Hotel de Love
Hotel de Love | |
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Directed by | Craig Rosenberg |
Produced by | Peter Heller Greg Coote Graham Burke Michael Lake David Parker Alex Waislitz Heloise Waislitz |
Screenplay by | Craig Rosenberg |
Starring | Aden Young Saffron Burrows Simon Bossell Pippa Grandison |
Music by | Brett Rosenberg |
Cinematography | Stephen F. Windon |
Edited by | Bill Murphy |
Production
company |
Pratt Films
Village Roadshow Pictures |
Distributed by | Live Entertainment Roadshow Entertainment |
Release dates
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12 September 1996 (T.I.F.F.) 19 December 1996 (Australia) |
Running time
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95 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Box office | $111,106 (USA) AU $943,903 (Australia)[1] |
Hotel de Love is a 1996 Australian film written and directed by Craig Rosenberg. It was released theatrically in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and select countries throughout Europe.
Contents
Plot
Fraternal twin brothers meet a childhood crush at a rundown hotel and rediscover their love as they renew their competition for her affection.
Principal cast
Actor | Role |
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Aden Young | Rick Dunne |
Saffron Burrows | Melissa Morrison |
Simon Bossell | Stephen Dunne |
Pippa Grandison | Allison Leigh |
Ray Barrett | Jack Dunne |
Julia Blake | Edith Dunne |
Peter O'Brien | Norman Carey |
Production
The film was the directorial debut of Craig Rosenberg, an Australian writer who had been making a living writing screenplays in Los Angeles. David Parker was producer. Rosenberg:
Working with David Parker was an absolute joy. He's so experienced; he has written, produced and shot feature movies. To have him as producer on my first feature was a remarkable luxury for me because, if I had a writing problem, I could throw it to him and say, `What do you think about this? Read this page for me'. If I had some shooting problem I would say, `What do you think about this?' as well as having him do his normal production responsibilities. So he was a real godsend. He was a dream and he's a lovely person and I think we've formed a long friendship out of the experience.[2]
Soundtrack
Hotel de Love | |
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File:Hotel de Love soundtrack.jpg | |
Soundtrack album by Various | |
Released | 28 January 1997 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 44:02 |
Label | Milan Records |
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [citation needed] |
1. Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
2. Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots
3. I'm Not in Love - 10cc
4. In a Minor Key - Tim Finn
5. Reminiscing - Little River Band
6. Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - Cowboy Junkies
7. Sway - Hotel de Love Band
8. Lost in Love - Air Supply
9. In Love With It All - Tim Finn
10. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
11. I Hope I Never - Split Enz
12. Love Will Keep Us Together - The Brett Rosenberg Problem
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times somewhat enjoyed the film, giving it 2 and 1/2 stars out of 4:
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Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.[3]
Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it an "enjoyably ditsy romantic comedy" and "an enlightened 1990s version of a French farce."
See also
References
- ↑ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 24 October 2012
- ↑ "Interview with Craig Rosenberg", Signet, 25 November 1996 accessed 20 November 2012
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External links
- Use dmy dates from October 2012
- English-language films
- Pages with broken file links
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- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2012
- 1996 films
- 1990s romantic comedy films
- Australian films
- Australian romantic comedy films
- Films set in hotels
- Films shot in Australia
- Films shot in Melbourne
- Village Roadshow Pictures films