Product Information
A faithful adaptation of John Irving's novel about an unconventional schoolmaster's family, obsessed with the fantasy of living in a remote hotel.Product Identifiers
EAN5014293151153
eBay Product ID (ePID)30046102
Product Key Features
ActorBeau Bridges, Seth Green, Anita Morris, Jodie Foster, Wilford Brimley, Amanda Plummer, Nastassja Kinski, Rob Lowe, Matthew Modine, Joely Richardson, Wallace Shawn
Film/TV TitleThe Hotel New Hampshire
DirectorTony Richardson
LanguageEnglish
Run Time104 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen
Release Year2004
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Trailer
GenreDrama, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationBritish director Tony Richardson takes on John Irving's picaresque black comedy about an eccentric and unusually peripatetic family in a film starring Rob Lowe as John Berry, the family's oldest son. John's father, Win (Beau Bridges), is obsessed with hotels, so he buys a run-down seminary in New England, transforming it into the Hotel New Hampshire. The extended family includes the profanity-spouting Franny (Jodie Foster); Lily (Jennifer Dundas); a dwarf, Frank (Paul McCrane), who is gay; John, who is strongly attracted to his sister; Egg (Seth Green), the youngest boy; and Iowa Bob (Wilford Brimley), Win's father. After a number of tragic incidents, including the gang rape of Franny, are seen through the special lenses of black comedy, the family is invited to take over another hotel in Vienna, courtesy of their friend Freud (Wallace Shawn). On arrival, they find that the upper floors of the hotel are dedicated to prostitution and the bottom floors are occupied by terrorists. They also meet Freud's companion, Susie the Bear (Nastassia Kinski), a woman so obsessed with her unattractiveness that she spends all her time in a bear suit. Richardson elicits fine performances from his talented cast in this wild ride through the mind of John Irving.
ReviewsVariety - Fascinating....Richardson has pulled off a remarkable stylistic tight-rope act
AuthorJohn Irving
Format DescriptionDVD 5
Sound sourceDolby Digital Stereo
Movie/TV TitleThe Hotel New Hampshire
Director of PhotographyDavid Watkin