Hotel de Love

Hotel de Love is a 1996 Australian film written and directed by Craig Rosenberg. It was released theatrically in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and select countries throughout Europe.

Hotel de Love
Directed byCraig Rosenberg
Produced byPeter Heller
Greg Coote
Graham Burke
Michael Lake
David Parker
Alex Waislitz
Heloise Waislitz
Screenplay byCraig Rosenberg
Starring
Music byBrett Rosenberg
CinematographyStephen F. Windon
Edited byBill Murphy
Production
company
Distributed byLive Entertainment
Roadshow Entertainment
Release date
12 September 1996 (T.I.F.F.)
19 December 1996 (Australia)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$111,106 (USA)[1]
AU $943,903 (Australia)[2]

Plot

Fraternal twin brothers meet a childhood crush at a rundown hotel and rediscover their love as they renew their competition for her affection.

Principal cast
ActorRole
Aden YoungRick Dunne
Saffron BurrowsMelissa Morrison
Simon BossellStephen Dunne
Pippa GrandisonAllison Leigh
Ray BarrettJack Dunne
Julia BlakeEdith Dunne
Peter O'BrienNorman Carey

Production

The film was the directorial debut of Craig Rosenberg, an Australian writer who had been making a living writing screenplays in Los Angeles. David Parker was producer. Rosenberg:

Working with David Parker was an absolute joy. He's so experienced; he has written, produced and shot feature movies. To have him as producer on my first feature was a remarkable luxury for me because, if I had a writing problem, I could throw it to him and say, `What do you think about this? Read this page for me'. If I had some shooting problem I would say, `What do you think about this?' as well as having him do his normal production responsibilities. So he was a real godsend. He was a dream and he's a lovely person and I think we've formed a long friendship out of the experience.[3]

Soundtrack
Hotel de Love
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released28 January 1997
GenreSoundtrack
Length44:02
LabelMilan Records
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

1. Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
2. Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots
3. I'm Not in Love - 10cc
4. In a Minor Key - Tim Finn
5. Reminiscing - Little River Band
6. Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - Cowboy Junkies
7. Sway - Hotel de Love Band
8. Lost in Love - Air Supply
9. In Love With It All - Tim Finn
10. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
11. I Hope I Never - Split Enz
12. Love Will Keep Us Together - The Brett Rosenberg Problem

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times somewhat enjoyed the film, giving it 2 and 1/2 stars out of 4:

Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.[4]

Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it an "enjoyably ditsy romantic comedy" and "an enlightened 1990s version of a French farce."

See also

References
  1. Hotel de Love at Box Office Mojo
  2. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2012
  3. "Interview with Craig Rosenberg", Signet, 25 November 1996 accessed 20 November 2012
  4. "Hotel De Love :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 7 February 1997. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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