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Four Rooms - DVD

SKU: 3588923 | Release Date: 4/20/1999

Rating: R for Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language

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Rating: R for Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1995
Length: 98 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Comedies
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for this episodic comedy. 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. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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stereo

Languages/Sound

Eng

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

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Dolby Surround Chapter search

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Chapter Selection
0. Chapter Selection
1. Program Start [:14]
2. Words Of Wisdom [1:53]
3. Opening Credits [3:26]
4. The Honeymoon Suite [4:52]
5. Raunchy Ritual [4:10]
6. An Easy Fifty Bucks [6:19]
7. Bringing Back Diana [2:21]
8. Room 404 [1:14]
9. Big Mistake [7:22]
10. Don't Call Me Theodore [9:02]
11. Room 309 [4:52]
12. The $500 Baby-Sitter [5:57]
13. Smelly Feet [5:04]
14. A Little Vapor Rub... [3:28]
15. A Dead Body In My Bed [4:14]
16. I Need To Speak To Betty [5:32]
17. The Penthouse [1:31]
18. Try A Little Cristal [10:10]
19. Whacked Wager [6:31]
20. The Almighty Dollar [4:09]
21. End Credits [5:08]

Cast

Antonio Banderas - Man (segment "The Misbehavers")
Jennifer Beals - Angela (segments "The Man from Hollywood"/"The Wrong
Paul Calderon - Norman ["The Man from Hollywood"]
Marc Lawrence - Sam the Bellhop
Madonna - Elspeth ["The Missing Ingredient"]
Amanda de Cadenet - Diana
David Proval - Sigfried ["The Wrong Man"]
Tim Roth - Ted the bellhop
Quentin Tarantino - Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Sammi Davis - Jezebel ["The Missing Ingredient"]
Ione Skye - Eva ["The Missing Ingredient"]
Lili Taylor - Raven ["The Missing Ingredient"]
Marisa Tomei - Margaret
Tamlyn Tomita - Wife (segment "The Misbehavers")
Bruce Willis - Leo ["The Man from Hollywood"]
Paul Skemp - Real Theodore
Kathy Griffin - Betty
Valeria Golino - Athena ["The Missing Ingredient"]
Alicia Witt - Kiva (segment "The Missing Ingredient")
Lawrence Bender - Long Hair Yuppy Scum
Salma Hayek - TV dancer (segment "The Misbehavers")

Crew

Editor: Elena Maganini ,Sally Menke
Cinematographer: Phil Parmet
Editor: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Director: Robert Rodriguez ,Alexandre Rockwell
Executive Producer: Alexandre Rockwell
Screenwriter: Alexandre Rockwell
Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula
Executive Producer: Quentin Tarantino
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Production Designer: Gary Frutkoff
Art Director: Mayne Schuyler Berke
Set Designer: Sara Andrews
Co-producer: Paul Hellerman
Costume Designer: Mary Claire Hannan
Editor: Margie Goodspeed
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Director: Allison Anders
Screenwriter: Allison Anders
First Assistant Director: Fernando Altschul
Costume Designer: Susan Bertram
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Garcia
Composer (Music Score): Combustible Edison ,Esquivel
Sound/Sound Designer: Dolby sound
Co-producer: Heidi Vogel
Cinematographer: Buillermo Navarro
Co-producer: Scott Lambert
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Garc�a
Art Director: Mayne Schuyler
Makeup: Paul Starr
Art Director: Mayne Berke

Four Rooms: AMG Review
Mike DiBella , AMG

A pet project for its four directors -- all of whom were discovered and became friends at the 1992 Sundance Festival -- this vignette film is entertaining, albeit in a sick, darkly humorous way. Each vignette features a different helmer: Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, and Quentin Tarantino. Four Rooms has an overall down-the-rabbit-hole feel with the pedantic Tim Roth as the buffooning bellhop minstrel unifying the four stories. Anders' piece is mostly hogwash, replete with a halfhearted cameo from Madonna. Rockwell's entry is intense, thanks to a little help from a potty-mouthed Jennifer Beals. Rodriguez, on the other hand, takes a page out of Tales From the Crypt for a disgustingly ludicrous segment featuring Antonio Banderas. Tarantino's culminating piece -- an homage to Hitchcock's Rope -- is fraught with hysterical tension and a nicely mannered Bruce Willis. A slimy, sometimes hilarious slab of rambunctious cinema, Tarantino's bit even includes the director himself, as a high-falooting blowhard. ~ Mike DiBella, All Movie Guide

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