drama

The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 American drama film based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein, directed by Wim Wenders, and starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson.

a 2000 drama, mystery, thriller movie

The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 drama, mystery, thriller movie.

comedy, horror, and drama

Although stories always play out in the same chain motel room, the series explores different eras as well as genres, including comedy, horror, and drama.

a noir-style mystery narrated by Tom Tom (Jeremy Davies), who reveals the details of a Los Angeles murder investigation by FBI agent Skinner (Gibson)

Directed by celebrated independent filmmaker Wim Wenders, THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL is a noir-style mystery narrated by Tom Tom (Jeremy Davies), who reveals the details of a Los Angeles murder investigation by FBI agent Skinner (Gibson).

novels

Because of its status as a symbol of high society and luxury, the hotel has featured in many novels (for example F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is The Night and Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises), a play (Noël Coward's Semi-Monde), and films (such as Billy Wilder's 1957 comedy Love in the Afternoon and William Wyler's 1966 comedy How to Steal a Million).

high-drama

The hotel's unapologetically flamboyant interiors flirt with themes reminiscent of the Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas, and other high-drama celebrations of the glory of a lavish lifestyle.

an oddly affecting piece of moody, atmospheric art house cinema

' It ain’t lying, it’s just improving the truth a little ' The Million Dollar Hotel is an oddly affecting piece of moody, atmospheric art house cinema.

an American dramatic film, based on a story by Bono and Nicholas Klein

“The Million Dollar Hotel” is an American dramatic film, based on a story by Bono and Nicholas Klein.

fiction novelists

The hotel is a popular one for fiction novelists as well.

romantic comedy or Lifetime drama

This type of fiction is often more commercially driven and is perhaps the equivalent to a romantic comedy or Lifetime drama in the movie industry.

a story about friendship and deception—

THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL is a story about friendship and deception—and about the immeasurable power of unconditional love.

dilemmas of guests staying in a suite in a luxury hotel

Similar to Neil Simon's earlier Plaza Suite, the film focuses on the dilemmas of guests staying in a suite in a luxury hotel.

a 2000 movie written by Bono of Irish rock band U2 and directed by Wim Wenders

The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 movie written by Bono of Irish rock band U2 and directed by Wim Wenders.

crazy lowlifes

The Million Dollar Hotel, co-written by Bono, is peopled by crazy lowlifes such as Milla Jovovich as a fey streetwalker who thinks Milla Jovovich ’s a fictional character (I’ve got news for you, sweetheart) and Mel Gibson as an FBI agent with an arm growing out of Mel Gibson's back.

comedy

The hotel’s selection of movies covers varied genres such as comedy, thriller, adventure, romance, mystery and action.

romance luxury and entertainment

The hotel is a harmony between romance luxury and entertainment.

surreal decadence

The film is set mostly in diners, hotels, bars and a casino, and is notable for a casino's glitz and surreal decadence.

in fiction ranging from Agatha Christie’s Crooked House to Anthony Trollope’s An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids

The hotel features in fiction ranging from Agatha Christie’s Crooked House to Anthony Trollope’s An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids.

Las Vegas

The theme is Las Vegas, with icons including Elvis Presley, showgirls, Martini glasses, red convertibles, and a briefcases full of cash.

glamorous life

Its main theme is the glamorous life – limousines, diamond rings, champagne, luxurious mansions, credit cards, yachts and designer watches.