The Grand Budapest Hotel / Fox Searchlight Pictures ; in association with Indian Paintbrush and Studio Babelsberg present ; an American Empirical Picture ; directed by Wes Anderson ; screenplay by Wes Anderson ; story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guiness ; produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson ; executive producers, Molly Cooper, Charlie Woebcken, Christoph Fisser, Henning Molfenter.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from menu screen. Inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Wide screen. Special features: audio commentary featuring Anderson, filmmaker Roman Coppola, and actor Jeff Goldblum; selected-scene storyboard animatics; The making of The Grand Budapest Hotel, a new documentary about the film; new interviews with the cast and crew; video essays from 2015 and 2020 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz and film scholar David Bordwell; behind-the-scenes, special-effects and test footage; trailer. Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori, Larry Pine, Giselda Volodi, Florian Lukas, Karl Markovics, Volker Zack Michalowski, Neal Huff, Bob Balaban, Fisher Stevens, Wally Wolodarsky, Waris Ahluwalia.
Summary:
Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the World Wars. A poignant ode to friendship, this breathless picaresque is performed with panache by an all-star cast.
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