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A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
- Awards
- 1 win
Jennifer Dundas
- Lilly
- (as Jennie Dundas)
Jobst Oriwol
- German Man
- (as Jobst Oriwal)
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- TriviaJodie Foster later said that with this movie began the lowest point of her career, as she turned down worthy roles in Splash (1983), The Terminator (1984) and The Breakfast Club (1985). Her career wouldn't recover until Kim Basinger turned down the role of Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988) and finally the part once assigned to Basinger was won by Foster, for which she won her first Academy Award.
- GoofsIn the award ceremony scene, numerous Austrian flags are show, but all are the civil/merchant version. As an official government function, the flags would have been the state flag (the government flag.) Unlike the United States, Austria and many other nations have multiple national flags for different purposes (government, civilian/merchant, military, on shore versus afloat, etc.) Austria's state flag bears the national coat of arms in the centre, overlapping into both of the red bars. The vertical version of the state flag has the coat of arms turned 90 degrees and placed within a shield. None of the flags in the scene bore the coat of arms.
- Quotes
Mr. Win Berry: If we can't get strong from what we lose, what we miss, what we want and can't have... then we could never get strong enough, could we? What else makes us strong?
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits misspell the word "association" as "associatiation".
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
- SoundtracksGood Golly Miss Molly
By Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell & John Marascalco
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I can understand the mixed feelings, but...
I admit I saw the movie before I read the book. However, I love both of them, and I re-read and re-watched both before writing this.
This is a story of the life of an unusual family, whose lives are mostly spent in hotels. Having no really grounded life, they are all trying to grow in their own ways, but while the family stays together physically, their personal paths take them to different psychological destinations. And, being based on a John Irving book, of course there are bears of different sorts.
I think they did a decent job of compressing a sprawling tale into feature length, but I understand why people who love the novel would wince occasionally at the telescoping of events.
Beau Bridges is fine as the quixotic Win Berry, while Rob Lowe hits the mark as the awkward second son in a charismatic family. It revolves around Jodie Foster's performance, though, just as the novel revolves around her character Franny. Then Paul McCrane, the actor you've seen before but can't remember where, Jennifer Dundas as little Lilly and Matthew Modine (in two roles) also bring their characters to life well.
While I like to see Nastassja Kinski in most films, she was an odd pick for the character of Susie. She gives it a good go, but was not the ideal choice. Wallace Shawn, Wilford Brimley, Anita Morris and Amanda Plummer make as much as they can out of truncated roles. Other supporting characters are barely there, but the film would end up far too long if they tried to cram all the plot in.
The score could have been a bit more original than mostly over-familiar classical favourites, and that might have helped support the rest of the film. Queen were involved in the score at some early point, but I don't think they'd have provided the right feel either.
I'd recommend it, flawed as it is, but I'd recommend the book as well. Enjoy both.
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- Dec 18, 2019
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,142,858
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,075,800
- Mar 11, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $5,142,858
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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