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The Million Dollar Hotel 
theatrical release posterDirected by Wim Wenders Produced by Bono
Bruce Davey
Ulrich FelsbergWritten by Bono
Nicholas KleinStarring Jeremy Davies
Milla Jovovich
Mel GibsonCinematography Phedon Papamichael Jr. Editing by Tatiana S. Riegel Release date(s) February 2, 2000 Running time 122 minutes Country United States
Germany
United KingdomLanguage English Budget $8 million (estimated) The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 American drama film based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein; directed by Wim Wenders; and starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson. The film features music by U2 and various artists and was released on the soundtrack, The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture.
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Plot
A group of very different people live in a hotel in Los Angeles, including the romantically-involved Tom Tom (Davies) and Eloise (Milla Jovovich). The events that unfold are the result of the apparent suicide of the son (Tim Roth) of a United States Senator at the hotel. His father commissions an FBI agent (Gibson) to look into his death.
Production
The story was originally developed by Bono in 1987 when filming the famous music video for "Where the Streets Have No Name". The movie had an estimated budget of $8 million, but opened to only $29,483 in US box office, with little more success in subsequent weeks or in other countries.[1] It also received very poor reviews, obtaining 25 of 100 on Metacritic[2] and 23% on Rotten Tomatoes,[3] although it won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000. In an October 2000 press conference in Sydney, before the Australian release of the film, Mel Gibson said, "I thought it was as boring as a dog's ass." He later explained:
It was at the end of a day where I had done 6,000 interviews, some guy was ragging on the film and it just slipped out. Later, I thought 'God, why did I say that? I'm an idiot! I produced this film. I'm distributing it!' It was pretty thoughtless of me, because a lot of people worked very hard on that film, and the fact is there are moments of genius in it. The soundtrack is by U2, and it's phenomenal. So I really regret saying that. I have written a lot of apology letters about it.[4]
Soundtrack
Main article: The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion PictureReferences
- Notes
- ^ The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) - Box office / business
- ^ Million Dollar Hotel, The (2001): Reviews
- ^ The Million Dollar Hotel - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Rene Rodriguez (December 15, 2000). "Mel on Men, "Mad Max" Musings – and More". Miami Herald.
External links
- Official web site from Internet Archive
- The Million Dollar Hotel at the Internet Movie Database
- The Million Dollar Hotel at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Million Dollar Hotel at Box Office Mojo
Films directed by Wim Wenders 1970s Summer in the City (1970) · The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972) · The Scarlet Letter (1973) · Alice in the Cities (1974) · The Wrong Move (1975) · Kings of the Road (1976) · The American Friend (1977)1980s Lightning Over Water (1980) · Room 666 (1982) · Hammett (1982) · The State of Things (1982) · Paris, Texas (1984) · Tokyo-Ga (1985) · Wings of Desire (1987) · Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)1990s Until the End of the World (1991) · Faraway, So Close! (1993) · Lisbon Story (1994) · Beyond the Clouds (1995) · A Trick of Light (1995) · The End of Violence (1997) · Buena Vista Social Club (1999)2000s The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) · Ten Minutes Older (2002) · The Soul of a Man (2003) · Land of Plenty (2004) · Don't Come Knocking (2005) · Palermo Shooting (2008)2010s Pina (2011)Categories:- 2000 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Wim Wenders
- Icon Productions films
- German films
- Bono
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