- Hotel Chevalier
Infobox Film
name = Hotel Chevalier
caption = The iTunes Store poster for "Hotel Chevalier"
director =Wes Anderson
producer = John Runkle
writer = Wes Anderson
starring =Jason Schwartzman Natalie Portman
music =
cinematography =Robert Yeoman
editing = Vincent Marchand
distributor =
released =
runtime = 13 minutes
country =United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
followed_by = "The Darjeeling Limited "
website = http://www.hotelchevalier.com
amg_id =
imdb_id = 1094249"Hotel Chevalier" is a
short film by directorWes Anderson , released in 2007. StarringJason Schwartzman andNatalie Portman , the film acts as aprologue to Anderson's 2007 feature "The Darjeeling Limited ". The 13-minute short takes place in the eponymous hotel some time before Schwartzman's character, Jack, meets his two older brothers inIndia . The film was screened out of competition alongside "The Darjeeling Limited" at the 64th AnnualVenice Film Festival . It was shown in North American and British theaters attached to the beginning of (and credited as "Part One of") "The Darjeeling Limited".The film was shot at the
Hotel Raphael inParis, France . The song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) " byPeter Sarstedt , from the 1969 album of the same name, is featured prominently in the short."Hotel Chevalier" attracted some attention for containing Natalie Portman's first
nude scene , [cite news|url=http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1286155,00.html?f=rss|title=Want to See Nat Naked?|publisher=Sky News |date=2007-09-28 |accessdate=2007-09-28] despite her previous insistence that she would never shoot one. [cite news|url=http://natalieportman.com/articles/nparticles_en.php?viewarticle=1&article_number=139|title='Heart' Breaker|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |date=2000-04-23 |accessdate=2007-10-02]Plot summary
The film takes place in Room 403 of the Hotel Chevalier, located in
Paris ,France . It begins as Jack (Jason Schwartzman ) orders onion soup, a glass of chocolate milk, and a grilled cheese sandwich fromroom service . He receives a call from a woman he knows, who in "The Darjeeling Limited" is revealed to be his ex-girlfriend (Natalie Portman ). She informs him that she has just arrived in Paris, and will meet him at his hotel room in half an hour. Jack hurriedly attempts to tidy his room, changing out of his yellowbathrobe into a suit.When the woman arrives, it is revealed in conversation that Jack has been living in the hotel room for "more than a month". The woman voices her intention to leave the next morning. After Jack's room service arrives, the two kiss and Jack begins to undress the woman. As he does, he notices bruises on her arm, but she does not comment on them. She tells Jack that she hopes that they will remain friends, and says that she loves him. Jack responds that they will never be friends, no matter what. She continues to undress and they embrace until Jack offers to show her his view of Paris.
The film ends as Jack dresses the woman in the yellow bathrobe and they step out on the
balcony together, viewing the scenery for a few seconds before stepping back inside.Release
The short was first made available in the
United States as a free download from theiTunes Store onSeptember 26 ,2007 . OnOctober 26 ,2007 , the short was removed from iTunes and distributed in theaters as the prologue to "The Darjeeling Limited". [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/business/media/22darjeeling.html?_r=1&ref=movies&oref=slogin Darjeeling to be paired with a short]NY Times October 22 ,2007 ] Before being removed from iTunes, it was downloaded nearly 500,000 times and received wide acclaim.A
Fox Searchlight representative told "The New York Times " that the theatrical release was the first step in a planned Oscar campaign for the short, even though current Oscar qualification rules disqualify short films that are distributed online before meeting the Academy's theatrical exhibition requirements. [ [http://blog.spout.com/2007/10/22/hotel-chevalier-gets-a-theatrical-run/ Hotel Chevalier Gets a Theatrical Run]SpoutBlog October 22 ,2007 ]Wes Anderson's screenplay for the film was published in the Winter 2007 issue of .
"Hotel Chevalier" is included on the 2008 DVD release of "The Darjeeling Limited".
References
External links
* [http://www.hotelchevalier.com Official site]
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