:

John Webster's play "The Duchess of Malfi" was first performed in 1614 at the Globe Theatre in London, and first published in 1623. The onscreen credits simply list the title followed by the author's name, and omit the word "play".

Movie Connections:

References Citizen Kane (1941)

Soundtrack:

Different Places

Why would anyone think this is a good idea?

This movie is severely lacking in the artistry that it claims to be all about. I feel it is as artistic as a the so-called art created by people who fling paint randomly onto a canvas or getting on a stage and doing various things to hurt themselves or shock the audience. I can't believe that the people involved with this are the people involved with this. I was deluded just as other people who wrote comments about this movie by the cover of the DVD (don't judge a DVD by its cover I know, but still, what else do you have to go on usually? Besides, its intentionally deceptive in my opinion)which makes it sound like a sleek little independent mystery/horror or something like that. I liked many of the cinematic decisions made in regards to photography and lighting, but these can only help so much. The rest of the movie serves only the purpose of trying (key word: trying) to prove that these actors are truly "artists" and are so adept and creative that they can improvise an entire movie. Not the case here. This is equivalent, in my opinion, to a group of expert, yet overindulgent scientists trying to get their faces on The Journal of Science and instead blowing up the lab. Hopefully this movie will serve an unintentionally good purpose of proving there is a reason great artists like Van Gogh or Monet painted artistic "impressions" of life and the world with some measure of design and structure, a blueprint if you will, and there is a reason why movies need (i'd underline need if I could