Hotel Room
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Hotel Room was a three episode 1993 HBO TV-Series produced by David Lynch (who directed two of them). Each drama takes place in the same New York City hotel room (number 603 of the Railroad Hotel) at different times (1969, 1992, and 1936, respectively).
Barry Gifford wrote, and David Lynch directed, the first and third episodes; Jay McInerney wrote, and James Signorelli directed, the second. The series was produced by Deepak Nayar; executive producers were Monty Montgomery and David Lynch. Music was by consistent Lynch collaborator, Angelo Badalamenti.
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[edit] Introduction
Each episode began with the following narration: "For a millennium the space for the hotel room existed – undefined. Mankind captured it and gave it shape and passed through. And sometimes when passing through, brushing up against the secret names of truth."
[edit] Episodes
The only consistent characters in each episode are a maid (played by Camilla Overbye Roos) and a bellboy (played by Clark Heathcliffe Brolly).
[edit] Episode 1: Tricks
Set in 1969, it stars Harry Dean Stanton, Glenne Headly, and Freddie Jones.
[edit] Episode 2: Getting Rid of Robby
Set in 1992, it stars Deborah Unger, Griffin Dunne, Chelsea Field, and Mariska Hargitay.
[edit] Episode 3: Blackout
Set in 1936, it stars Crispin Glover and Alicia Witt.
[edit] Book
The teleplays for the Barry Gifford written episodes were published as a book by University Press of Mississippi in 1995 titled Hotel Room Trilogy: Tricks - Blackout - Mrs. Kashfi ISBN 0-87805-777-3
[edit] External links
- Hotel Room introduction, episode info, pictures, teleplay info at The City of Absurdity site
- Hotel Room at All Movie Guide
- Hotel Room at the Internet Movie Database
- Hotel Room episode guide on AboutLynch.com
- Hotel Room review
- Hotel Room review
- Image of the poster
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