Four Rooms
Directed by	Allison Anders Alexandre Rockwell Quentin Tarantino Robert Rodriguez
Produced by	Lawrence Bender
Written by	Allison Anders Alexandre Rockwell Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino
Starring	Tim Roth Madonna Valeria Golino Jennifer Beals Antonio Banderas Bruce Willis Quentin Tarantino
Music by	Combustible Edison Esquivel
Cinematography	Rodrigo García Buillermo Navarro Phil Parmet Andrzej Sekula
Editing by	Margie Goodspeed Elena Maganini Sally Menke Robert Rodriguez
Release date(s)	1995
Running time	102 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Four Rooms is a 1995 anthology film telling four stories set in a Los Angeles hotel on New Year's Eve. Tim Roth stars as the principal character of the frame tale; he also takes part to a greater or lesser degree in the four stories, which feature Bruce Willis, Quentin Tarantino, Antonio Banderas and Madonna, among others. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 403 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (508 × 755 pixel, file size: 82 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the film... Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. ... Alexandre Rockwell (Born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ... Lawrence Bender Lawrence Bender (born 1958) is a film producer and occasional actor. ... Tim Roth (born 14 May 1961 as Timothy Simon Smith) is an Academy Award-nominated English film actor and director. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Valeria Golino (October 22, 1966) is an Italian film and television actress. ... Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former teen model and American film actress who is best known for her role as Alexandra Alex Owens in the 1983 movie Flashdance and as Bette on the lesbian themed drama series The L Word Beals was born to... José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has starred in several high-profile Hollywood films including Ballistic: Ecks vs. ... Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... Combustible Edison was a group founded in the early 1990s in Boston, MA, and was one of several lounge music acts that led a brief resurgence of interest in the genre during the mid-1990s. ... Juan García Esquivel (January 20, 1918 – January 3, 2002) often known as simply Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and film composer. ... Andrzej Sekula (born 1954 in Wroclaw, Poland) is a Polish cinematographer and film director. ... Sally Menke is the film editor of all of Quentin Tarantinos movies. ... Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... An anthology film or omnibus film or portmanteau film is a film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme or premise. ... Tim Roth (born 14 May 1961 as Timothy Simon Smith) is an Academy Award-nominated English film actor and director. ... A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc) is a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. ... Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has starred in several high-profile Hollywood films including Ballistic: Ecks vs. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ...

The movie was directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with each of them directing one segment of the film. Original music by Combustible Edison. Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. ... Alexandre Rockwell (Born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... Combustible Edison was a group founded in the early 1990s in Boston, MA, and was one of several lounge music acts that led a brief resurgence of interest in the genre during the mid-1990s. ...

Tagline:

• Twelve outrageous guests. Four scandalous requests. And one lone bellhop, in his first day on the job, who's in for the wildest New year's Eve of his life.

Plot

Honeymoon Suite - The Missing Ingredient

• Written and directed by Allison Anders

The segment introduces the lead character, Ted the bellhop, who is working alone in a hotel on New Year's Eve. As the tale begins, Ted assists a number of unusual women transport their bags up to the honeymoon suite. In the course of doing so, he learns that they are a coven of witches, brewing a potion to reverse a spell placed on their goddess 40 years ago. In order to create the potion, each witch must place an ingredient into a large cauldron during a ritual. However, one of the witches has failed to obtain her ingredient, which is revealed to be semen. Fortunately, the witch, Eva, knows exactly where to obtain such a reagent, and so is given the job of seducing Ted in order to allow their plans to succeed. She manages to get Ted to have sex with her in the cauldron where the witches mixed their ingredients. After he leaves, the witches complete the spell and the goddess emerges from the cauldron. Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. ... A bellhop (also bellboy or bellman) is a hotel porter, who helps patrons with their luggage while checking in or out. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Witchcraft. ... Horse semen being collected for breeding purposes. ...

Room 404 - The Wrong Man

• Written and directed by Alexandre Rockwell

Ted is contacted for room service, but due to a mix-up on the part of a drunken guest, is given the wrong room number, room 404. Upon arriving at the indicated room, he finds himself in the middle of fantasy hostage situation between a husband and wife (played by Jennifer Beals, the real-life wife of director Rockwell at the time). The husband, either as part of the drama or in reality, angrily believes that Ted (or "Teddy" as he refers to him) is having an affair with the wife, Angela. At gun point, Ted is forced to participate in the scenario, with no knowledge of what is real and what is part of the fantasy. Eventually, Ted escapes, but as he does so, another man enters the room under similar pretenses, and the whole situation apparently begins to repeat. This suggests either that the newcomer was supposed to be involved in the first place, or that the entire drama is somehow cyclic in nature. Alexandre Rockwell (Born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ... Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former teen model and American film actress who is best known for her role as Alexandra Alex Owens in the 1983 movie Flashdance and as Bette on the lesbian themed drama series The L Word Beals was born to...

Room 309 - The Misbehavers

• Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez

A husband and wife (Antonio Banderas and Tamlyn Tomita) plan to go out to a New Year's Eve party with their two children before they decide they would have more 'fun' leaving the children in the hotel. Ted is paid $500 to keep an eye on the children by the father, who gives them the stern warning not to misbehave. As Ted is responsible for the entire hotel, he is unable to actually stay in the room with the children, but instead instructs the children to amuse themselves by watching television. After Ted leaves, the siblings quickly begin to squabble and proceed to both explore and vandalize the room, exploding a bottle of champagne in the process. The children call Ted on the phone to ask for milk and cookies, at which point he delivers them stale crackers and milk and attempts unsuccessfully to put them to bed. After being summoned back to the room once more, Ted stumbles into a scene of mass chaos, and finds the source of the terrible odor in the room, a dead prostitute stuffed under the mattress. While Ted tries to quell the chaos in the room, the childrens' parents reenter the room and ask "Did they misbehave?" Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ... José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has starred in several high-profile Hollywood films including Ballistic: Ecks vs. ... Tamlyn Tomita (Born January 27, 1966, Okinawa) is a Japanese-born American actress who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ...

Penthouse - The Man from Hollywood

• Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Near the end of the night, Ted is called to the penthouse, which is currently being occupied by the famous director Chester Rush and his friends. Ted is asked to deliver a block of wood, a doughnut, a ball of twine, three nails, a club sandwich, a bucket of ice and a hatchet ("as sharp as the devil himself"). After getting acquainted, Chester offers to give Ted $100 if he is willing to at least listen to a proposed challenge between Chester and a friend. The challenge is that Chester's friend can light his Zippo cigarette lighter ten times in a row (without fail). If he succeeds, he wins Chester's car, but if he fails, he loses his pinky finger. The twisted game is inspired by a 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, "Man From the South," based on the story of the same name by Roald Dahl (the episode is incorrectly referred to as "The Man From Rio" in this segment). Ted is initially reluctant to participate, but he is eventually convinced to take the role of an impartial "hatchet man" when Chester ups the reward by $1000. In the end, Chester's friend fails on the first try, and the movie ends with the credits rolling as we see the frantic rush of Chester and company running to get the friend to a Hospital as Ted calmly walks out of the room with his money. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... A carpenters hatchet See Hatchet (novel) for the young adult novel. ... A lit 1968 slim model Zippo An open full-size Navy Zippo A closed black crackle Zippo A Zippo dismantled for fueling 133ml Zippo Lighter Fluid A Zippo lighter is a refillable, metal lighter manufactured by Zippo Manufacturing Company. ... Screenshot of opening sequence of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ...

Cast

• Tim Roth - Ted the Bellboy
• Antonio Banderas - The Man
• Jennifer Beals - Angela
• Paul Calderon - Norman
• Sammi Davis - Jezebel
• Valeria Golino - Athena
• Madonna - Elspeth
• David Proval - Sigfried
• Ione Skye - Eva
• Lili Taylor - Raven
• Marisa Tomei - Margaret
• Tamlyn Tomita - Wife
• Quentin Tarantino - Chester Rush
• Bruce Willis - Leo (uncredited)
• Paul Skemp - Teddy

Tim Roth (born 14 May 1961 as Timothy Simon Smith) is an Academy Award-nominated English film actor and director. ... José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor and singer who has starred in several high-profile Hollywood films including Ballistic: Ecks vs. ... Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former teen model and American film actress who is best known for her role as Alexandra Alex Owens in the 1983 movie Flashdance and as Bette on the lesbian themed drama series The L Word Beals was born to... Paul Calderon, an American actor, was born in Puerto Rico. ... Sammi Davis is a British actress. ... Valeria Golino (October 22, 1966) is an Italian film and television actress. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... David Proval (born May 20, 1942 as David Aaron Proval) is an American actor, known for his role as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series The Sopranos. ... Ione Skye Leitch (born September 4, 1971 in Hertfordshire, England) is an actress. ... Lili Taylor (born February 20, 1967 in Glencoe, Illinois, USA) is an American film and television actress. ... Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. ... Tamlyn Tomita (Born January 27, 1966, Okinawa) is a Japanese-born American actress who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series. ... Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. ... Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. ...

Trivia

• In "The Misbehavers" the woman dancing on the TV is Salma Hayek.
• The role of Ted was written with Steve Buscemi in mind.
• While the children are watching television in The Misbehavers, the first image seen on the television is a scene from Robert Rodriguez's short film Bedhead.
• "The Misbehavers" and "The Wrong Man" take place at the same time. This is proven by the phone call received in Room 309 being half of the phone call initiated by the little girl in Room 404.
• At the beginning, when the A Band Apart logo appears (which contains four of the characters from the film Reservoir Dogs), the Mr. Orange character transforms into Ted, which is an inside joke due to the fact that both characters were played by Tim Roth. The rest of the credits is an homage to The Pink Panther.
• Neither Bruce Willis nor his character are ever mentioned in the credits of this movie, due to the fact that Bruce Willis did not get any kind of salary for the movie which was against the rules of the artist-union.
• The "real" Teddy Ted finally encounters at the end of "The Wrong Man", is Paul Skemp, who was chosen for his passing resemblance to Tim Roth.
• Kathy Griffin makes a brief appearance as the Bellboy's supervisor.

External links

• Four Rooms at the Internet Movie Database