Bedtime Stories (film)

As a young child, in 1974, Skeeter Bronson was promised by his father Martin "Marty" that he would be the manager of the family motel business, the Sunny Vista Motel. Twenty-five years later, in 1999, the motel has been bought and rebuilt into a bigger hotel by the hotel chain Nottingham Hotels, and was renamed the Sunny Vista Nottingham Hotel, due to Marty being in debt, bankruptcy, and lack of business. but wants to keep the promise to Skeeter if he grows up and shows some smarts when grown up, and now, Skeeter is stuck as its handyman. The manager, CEO, and founder of the hotel chain, Barry Nottingham, plans to build a new hotel, named the Sunny Vista Mega Nottingham, and appoints another man, the snotty Kendall Duncan to become the new manager, simply because Duncan is dating his daughter, Violet.

Skeeter's sister Wendy asks him to watch her children, Patrick and Bobbi, because the school at which she is the principal is being closed and she is looking for a job in Arizona. The first night, Skeeter tells a bedtime story, in which an underdog peasant is passed over for promotion. The children add that he gets a chance at the promotion, and that it starts raining gumballs. The next day, the entire story miraculously comes true: Barry gives Skeeter a shot at the manager position, and on his way home, gumballs rain on Skeeter from a truck crash on an overpass. The next night, at the hotel, Skeeter tells another story in which he is given a Ferrari, but it doesn't come true. He saves Violet from an obnoxious paparazzi and spots a Ferrari car, but Violet drives away with it. Skeeter realizes that only the children's additions to the stories come true.

The night after that, Skeeter tells the children about a Greek chariot-riding stuntman, and the next day he ends up falling for his sister's friend and colleague Jill. On Skeeter’s last night with the children, he tells them a story in which he triumphs over Kendall, but the children add that someone kills him with a fireball. He learns from Kendall that the new Nottingham Hotel will be at the location of the closing school. Skeeter wins the manager position, but Barry fires him for his paranoid antics protecting himself from fire. He gets the hotel moved to Santa Monica, and then with Jill is able to avert the demolition, saving the school and his nephew and niece. Some time later, Skeeter marries Jill and establishes a motel named after his late father. Kendall and his accomplice Aspen are demoted to the motel's waiting staff. Violet marries Skeeter's best friend, hotel room service waiter Mickey, giving him control of the Nottingham Empire, becoming CEO, & the ninth richest man alive. In the meantime, Barry quits hotel management to become a school nurse and newlywed Skeeter and Jill have a baby.

Director Adam Shankman describes Adam Sandler's character as "a sort of 'Cinderfella' character" and adds that "'He's like Han Solo ...'"[3] It was filmed on various locations in California, including in Thousand Oaks where Mr. Nottingham's palace is set.[4][5]

The score to Bedtime Stories was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.[6] The song "Don't Stop Believin'" is played during the film and during the end credits.

The film was released in the United States on December 25, 2008, in Poland on January 23, 2009 and in Sweden on February 20, 2009.

The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on April 7, 2009. The DVD was released as a single disc or a two-disc edition including behind-the-scenes featurette. Commercials advertising the discs feature background music recycled from the film Back to the Future Part III. As of November 1, 2009 the DVD has sold 2,835,662 copies generating $49,409,944 in sales revenue.[12]

Australian Film Institute 2009

BMI Film & TV Awards 2009

Kids' Choice Awards, USA 2009

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2009

Young Artist Awards 2009

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