Wim Wenders\u2018 \u201eThe Million Dollar Hotel\u201c (2000), conceived by Bono (U2), unfolds as a postmodern film-noir hybrid and a melancholy portrait of Los Angeles\u2018 urban fringe. The plot centres around a loose community of social misfits, freaks and dreamers who live in the run-down \u201eMillion Dollar Hotel\u201c in downtown LA.<\/p>\n
The narrative is presented from the perspective of the lovesick, intellectually impaired resident Tom Tom (Jeremy Davies), who jumps off the roof shortly after the film begins and tells the story retrospectively. The film centres on the mysterious death of another resident, the eccentric junkie Izzy (Tim Roth), who, to everyone's surprise, was the rich son of a media mogul.<\/p>\n
The investigation is led by the eccentric FBI agent Skinner (Mel Gibson), whose bizarre behaviour throws the already fragile world of the hotel into turmoil. While Skinner investigates the alleged murder, Tom Tom becomes the centre of attention, both as a witness and as a suspect. He is also madly in love with the mysterious, almost angelic Eloise (Milla Jovovich).<\/p>\n
The film is an existentialist study of loneliness, unconditional love and the illusions of the American Dream. It contrasts the colourful, albeit dysfunctional, parallel world of the hotel residents - a mixture of loyalty, deceit and despair - with the cold, sensationalist outside world represented by the media and the official investigation. The resolution of the case ultimately reveals a tragic truth about Izzy's fate and the innocent nature of the alleged perpetrators, while Tom Tom's tale culminates in a bittersweet finale.<\/p>\n
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Category<\/strong><\/th>\n| Information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n | Poster type \/ size<\/strong><\/td>\n | English Poster 101,5 cm x 76 cm, beidseitig bedruckt ( f\u00fcr beleuchtete Schauk\u00e4sten)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Country<\/strong><\/td>\n | Germany - GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Premiere<\/strong><\/td>\n | 10. January 1927<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Duration<\/strong><\/td>\n | 118 Minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Production<\/strong><\/td>\n | Bono, Bruce Davey, Nicholas Klein, Wim Wenders, Mel Gibson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Direction<\/strong><\/td>\n | Wim Wenders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Screenplay<\/strong><\/td>\n | Bono, Nicholas Klein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Camera<\/strong><\/td>\n | Phedon Papamichael<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Music<\/strong><\/td>\n | Bono, Daniel Lanois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Editing<\/strong><\/td>\n | Tatjana Riegel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Film architecture \/ Buildings<\/strong><\/td>\n | Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl Vollbrecht<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Cast<\/strong><\/td>\n | \n | Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smith,<\/div>\n Amanda Plummer, Gloria Stuart, Tim Roth<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | English Poster 101,5 cm x 76 cm<\/strong>, beidseitig bedruckt ( f\u00fcr beleuchtete Schauk\u00e4sten)<\/p>\n |
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