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    Unique ID Code: 0000040210
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    Added on: 24/9/2002 23:42
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    Hotel (2 Disc set) (UK)

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    Dark sexual intruige where no one is quite what they seem
    Certificate: 18
    Running Time: 112 mins
    Retail Price: £22.99
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    Synopsis:
    Innovative director Mike Figgis brings together a dazzling cast - Rhys Ifans, David Schwimmer, Saffron Burrows, Max Beesley, John Malcovich, Salma Hayek, Burt Reynolds, and Lucy Lui - in this story of dark sexual intruige where no one is quite what they seem and the staff are more in control than the guests. A film crew and actors arrive at a seemingly secure and beautiful Venetian hotel to film a version of the classic Jacobean tragedy `The Duchess of Malfi`.
    Shadowing the production are two rival entertainment reporters (Selma Hayek and Lucy Lui) who immediately start a war of egos. When the director (Ifans) is put out of commission, the producer (Schwimmer) must take over the production and that`s when the cannibals and vampires start picking off the film crew and guests. Figgis brings an ennervatingly fresh approach to his film-making. Add to this the surplus of bizarre sexual activity and horrific cannibalistic images and Hotel becomes one place you will not want to check into alone...

    Special Features:
    Trailer
    24 min behind the scenes documentary
    27 web shorts
    Photo gallery of stills

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Directed By:
    Mike Figgis

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Saffron Burrows
    Fabrizio Bentivoglio
    Elisabetta Cavallotti
    Brian Bovell
    Max Beesley

    Casting By:
    Celestia Fox

    Soundtrack By:
    Anthony Marinelli
    Mike Figgis

    Director of Photography:
    Patrick Alexander Stewart
    Mike Figgis

    Costume Designer:
    Catherine Buyse Dian

    Production Designer:
    Franco Fumagalli

    Producer:
    Ernst Etchie Stroh
    Annie Stewart
    Lesley Stewart
    Mike Figgis

    Executive Producer:
    Andrea Calderwood

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