Four Rooms (1995)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 98 mins
Length: 2729 metres
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: A Band Apart / Miramax Films
Executive Producer: Alexandre Rockwell, Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Co-Producers: Heidi Vogel, Paul Hellerman, Scott Lambert
Production Supervisor: Debbie Hayn-Cass
Production Manager: Paul Hellerman
Production Coordinator: Dawn Todd
Assistant Production Coordinator: Susan Noonan-Gero
Miramax Coordinator: Cathy Ragona
Executive In Charge For Elektra: Andrew Mark Leary

SCRIPT
Script: Allison Anders (The Missing Ingredient); Quentin Tarantino (The Man From Hollywood); Robert Rodriguez (The Misbehavers); Alexandre Rockwell (The Wrong Man)

DIRECTION
Directors: Allison Anders (The Missing Ingredient); Alexandre Rockwell (The Wrong Man); Robert Rodriguez (The Misbehavers); Quentin Tarantino (The Man from Hollywood)
1st Assistant Directors: Douglas Aarniokoski, Fernando Altschul
2nd Assistant Director: Brian Bettwy
Assistant Director: Louis Shaw Milito

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Rodrigo García (The Missing Ingredient); Guillermo Navarro (The Misbehavers); Phil Parmet (The Wrong Man); Andrzej Sekula (The Man From Hollywood)
Camera Operator: Ziad Doueiri
Steadicam Operators: Bob Gorelick (The Man From Hollywood); Jonathan Brown (The Misbehavers; The Wrong Man)
1st Assistant B Camera: Katherine M. Butler
2nd Assistant Camera: Gregory Smith
Gaffer: Chuck Smith
Electricians: Lord Jason (real name: Jason E. Lord), Heather M. Hillmeyer, Marcel DeJure
Best Boy Electric: Edgar Arellano
Key Grip: Rick Stribling
Grips: David Stern, Elizabeth Bolden, Jason 'Jake' Cross, Marc Polanski, Tim Soronen
Head Animal Trainer: Brian McMillan
Best Boy Grip: James Irons
Unit Stills: Claudette Barius
Colour Timer: Mike Stanwick
Video Playback Services: Playback Technologies
Camera Equipment: Panavision
Electrical Equipment: S.I.R. Studios
Grip Equipment: Cinelease Inc
Camera Dollies: J.L. Fisher Inc
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Margaret Goodspeed (The Missing Ingredient); Elena Maganini (The Wrong Man); Sally Menke (The Man from Hollywood); Robert Rodriguez (The Misbehavers)
Additional Editor: Donald Likovich
1st Assistant Editors: Bob Allen, David Young, Debra L. Tennant, Erik C. Andersen, Tatiana S. Riegel
2nd Assistant Editors: Daniel Fort, Johanna Groepl, Katie Mack, Steven M. Buono
Assistant Editor: Jeff Ervin
Additional Assistant Editor: Ray Neapolitan
Apprentice Editors: Ethan Maniquis, Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán
Post-Production: Dawn Todd
Post-Production Coordinator: Alyson Evans
Negative Cutter: Theresa Repola Mohammed
Post-Production Assistants: Ben Parker, Jeff Swafford

MUSIC
Music: Combustible Edison; Juan García Esquivel
Music Performed By: Esquivel and his Orchestra (Sentimental Journey)
Music Recordist: Mutato Muzika
Music Engineer: Robert Casale
Music Editor: Denise Okimoto, Pacific Music Editors Inc
Music Coordinators: Kristen Becht, Mary Ramos
Music Consultant: Karyn Rachtman
Music Publishers: Myman, Abell, Fineman and Greenspan

SOUND
Sound Designer: Lance Brown
Sound Mixer: Pawel Wdowczak
Boom Operator: Paul Koronkiewicz
Re-Recording Mixers: B. Tennyson Sebastian III, Tom E. Dahl, Wayne Heitman
Supervising Sound Editors: Bruce Fortune, Victor Iorillo
Sound Editors: Anthony Milch, Jay Nierenberg
ADR Mixer: Christina Tucker
Supervising ADR Editor: Becky Sullivan
ADR Editors: Lee Lemont, Zack Davis
Looping Group: Cathy Cavadini, David McCharen, David Randolph, Doris Hess, Greg Finley, Judi M. Durand, Vernon Scott
Sound Effects Coordinators: Blake Marion, Dawn Kratofil, John Michael Fanaris
Sound Effects Recordist: Gary Blufer
Special Sound Effects: Victor Iorillo
1st Assistant Sound Effects: Tim Tuchrello
2nd Assistant Sound Effects: Vincent Cassaro
Sound Effects Editors: Anthony Milch, Bernard Weiser, Donald L. Warner Jr, Glenn Hoskinson, Howard Neiman, Kim Secrist, Shawn Sykora
Foley Mixer: David Gertz
Supervising Foley Editor: Gordon Ecker
Dolby Stereo Sound Consultant: Thom 'Coach' Ehle
Post-Production Sound: SoundStorm

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Ermahn Ospina (The Man From Hollywood; The Misbehavers); Lizbeth Williamson (The Missing Ingredient; The Wrong Man)
Make Up For Bruce Willis: Pamela Priest
Make Up For Madonna: Paul Starr
Hair: Ermahn Ospina (The Man From Hollywood; The Misbehavers); Michael Ross (The Missing Ingredient; The Wrong Man)
Hair For Madonna: Orlando
Costume Supervisor: Thomas G. Marquez
Costumer Supervisor: Jacqueline Aronson
Costumer: Mynka Draper

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make-Up Effects: K.N.B. EFX Group Inc

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Paul Taglianetti
Special Effects Assistants: Christie Sumner, Shannon J. Thompson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Design and Animation; Pacific Title Digital; Bertha Garcia, Jay Mark Johnson
Animation Producers: Kurtz and Friends
Animators: Pam-Cooke Weiner, Dave Spafford, Gary Mooney, Shane Zalvin
Titles Designers: Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald
Titles Animator: Bob Kurtz
Titles and Opticals: Pacific Title

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Gary Frutkoff
Art Director: Mayne Schuyler Berke
Set Decorator: Sara Andrews
Assistant Decorator: Mary Patvaldnieks
On-Set Dresser: Francis Whitebloom
Property Master: Lynda Reiss
Assistant Property Master: Andrew King
Special Props: Adam DeFelice, Matthew Gratzner, Lowtech
Construction Coordinator: Brian Markey
Construction Foreman: Ray Maxwell
Lead Carpenter: Shane Hawkins
Carpenters: Brant McCarthy, Dave Edinger, Floyd Valero, James C. Beeson, Mark Peters, Mark Simpson
On-Set Carpenter: James Michael Drury Jr.
Lead Painter: Marc Gillson
Painters: Adam Markey, Carlos Chávez, Pedro V. Suchite
Stand-By Painter: T.D. Donnelly
Construction Estimator: Chris Scher
Draper: Shari Griffin
Art Department Coordinator: Marisol Jiménez
Graphic Designer: Martin Charles
Lead Man: Peter Borck
Swing Gang: Joseph W. Grafmuller, Randy Tenhaeff, Steven Ingrassia, Thomas Power

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Production Accountant: Deborah Hebert
Post-Production Accountant: Zane
2nd Assistant Accountant: Craig Davis Roth
Assistant Accountant: Heidrun M. Williams
Production Financing: Patrick Jack Lee
Creative Consultant: Chuck Jones
Set Production Assistants: Ben Parker, Karen Alicia White
Key Office Production Assistant: Jeff Swafford
Office Production Assistants: Canard Emile Barnes, Charles Sapadan
Assistant to Lawrence Bender: Courtney McDonnell
Assistant to Alexandre Rockwell: Amanda Michener
Assistant to Quentin Tarantino: Victoria Lucai
Assistant to Allison Anders: Melanie Chapman
Choreographer: Sissy Boyd
Transportation Coordinator: P. Gerald Knight
Transportation Captain: Dotti Thompson
Drivers: D. Robert Knight, Geoff Lancaster
Unit Publicist: Nancy Willen
Production Catering: Silver Screen Caterers
Craft Service: Derek Hurd
Production Legal Services: Carlos K. Goodman
Legal Services: Lichter, Grossman and Nichols Inc
Legal Advisor to Miramax: Vicki Cherkas
Medic / Stage Manager: Patrice Carbaugh
Set Security: Nick Roberts, Technical Guard Security
Studio Teacher: Jan D. Tys
Intern: Tiffanie DeBartolo
Completion Guarantee: Kurt Woolner, Maureen Duffy, Film Finances Inc
Animal Training: McMillan Animal Rentals
Insurance: Great Northern / Reiff and Associates
Stock Footage: Film and Video Stock Shots; Producer's Library Service
Travel Arrangements: Judy Garland and Associates

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Robert Earl Craft

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Jerry Lewis

STUNTS
Stunts: Charles Belardinelli, Tom Bellissimo, Gulshin Gilbert, Kane Hodder, Alan Marcus

CASTING
Casting: Russell Gray
Extras Casting: Jeff Olan, Rainbow Casting Service
ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
Casting Associate: Randi Hiller

CAST
Sammi Davis (Jezebel)
Amanda De Cadenet (Diana)
Valeria Golino (Athena)
Madonna (Elspeth)
Ione Skye (Eva)
Lili Taylor (Raven)
Alicia Witt (Kiva)
Jennifer Beals (Angela
David Proval (Sigfried)
Antonio Banderas (man)
Lana McKissack (Sarah)
Patricia Vonne Rodriguez (corpse)
Tamlyn Tomita (wife)
Danny Verduzco (Juancho)
Salma Hayek (TV dancing girl)
Paul Calderon (Norman)
Quentin Tarantino (Chester)
Lawrence Bender (long hair yuppy scum)
Kathy Griffin (Betty)
Quinn Thomas Kellerman (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)
Bruce Willis (Leo (uncredited))

Stand-Ins: Lisa Redding, Michael Boyce Harris

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of four shorts tories set in a Hollywood hotel on New Year's Eve. In one of the stories, The Missing Ingredient, Ted the bellhop becomes involved with a coven of witches in the Honeymoon Suite who are trying to resurrect a goddess.

AVAILABILITY

Germany
DVD Distributors: MAWA Film and Medien (53208)

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Laurenfilm S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Miramax Films
Video Distributors: Miramax Films
Laserdisc Distributors: Miramax
DVD Distributors: Miramax Home Entertainment (16786)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: MA

Denmark
Rating: 16

Finland
Rating: K-14

Germany
Rating: 16

Iceland
Rating: 12

Portugal
Rating: M/12

Singapore
Rating: R(A)

South Korea
Rating: 18

Spain
Rating: 13

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (for pervasive strong language, sexuality and some drug use)

AWARDS

1996
MTV Movie Awards, USA
Best Sandwich in a Movie – nominated (for the turkey club sandwich)

Razzie Awards, USA
Worst Supporting Actress (Madonna) - winner

TIMELINE

1995
September
16: Canada – shown at the Toronto Film Festival

1995
December
9: Japan – theatrical release
25: USA – theatrical release
26: UK – theatrical release

1996
February
2: Denmark – theatrical release
29: Germany – theatrical release

March
28: Australia – theatrical release

April
13: South Korea – theatrical release

May
Day Unknown: USA – laserdisc release (Miramax)
13: Spain – theatrical release
30: Hong Kong – theatrical release

August
23: Finland – theatrical release

September
20: Sweden – theatrical release

October
24: Argentina – theatrical release

November
7: Hungary – theatrical release
13: Mexico – theatrical release
15: South Africa – theatrical release

1997
February
21: Poland – theatrical release

April
10: Norway – theatrical release

August
7: Netherlands – theatrical release

September
12: Portugal – theatrical release

December
25: Slovakia – theatrical release

1999
April
27: USA - DVD release (Miramax Home Entertainment (16786))

2001
August
16: Russia - DVD release

POSTER TAGS

Twelve outrageous guests. Four scandalous requests. And one lone bellhop, in his first day on the job, who's in for the wildest New year's Eve of his life.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Four Rooms and a Hotel - working title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique June 1996 pp.52-53
article

Empire January 1996 p.32 (UK)
review (by Mark Salisbury)

epd Film vol.13 no.3 (1 March 1996) pp.40-41 (Germany)
review (by Hans Schifferle)

Femme Fatales March 1996 p.51 (USA)
review

Film Review March 1996 p.24 (UK)
review

Imágenes July / August 1996 p.118 (Spain)
review (by Ángel Sala)

NEWSPAPERS

Diário de Notícias, Programas 12 September 1997 (Portugal)
review by João Antunes

Diário de Notícias 21 July 1999 p.55 (Portugal)
review

Expresso, Cartaz 13 September 1997
review (by Manuel Cintra Ferreira)

Svenska Dagbladet 20 September 1996 (Sweden)
review (Hotellpiccolo navet i komisk episodfilm by Carl-Johan Malmberg)

KEYWORDS

anthologies, bellhops, betting, bondage, children, gangsters, hotels, new year's eve, sex, surrealism, witchcraft, witches

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008