Hotel de Love

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| name = Hotel de Love

| image = Hotel de Love.jpg

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| director = Craig Rosenberg

| producer = {{ubl|Peter Heller|Greg Coote|Graham Burke|Michael Lake|David Parker|Alex Waislitz|Heloise Waislitz}}

| screenplay = Craig Rosenberg

| based_on =

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

| music = Brett Rosenberg

| cinematography = Stephen F. Windon

| editing = Bill Murphy

| studio = {{ubl|Pratt Films|Village Roadshow Pictures}}

| distributor = {{ubl|Live Entertainment|Roadshow Entertainment}}

| released = {{Film date|1996|09|12|T.I.F.F.|1996|12|19|Australia|df=y}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $111,106 (USA){{Mojo title|hoteldelove}}
AU $943,903 (Australia)[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075310/http://film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |date=9 February 2014 }} Retrieved 24 October 2012

}}

Hotel de Love is a 1996 Australian film written and directed by Craig Rosenberg. It was released theatrically in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and select countries throughout Europe.

Plot

Fraternal twin brothers meet a childhood crush at a rundown hotel and rediscover their love as they renew their competition for her affection.

Principal cast

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Aden Young as Rick Dunne
Saffron Burrows as Melissa Morrison
Simon Bossell as Stephen Dunne
Pippa Grandison as Allison Leigh
Ray Barrett as Jack Dunne
Julia Blake as Edith Dunne
Peter O'Brien as Norman Carey
Alan Hopgood as Ronnie
Andrew Bibby as Matt

}}

Production

The film was the directorial debut of Craig Rosenberg, an Australian writer who had been making a living writing screenplays in Los Angeles. David Parker was producer. Rosenberg:

Working with David Parker was an absolute joy. He's so experienced; he has written, produced and shot feature movies. To have him as producer on my first feature was a remarkable luxury for me because, if I had a writing problem, I could throw it to him and say, 'What do you think about this? Read this page for me'. If I had some shooting problem I would say, 'What do you think about this?' as well as having him do his normal production responsibilities. So he was a real godsend. He was a dream and he's a lovely person and I think we've formed a long friendship out of the experience.[https://archive.today/20130222111418/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Craig+Rosenberg&bl "Interview with Craig Rosenberg", Signet, 25 November 1996]. Retrieved 20 November 2012

Soundtrack

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| type = soundtrack

| artist = Various

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| released = 28 January 1997

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| genre = Soundtrack

| length = 44:02

| label = Milan Records

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=hotel-de-love-mw0000089462 |title=Hotel de Love - Original Soundtrack |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |access-date=1 June 2021}}

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1. Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band

2. Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots

3. I'm Not in Love - 10cc

4. In a Minor Key - Tim Finn

5. Reminiscing - Little River Band

6. Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - Cowboy Junkies

7. Sway - Hotel de Love Band

8. Lost in Love - Air Supply

9. In Love With It All - Tim Finn

10. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John

11. I Hope I Never - Split Enz

12. Love Will Keep Us Together - The Brett Rosenberg Problem

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times somewhat enjoyed the film, giving it 2 and 1/2 stars out of 4:

{{cquote|Hotel de Love is a pleasant and sometimes funny film, without being completely satisfying.{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970207/REVIEWS/702070303/1023 |title=Hotel De Love :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date= 7 February 1997|accessdate=2011-08-01}}}}

Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it an "enjoyably ditsy romantic comedy" and "an enlightened 1990's version of a French farce."{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Hotel de Love |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/hotel-film-review.html |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 1997}}

Notes

{{cite magazine|magazine=Cinema Papers|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1996decno113|access-date=3 September 2024|first=Fincina|last=Hopgood|page=28-33|title=The story and the script|date=December 1996}}