1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some a... Read all1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 12 nominations
London Morrison
- Angela Harris (Vesta's Backup Singer)
- (as London A. Morrison)
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- TriviaThe El Royale was built from scratch on a sound stage with much of the furniture and decor being custom made (including branded matchboxes and coasters for the bar). The color scheme was meticulously set out so that the California side was mostly yellows and oranges, while the Nevada side was purples and blues. Red was reserved for the borderline, jukebox, and chandelier, while green is almost entirely absent until the end.
- GoofsMental degradation or impairment in the elderly that was diagnosed in the 1960s would have been lumped under the commonly understood designations of "senility" or "dementia" rather than Alzheimer's, especially when discussing the diagnosis with a patient. Alzheimer's as a common diagnosis was still almost two decades away.
- Quotes
Father Daniel Flynn: Miles, I fell down. I'm old. Shit happens, get the whiskey.
- Crazy creditsThere are almost no opening credits. Only the film's title is shown after the first scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tamara Just Saw: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
- Soundtracks26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Written by Bruce Belland and Glen A. Larson (as Glen Larson)
Performed by The Four Preps
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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For the most part this is a really good, if not excellent film, with a fantastic central performance from Jeff Bridges, ably supported with an equally compelling performance from Londoner Cynthia Erivo who I recently saw in Stephen King's The Outside TV series. beautifully shot and confidently and surely constructed to have us spellbound but not fully aware of just what is going on. Is it the hotel that is weird or just the people? Jon Hamm is great in the early stages and looked a bit like a young Robert de Niro. Things really only go wrong, for me, in the last half hour. The film is certainly some fifteen minutes too long and there is simply too much time allowed for Chris Hemsworth to unconvincingly develop his character and similarly with Lewis Pullman who had been great as the hapless bellboy cum hotel manager but with whom we spend a little too long in the end. Disappointing end or not this is well worth a watch and always going to be worth it for a late great showing from Jeff Bridges, and those 60s songs where even just a line or two can be surprisingly effective, indeed it is 'strange how potent cheap music is.'
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- Nov 7, 2020
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- Malos momentos en el Hotel Royale
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- Budget
- $32,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,839,115
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,132,647
- Oct 14, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $31,882,724
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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