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'''''The Grand Budapest Hotel''''' is a 2014 British-German<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.studiobabelsberg.com/en/public-relations/press-releases/newsdetails/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=273&cHash=ba1bf3674847d14763a91bb488db637b | title=World Premiere in Berlin: Studio Babelsberg Production The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale | publisher=[[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelsberg]] | date=5 November 2013 | accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_19732.html | title=Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale | publisher=[[Berlin International Film Festival]] | date=5 November 2013 | accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/grand-budapest-hotel-to-open-berlinale/5063246.article | title=World premiere of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel to open Berlinale 2014 | publisher=[[Screen International]] | work=[[Screen Daily]] | date=5 November 2013 | accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> [[comedy-drama film]] written and directed by [[Wes Anderson]] and starring [[Ralph Fiennes]] as a [[concierge]] who teams up with one of his employees to prove his innocence after he's framed for murder.
'''''The Grand Budapest Hotel''''' is a 2014 American-British-German<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.studiobabelsberg.com/en/public-relations/press-releases/newsdetails/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=273&cHash=ba1bf3674847d14763a91bb488db637b | title=World Premiere in Berlin: Studio Babelsberg Production The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale | publisher=[[Babelsberg Studio|Studio Babelsberg]] | date=5 November 2013 | accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.luxx-studios.com/projects-1/production/grand-budapest-hotel/ | title=Grand Budapest Hotel | publisher=[[Luxx Studios]] | date=2013 | accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.grandbudapesthotel.com/ | title=Grand Budapest Hotel Official Website | publisher=[[20th Century Fox]] | date=2014 | accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> [[comedy-drama film]] written and directed by [[Wes Anderson]] and starring [[Ralph Fiennes]] as a [[concierge]] who teams up with one of his employees to prove his innocence after he's framed for murder.


==Plot==
==Plot==

Revision as of 16:58, 4 March 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel
File:The Grand Budapest Hotel Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWes Anderson
Screenplay byWes Anderson
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Yeoman
Edited byBarney Pilling
Music byAlexandre Desplat[4]
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates
  • 6 February 2014 (2014-02-06) (Berlin)
  • 6 March 2014 (2014-03-06) (Germany)
  • 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07) (United Kingdom)
  • 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[5]
CountriesUnited States
Germany
United Kingdom[1][2][3]
LanguageEnglish

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 American-British-German[6][7][8] comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson and starring Ralph Fiennes as a concierge who teams up with one of his employees to prove his innocence after he's framed for murder.

Plot

The film opens in the present as a teenage girl approaches a statue in a courtyard. In her arms is a memoir penned by a character only known as "The Author." She begins reading a chapter about a trip he made to the Grand Budapest Hotel in the late 1960s. Located in the Republic of Zubrowka, an Eastern European nation ravaged by war and poverty, he discovers that the remote, mountainside hotel has fallen on hard times. Much of its lustrous facilities are now dilapidated and its guests are few and far between.

The Author encounters the hotel's owner one afternoon and they agree to meet later that evening. Over dinner in the hotel's enormous dining room, he tells him the tale of how he took ownership of the Grand Budapest and why he's unwilling to close it down.[9]

The owner's story begins in 1932 during the final years of the hotel's glory days. Zubrowka is on the verge of war but this of little concern to Gustave, the Grand Budapest's devoted concierge. When he isn't attending to the needs of the hotel's wealthy clientele or managing its staff, Gustave courts a series of aging, blonde women who all flock to the hotel to enjoy his "exceptional service." One of them is Madame D. During her final stay at the hotel, Gustave spends the night with her prior to her departure.

A few days later, he's informed that Madame D has died under mysterious circumstances. He races to her wake where he learns that she bequeathed him 'Boy With Apple,' a valuable painting, in her will. This enrages her family, all of whom hoped to inherit it, especially her son, Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis. After Gustav hides the painting in a safe at the Grand Budapest, Gustave is arrested and framed for the murder of Madame D.

Meanwhile, the hotel's new lobby boy, a teenager named Zero, aids him in escaping from a maximum security prison. Along with a group of hardened cons, Gustave digs his way out of his cell. They part ways and Gustave teams up with Zero to prove his innocence. Their adventure takes them to a mountaintop monastery where they meet with Serge X, the only person who can provide Gustav with an alibi for the night of Madame D's murder.

They are pursued by J.G. Jopling, a cold-blooded assassin who manages to kill Serge. Zero and Gustave steal a sled and chase Jopling as he flees the monastery. During a clash on the edge of a cliff, Zero manages to kill the assassin and rescue his mentor.

Back at the Grand Budapest, the military has commandeered the hotel and is in the process of turning it into a bunker. The outbreak of war is now imminent. A heartbroken Gustave vows to never again pass the threshold. They are joined by Agatha, Zero's young wife. She agrees to go inside to retrieve the painting but is discovered by Dimitri. A chase and a gunfight ensue before Gustave's innocence is finally proven via a confessional letter, penned by Serge, that was hidden in the painting's frame.

A different version of Madame D's will is soon discovered as well. It reveals that she was the mysterious owner of the Grand Budapest. She leaves much of her fortune, the hotel and the painting to Gustave, making him fabulously wealthy in the process. He becomes one of the hotel's regular guests and later grants Zero ownership. Meanwhile, the war rages on all around them.

During a train trip, soldiers search Gustave's carriage and he's shot and killed during an argument. Zero vows to continue his legacy at the Grand Budapest but the ongoing conflict and the ravages of time slowly begin to take their toll. Agatha succumbs to a disease and dies a few years later.

The hotel's owner, now revealed to be an aging and devastated Zero, confesses to the Author that he can't bring himself to close the hotel because it's his last link to his dearly departed wife and the best years of his life. The Author later departs for South America and never returns to the hotel, leaving both it and Zero's ultimate fate unknown. Back in the present, the girl finishes reading the chapter about the Grand Budapest and leaves the courtyard.

Cast

Production

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a British-German co-production of Grand Budapest Limited (UK) and Neunzehnte Babelsberg Film GmbH (Germany).[16][17][18][19] The film was funded by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg as well as Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg.[20][21]

It was filmed entirely on location in Germany, mainly in Gorlitz and other parts of Saxony as well as at Studio Babelsberg. Principal photography began in January 2013 on location in Berlin and Görlitz, on the River Neisse, which forms German-Polish border.[22] Filming concluded in March 2013 in Germany, with set pictures featuring Goldblum, Wilson, Dafoe, and Norton emerging online.[23]

Anderson chose to shoot the film in three aspect ratios, 1.33, 1.85, and 2.35:1, one for each timeline.[24]

Release

On 16 October 2013, it was announced that the film would be released on 7 March 2014.[25] In November 2013, the film was announced as the opening film for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014.[26] At Berlin, the film won the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear award.[27]

Reception

The Grand Budapest Hotel has received early acclaim. Film aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has an 90% "fresh" rating, with an average score of 7.9/10, based on reviews from 37 critics.[28] Metacritic reported a score of 88/100 (citing "universal acclaim"), based on reviews from eleven critics.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Grand Budapest Hotel". Luxx Studios. 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Grand Budapest Hotel Official Website". 20th Century Fox. 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Alexandre Desplat to Score Wes Anderson's GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  5. ^ "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (15)". 20th Century Fox. British Board of Film Classification. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  6. ^ "World Premiere in Berlin: Studio Babelsberg Production The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale". Studio Babelsberg. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Grand Budapest Hotel". Luxx Studios. 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Grand Budapest Hotel Official Website". 20th Century Fox. 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Discover the History of THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL with Akademie Zubrowka". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Wes Anderson Adds Ralph Fiennes for 'Grand Budapest Hotel'; Angela Lansbury Drops Out". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Meet the Cast of Characters". Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Wes Anderson Reveals Full 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Cast". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  13. ^ "Saoirse Ronan Talks THE HOST, How She Compares to Her Character, Making Each of Her Roles Distinctive, Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL & More". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Lea Seydoux Books Role In Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' Saoirse Ronan Reveals Details About Her Part". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Story Revealed; Fox Searchlight to Distribute". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  16. ^ "World Premiere in Berlin: Studio Babelsberg Production The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale". Studio Babelsberg. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  17. ^ "World premiere of Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel to open Berlinale 2014". Screen Daily. Screen International. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  18. ^ Stuart Kemp (5 November 2013). "Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' to Open Berlin Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  19. ^ "Weltpremiere in Berlin: Studio Babelsberg Produktion GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL eröffnet die 64. Berlinale". DGAP Medientreff. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  20. ^ "World Premiere in Berlin: Studio Babelsberg Production The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale". Studio Babelsberg. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  21. ^ "Rekordwert für den Deutschen Filmförderfonds". Bundesregierung - Federal Republic of Germany. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  22. ^ Roxborough, Scott (14 January 2013). "Wes Anderson Starts Shoot for 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' in Berlin". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  23. ^ "First look at Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel: beards, motorcycles, and purple suits". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  24. ^ The Wes Anderson Collection by Matt Zoller Seitz ISBN 081099741X "...the director shot his eighth feature, The Grand Budapest Hotel, in three different aspect ratios: 1.33, 1.85, and 2.35:1. The movie jumps through three time periods; the different aspect ratios tell viewers where they are in the timeline.”
  25. ^ "Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' To Bow March 7, 2014". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  26. ^ "Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel to Open the 64th Berlinale". berlinale.de. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  27. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  28. ^ "The Grand Budapest Hotel". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  29. ^ "The Grand Budapest Hotel". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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