The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

Release date: 2000-02-10
Country: Germany|UK|USA
Language: English
Director: Wim Wenders
Production Co: Icon Entertainment International, Kintop Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 5.9/10
Length: 2h 2min

Storyline

The Million Dollar Hotel follows the supposed murder of Izzy Goldkiss. FBI Agent Skinner is sent into investigate the crime, and to weed out the killer. When he reaches the 'hotel', he comes across many of the forgotten types of people living in the city. You have Geronimo, who is a self proclaimed Native American artist. Dixie, played with great gusto by Peter Stormare, as the 'fifth' Beatle still waiting for his royalty payments as well as recognition. Eloise, who is the neighborhood 'whore'. And then there is Tom-Tom, played by Jeremy Davies. He's the center of the story, being that he's the 'village idiot' of the bunch, and has the trust of everyone in the Hotel. Agent Skinner has a few days to find out who the killer is, while the residents of the hotel devise a scheme to sell off Izzy's fabled 'Tar Paintings'.

Plot Keywords

hotel, murder, suicide, painting, detective, number in title, title spoken by character, independent film, mental retardation, misfit, video footage, love, prostitute, death

Short Review

Wenders is one of those previously coherent cult directors who's reached the point at which he thinks he's accomplishing something by horsing around with his friends.