Hotel Chevalier (2007)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Wes Anderson

Writer:

Wes Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

A short prologue of one heartbreaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Surprise Visit | Paris France | Grilled Cheese | Female Nudity

Cast

Jason Schwartzman	...	Jack Whitman
Natalie Portman	...	Jack's Girlfriend
Michael Castejon	...	Waiter

Directed by
Wes Anderson

Writing credits
Wes Anderson		(written by)

Produced by
Wes Anderson	....	producer
Alice Bamford	....	co-producer
Thierry Bettas-Bégalin	....	line producer (as Thierry Bettas-Begalin)
Pierre Cléaud	....	associate producer (as Pierre Cleaud)
Patrice Haddad	....	executive producer: Premiere Heure
Jerome Rucki	....	executive producer
Nicolas Saada	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Robert D. Yeoman		(director of photography) (as Robert Yeoman)

Film Editing by
Vincent Marchand

Art Direction by
Kris Moran

Makeup Department
Frances Hannon	....	hair stylist
Frances Hannon	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bastien Harispe	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Emilie Cherpitel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Eric Anderson	....	artist: suitcase wildlife drawings
Krysten Childs	....	set dresser
Marc Jacobs	....	suitcases: Louis Vuitton

Sound Department
Emmanuel Desmdryl	....	sound engineer
Gregoire Galian	....	sound mixer
Marc Parazon	....	boom operator
Sylvain Rety	....	sound mixer
Matthieu Sibony	....	sound mixer
Stuart Wilson	....	production sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Yann Masson	....	Flame artist: animation sequences, LAIKA/house

Camera and Electrical Department
Joan Bansillon	....	grip
Thierry Baucheron	....	gaffer
Bruno Bimbard	....	generator operator
Roger Do Minh	....	assistant electrician
Jean-Christophe Duwez	....	electrician (as Jean-Christophe Dumez)
Alfonso Lopez de la Fuente	....	grip
Gary Pachany	....	first assistant camera
Mathieu Plainfosse	....	second assistant camera
Felix Touret	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Fabien Turriziani	....	assistant editor
Joe Gawler	....	digital intermediate colorist (uncredited)
Michael P. Whipple	....	digital intermediate engineer (uncredited)

Music Department
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Waris Ahluwalia	....	security
Damien Begbeder	....	production assistant
Julien Bonet	....	production assistant
Molly Cooper	....	production assistant
Henri Deneubourg	....	location manager
Libby Evans	....	production assistant
Jeremy Lindbergh	....	production assistant
Lionel Lorans	....	comcierge
Steve Makowski	....	assistant to director
Thomas Moffet	....	assistant to director
Julien Patry	....	production assistant
Sofian Rezzak	....	production assistant
Peria Tuccillo	....	production coordinator (as Perla Tuccillo)

Thanks
Peter Copping	....	special thanks
Mark Friedberg	....	special thanks
Scott Rudin	....	special thanks
Valentina Tortorella	....	special thanks
Keith Warren	....	special thanks
Lili Fini Zanuck	....	special thanks (as Lili Zanuck)
Richard D. Zanuck	....	special thanks (as Richard Zanuck)

Production Companies

• American Empirical Pictures
• Première Heure (in association with) (as Premiere Heure)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Other Companies

• Kodak  special thanks
• SVL  special thanks
• VIP  special thanks
• ABK 6  special thanks
• Louis Vuitton - Malletier à Paris  suitcases and costumes (as Louis Vuitton)
• Panavision  thanks

Also Known As:

Part 1 of 'The Darjeeling Limited' (USA) (subtitle)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and sexual content.

Runtime:

13 min

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Hotel Raphaël, Paris, France

Company:

American Empirical Pictures

Trivia:

According to director Wes Anderson, the movie was filmed in two and a half days. The film was also edited entirely on his personal computer.

Quotes:

Ex-girlfriend: I love you. I never hurt you on purpose.
Jack: I don't care.

Movie Connections:

Features Stalag 17 (1953)

Soundtrack:

Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

An artful short take on a little sex with the ex

Really a beautiful short piece of enticement, with tone and sight and sound and dialogue all letting you know that there's a story here, while only hinting at the many things that story might be. And it captures a particular feel that lets you in on the situation kind of like a good short story in a book does.

The way the whole thing looks, and the way the action comes across, are pure Wes Anderson at his best. Deadpan. Melancholy. Hurtfully truthful-feeling.

You know they say there used to be shorts before all the movies when you saw 'em in the theatre. Now we get a string of commercials bigger, louder, and stupider than on TV. It would be so cool if more top notch film-makers like these made more stuff like this. Viva Short Film.

And Thank You Especially, Miss Portman, for getting behind in your work.

Your talent and beauty are in a neck and neck race for first place in many hearts like my own.

I'll be there for "Darjeeling Ltd" the day it opens.