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

The name "Dr. Sonny Gupta" is also a pun on the name of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a frequent on-air medical contributor of CNN.

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Goofs

In the last episode, Kreuzfeld is about to enter the motel room using the Key, and for that he has nailed several Objects to the door. These Objects disappear/reappear from one shot to another.

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Connections

Featured in Inside the Lost Room (2007)

User Reviews

Fascinating Premise

While investigating a weird murder case in a pawn shop, Detective Joe Miller (Peter Krause) finds that a key opens any door to a mysterious hotel room in another dimension. Joe´s daughter Anna Miller (Elle Fanning), who is his pride and joy, is kidnapped by the criminal Weasel (Roger Bart) that proposes to swap the girl per the key. However, Anna flees and uses the key to escape from the criminals that retrieve the key. Weasel resets the door and Anna is lost in another dimension. Now her father learns that there are sects and people from the underworld using the power of the mysterious objects from the room and he teams up with Jennifer Bloom (Julianna Margulies) from The Legion and the millionaire and collector Karl Kreutzfeld (Kevin Pollak) expecting to rescue his beloved daughter.

"The Lost Room" is mini-series divided in six chapters - The Key, The Clock, The Comb, The Box, The Eye and the Occupant - with a fascinating premise. The story is a sort of "The Twilight Zone" with a good cast. Unfortunately there are many flaws in the conclusion that does not close many situations and forget important characters. Maybe the intention of the producers would be another season that was never done. Anyway the intriguing and original plot entertains. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): Not Available

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