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THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL -
movie with Mel Gibson
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Actors: Mel Gibson, Tim Roth, Tom Bower, Amanda Plummer, Ellen Cleghorne, Bud Cort, Jeremy Davies, Richard Edson
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Release Date: April 3, 2001
Run Time: 121 minutes
I loved this DVD. Million Dollar Hotel is an art film. One can't come to this movie with James Bond expectations. The film is jam-packed with stars. Jeremy Davies is breathtaking as Tom-Tom. He literally dances his part with springs and leaps substituting for steps, and gestures borrowed from a Japanese Kabuki play. His portrayal of a mentally-challenged person is pure cinematic poetry. The love story is very simple, very pure, very odd, but totally engaging. Mel Gibson as the ex-freak who used to have a hand growing out of his back must have wanted to work with Wim Wenders. We lose much of the humor we usually get from his performances. Amanda Plummer and Bud Cort as two of the residents of Million Dollar Hotel shine. Plummer is particularly touching as she goes up to the millionaire father of the dead man and introduces herself as his fiance by throwing her arms around him and saying, "Dad!"
Brand new! (NEW!) PAL DVD Regio Code 2 English Subtitle on/off: Dutch
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