Germany/ USA I 2000 I English [CR1] I 4K DCP (restored version) I Colour I 124 minutes I 1:2.39
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenplay: Nicholas Klein, after an idea of Bono and Nicholas Klein
Script: Sylvie Michel-Casey
Producer: Deepak Nayar, Bono, Nicholas Klein, Bruce Davey, Wim Wenders
Director of Photography: Phedon Papamichael
Editor: Tatiana S. Riegel
Music: John Hassell, Bono, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno
Sound: Lee Orloff
Cast: Jeremy Davies (Tom Tom), Milla Jovovich (Eloise), Mel Gibson (Skinner), Jimmy Smits (Geronimo), Peter Stormare (Dixie), Amanda Plummer (Vivien), Gloria Stuart (Jessica), Tom Bower (Hector), Donal Logue (Charley Best), Bud Cort (Shorty), Julian Sands
(Terence Scopey), Tim Roth (Izzy)
THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL is a story about friendship and deception - and about the immeasurable power of unconditional love. A group of freaks, outsiders and drifters live in a run-down hotel in downtown Los Angeles, in an area full of drug addicts and homeless people.
The story is told through the eyes of a lovesick dreamer (Jeremy Davies), who everyone calls Tom Tom. The object of his devotion is Eloise (Milla Jovovich), a fallen angel of sorts.
There is trouble in this madhouse. One of the residents, the eccentric junkie Izzy (Tim Roth), comes to a grisly end by being pushed off of the roof. And because - to the surprise of all of the residents - Izzy proves to be the son of a multi-millionaire media boss, an FBI agent enters the scene: Skinner (Mel Gibson).
What no one suspects is that this particular long arm of the law is even crazier than any of the charming characters living in the Million Dollar Hotel.
Bono provided the concept for the film as well as the soundtrack. It was shot exclusively in the real-life Rosslyn Million Dollar Hotel and in the streets around it.
