Four Rooms (1995) ( 4 Rooms and a Hotel )

Four Rooms (1995) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: 4 Rooms and a Hotel
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( DTS 5.1 )
Italian ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Allison Anders
Alexandre Rockwell

Written By:
Robert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino

Actors:
Sammi Davis ..... Jezebel (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Amanda De Cadenet ..... Diana (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Valeria Golino ..... Athena (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Madonna ..... Elspeth (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Ione Skye ..... Eva (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Lili Taylor ..... Raven (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Alicia Witt ..... Kiva (segment 'The Missing Ingredient')
Jennifer Beals ..... Angela (segments 'The Wrong Man', 'The Man from Hollywood')
David Proval ..... Sigfried (segment 'The Wrong Man')
Antonio Banderas ..... Man (segment 'The Misbehavers')
Lana McKissack ..... Sarah (segment 'The Misbehavers')
Patricia Vonne ..... Corpse (segment 'The Misbehavers')
Tamlyn Tomita ..... Wife (segment 'The Misbehavers')
Danny Verduzco ..... Juancho (segment 'The Misbehavers')
Salma Hayek ..... TV Dancing Girl (segment 'The Misbehavers')
Paul Calderon ..... Norman (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Quentin Tarantino ..... Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Lawrence Bender ..... Long Hair Yuppie Scum
Kathy Griffin ..... Betty
Quinn Thomas Hellerman ..... Baby Bellhop
Marc Lawrence ..... Sam the Bellhop
Unruly Julie McClean ..... Left Redhead
Laura Rush ..... Right Redhead
Paul Skemp ..... Real Theodore
Marisa Tomei ..... Margaret
Tim Roth ..... Ted the Bellhop
Kimberly Blair ..... Hooker (uncredited)
Russell Vossler ..... (uncredited)
Bruce Willis ..... Leo (segment "The Man from Hollywood") (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Ted (Tim Roth) is the new bellboy at a beautiful but decaying luxury hotel; he is not having a good time of it on New Year's Eve, his first night on the job. In one room, a coven of witches are trying to summon the spirit of the goddess Diana; each of the witches must bring a different bodily fluid for their spell to work, but Eva (Ione Skye), who was supposed to bring semen, managed to lose her supplies, and needs Ted's help for a last-minute replacement. Another room, where Ted was supposed to deliver some ice, turns out to house an angry husband (David Proval), who is holding his bound-and-gagged wife (Jennifer Beals) at gunpoint. A third room is taken by a tough-talking gangster (Antonio Banderas), his doormat wife (Tamlyn Tomita), and their two children; the gangster demands that Ted watch over the kids, who turn out to be mischievous terrors beyond Ted's wildest imagination. And room number four is where an arrogant film actor (Quentin Tarantino) is holding a party. One of his guests makes a bet that he can get a Zippo lighter to light ten times in a row, with his finger at stake if he loses. Allison Anders directed the first segment, which also featured Madonna, Valeria Golino, and Lili Taylor. The second segment was directed by Alexandre Rockwell, husband of his frequent leading lady Jennifer Beals. Robert Rodriguez directed the third story, while the finale was directed by its star, Quentin Tarantino; the final segment also features Bruce Willis, who appeared unbilled.

Honeymoon Suite - The Missing Ingredient (Written and directed by Allison Anders)
Ted assists a number of unusual women in transporting their bags up to the honeymoon suite. He learns that they are a coven of witches, brewing a potion to reverse a spell placed on their goddess (De Cadenet) 40 years ago. In order to create the potion, each witch must place an ingredient into a large cauldron during a ritual. However, one of the witches (Skye) has failed to bring semen and is now charged by the other witches to obtain it. The witch manages to seduce an initially reluctant Ted and has sex with him in the cauldron. After he leaves, the witches complete the ritual and the goddess emerges from the cauldron.

Room 404 - The Wrong Man (Written and directed by Alexandre Rockwell)
Two drunken party guests call room service to get some ice. They are confused about whether they are on the fourth or the fifth but eventually direct Ted to room 404, where he finds himself in the middle of a fantasy hostage situation between a husband and wife. Siegfried (Proval), the husband, angrily accuses Ted (whom he calls Theodore) of having slept with his wife, Angela (Beals). At gunpoint, Ted is forced to participate in the scenario, without knowing what is real or fantasy. At one point, Ted is stuck in a bathroom window and one of the drunken party guests (Bender) appears in the window upstairs and almost hits Ted with his vomit. Eventually, Ted escapes just when the other drunken party guest (Paul Skemp) appears, looking for room 404 and is greeted by Siegfried in the same manner as Ted was at the beginning of the episode.

Room 309 - The Misbehavers (Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez)
A husband (Banderas) and wife (Tomita) go out to a New Year's Eve party and leave their two children, Juancho and Sarah (Danny Verduzco and Lana McKissack), in the hotel. Ted is paid $500 to keep an eye on the children by the father, who gives them the stern warning not to misbehave. As Ted is responsible for the entire hotel, he is unable to actually stay in the room with the children, but instead instructs them to amuse themselves by watching television. After Ted leaves, the children quickly begin to squabble and proceed to both explore and vandalize the room, exploding a bottle of champagne in the process. They call for toothbrushes, at which point he delivers them stale crackers and milk and attempts unsuccessfully to put them to bed by putting ointment on their eyelids to prevent them from opening their eyes. After they wash their eyes and summon him back to the room once more, Ted stumbles into a scene of mass chaos: the walls and paintings of the bedroom have been scribbled with lipstick, Juancho is smoking a cigarette and watching a pornographic channel, and the children have found the corpse of a dead prostitute (Vonne) stuffed under the mattress. While Ted tries to quell the chaos in the room, Sarah stabs him in the leg with a syringe and Juancho throws his cigarette away, setting the bedroom on fire. At this point, the children's father returns and, eyeing the damage, asks Ted, 'Did they misbehave?'

Penthouse - The Man from Hollywood (Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino)
The penthouse is currently being occupied by the famous director Chester Rush (Tarantino) and several of his friends. Ted is asked to deliver a block of wood, a doughnut, a ball of twine, three nails, a club sandwich, a bucket of ice, and an extremely sharp hatchet. After getting acquainted with Chester and his friends, Ted is asked to take part in a challenge: Chester's friend Norman (Calderón) has bet that he can light his Zippo cigarette lighter ten times in a row. If he succeeds, he wins Chester's car, but if he fails, he loses his pinky finger. Ted is charged to act as an impartial 'hatchet man' and cut off Norman's finger, should he fail. Ted initially tries to leave, but Chester persuades him to stay by offering $100 up front and another $900 if he performs his assigned role. Norman fails on his first try, and Ted chops off the finger, sweeps up the entire $1,000, and leaves the penthouse. While the credits are rolling, Chester and company are heard frantically rushing to get Norman to a hospital.

This movie features the collaborative directorial efforts of four new filmmakers, each of whom directs a segment of this comedy. It's New Year's Eve at the Mon Signor Hotel, a former grand old Hollywood hotel, now fallen upon hard times. Often using physical comedy and sight gags, this movie chronicles the slapstick misadventures of Ted, the Bellhop. He's on his first night on the job, when he's asked to help out a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite. Things only get worse when he delivers ice to the wrong room and ends up in a domestic argument at a really bad time. Next, he foolishly agrees to watch a gangster's kids for him while he's away. Finally, he finishes off the night refereeing a ghastly wager.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 16 July, 2019.