British 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 .. Read more
| Starring | Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Nastassja Kinski, Rob Lowe |
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| Director | Tony Richardson |
| Genres | Drama |
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British 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.
| Starring | Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Nastassja Kinski, Rob Lowe, Wilford Brimley, Seth Green, Matthew Modine, Anita Morris, Amanda Plummer, Joely Richardson |
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| Director | Tony Richardson |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1984 To Rent: DVD: 02 Feb 2004 |
A parable of life in the manner of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, and sometimes even more obscure, but generally quite entertaining along the way.
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Uninspired adaptation ........
If you havn't already read the book then don't get this film out. You need to have read the book. It is an excellent book but one which doesn't lend... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Hotel New Hampshire
Disk was faulty after the fourth chapter it froze.
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A miracle in miniature
Somehow this big rambling book has been fitted into a standard length movie and retains a great deal of John Irving's humour, charm and eccentricity. Good ... read more »
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Deservedly obscure
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