The Lost Room 

A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.

Stars:

Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Peter Krause	...	Joe Miller 3 episodes, 2006
Julianna Margulies	...	Jennifer Bloom 3 episodes, 2006
Peter Jacobson	...	Wally Jabrowski 3 episodes, 2006
Dennis Christopher	...	Dr. Martin Ruber 3 episodes, 2006
April Grace	...	Lee Bridgewater 3 episodes, 2006
Elle Fanning	...	Anna Miller 3 episodes, 2006
Kevin Pollak	...	Karl Kreutzfeld 3 episodes, 2006
Benjamin Petry	...	Isaac Kreutzfeld 3 episodes, 2006
Jason Douglas	...	Anthony 3 episodes, 2006
Chris Bauer	...	Lou Destefano 2 episodes, 2006
Harriet Sansom Harris	...	Margaret Milne 2 episodes, 2006
Margaret Cho	...	Suzie Kang 2 episodes, 2006
Ann Cusack	...	Helen Ruber 2 episodes, 2006
Roger Bart	...	Howard 'The Weasel' Montague 2 episodes, 2006
Nicholas Guilak	...	Arjun Mehta 2 episodes, 2006
Ewen Bremner	...	Harold Stritzke 2 episodes, 2006
Tim Guinee	...	Eddie McCleister / ... 2 episodes, 2006
Chris Monberg	...	Little Jim 2 episodes, 2006

Storyline

Detective Joe Miller comes into possession of a seemingly innocuous motel room key while working on a murder case. The key can open every door and take him into a motel room that seems to exist outside of normal time and space. However, if he leaves something in the motel room that did not originally come from there, it will be gone as soon as the room "resets"... He discovers that there are special objects hidden in different places. They don't look special, but they have special powers. When his daughter disappears and he is framed for killing his partner, he must find a way to bring her back from the room, while working with different groups and people searching for the objects. But who can he really trust when everyone goes crazy after touching the objects...

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Plot Keywords:

teleportation | tv mini series | cursed object | 

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Taglines:

Some doors are better left closed.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

When building the Sunshine Motel, the show's creators couldn't afford to build nine rooms. They built seven and had the set dressers change the numbers on the doors based on what scene was being shot.

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Goofs

In the scene where Karl and Joe try to get into the vault they use the Clock, it is heard ticking but the second hand doesn't move. Within the context of the series, the Clock's hands are permanently frozen at 1:20:45 (the time that The Event occurred). In real life, the "second hand" on this particular make of clock is not a second hand, but rather an alarm indicator.

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Connections

References Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

User Reviews

Best mini series I've ever seen.

I saw the trailer for this TV-mini on some obscure satellite channel and thought, hey that's a cool looking movie. I'm a huge sci-fi fan so naturally I had to see this. To my surprise it wasn't a feature film but a TV-mini series. That sort of put my high hopes into lower gear since quite a few sci-fi mini's has been either low budget looking or plain simply bad.

Well, I started to watch and I was slowly but surely sucked in and saw the entire set from start to finish. Yep 4½ hours non-stop watching. I just couldn't stop.

The story is so cleverly written that I was (and am) simply amazed. I have seen it four times now and every time I see something new or find new answers that I didn't see before. To come up with this kind of story and use it so well must come from some tremendously inventive minds. Everyday items with some special power that came to be because....well you just have to see for yourself.

The cast performance is top notch. I especially like the performance of Kevin Pollack as Karl Kreuzfeld, Dennis Christopher as Ruber and the absolutely superb, paranoid but believable performance of Ewen Bremmer as Harold Stritzke. Character development is good and even the shorter guest episode appearances like Ewen Bremmers are handled very well.

The effects and production design fits the story very well and are nicely executed. Add to this a well written score and you have a winner. I'm really, really glad they made this into a mini series and not a feature film because the running time is needed. It doesn't feel like it's dragging or boring anywhere but rather every minute is used wisely. It starts slowly and builds and adds to itself in an even pace.

Had they made this into a feature film I'm afraid it would probably have been destroyed by too much effects or too much action. Or even worse, the story been dumbed down to please audiences.

If you like clever sci-fi drama with nice twists and turns and a creative original story you absolutely have to see this. It beats soo many big budget movies at so many levels.

Really great stuff!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Space [Canada]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 December 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Motel Man

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films, Lionsgate Productions, Motel Man Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

270 min

Color:

Color