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Four Rooms is a 1995 American anthology comedy film co-written and co-directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino, each directing a segment of it that in its entirety is loosely based on the adult short fiction writings of Roald Dahl, especially "Man from the South" which is the basis for the last one, Penthouse - "The Man from Hollywood" directed by Tarantino. The story is set in the fictional Hotel Mon Signor in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. Tim Roth plays Ted, the bellhop and main character in the frame story, whose first night on the job consists of four very different encounters with various hotel guests.

Plot

On New Year's Eve, bellhop Sam (Marc Lawrence) of the Hotel Mon Signor briefs his replacement, Ted (Tim Roth).

The film's animated opening credits, inspired by the cartoons of The Pink Panther Show, feature the scat song "Vertigogo" by Combustible Edison.

Honeymoon Suite - "The Missing Ingredient"

Ted assists a group of unusual women with their luggage, which he brings to the Honeymoon Suite. He learns they are a coven of witches, attempting to reverse a spell cast on their goddess, Diana (Amanda De Cadenet). The ritual requires them each to place an ingredient into a large cauldron; however, one (Ione Skye) has still to retrieve her ingredient - semen - with one hour left. She seduces Ted and they have sex in the cauldron. He leaves and they complete the ritual, and Diana emerges from the cauldron.

Ted's phone call with the party guest

After Ted’s service in the honeymoon suite, a party guest from another room (Lawrence Bender) calls the front desk for some ice. He is unsure which floor he is on, but eventually directs Ted to Room 404.

Room 404 - "The Wrong Man"

At Room 404, Ted finds himself in a fantasy hostage situation. Sigfried (David Proval) maniacally accuses Ted, whom he calls Theodore, of having slept with his wife Angela (Jennifer Beals). Ted is forced at gunpoint to participate in the scenario, uncertain what is real. He becomes stuck in the bathroom window as the party guest appears in the window above, uttering the word "ice" and vomiting. Ted escapes, just as another guest (Paul Skemp) arrives, looking for Room 404, and is greeted by Sigfried in the same manner.

Room 309 - "The Misbehavers"

A husband (Antonio Banderas) and wife (Tamlyn Tomita) leave for a New Year's Eve party, tipping Ted $500 to keep an eye on their children, Sarah and Juancho (Lana McKissack and Danny Verduzco). Ted instructs the children to stay in their room; when he leaves, they vandalize the room, exploding a bottle of champagne. They call Ted for toothbrushes, and he tries unsuccessfully to put them to bed. He leaves but is summoned back to find the room in further chaos: a painting has been turned into a dartboard with lipstick and a syringe, Juancho has a cigarette, Sarah has a bottle of liquor, the television is set to an adult channel, and the children have found a dead prostitute (Patricia Vonne) in the box spring. Sarah stabs Ted in the leg with the syringe when he repeatedly uses the word "whore" and Juancho accidentally sets the room on fire. Their father returns, carrying his passed-out wife, and asks Ted, "Did they misbehave?"

Ted's phone call with Betty

Unsettled, Ted calls his boss Betty (Kathy Griffin) to quit. After a conversation with Margaret (Marisa Tomei), he gets Betty on the phone and tries to quit, but receives a call from the hotel penthouse. Betty convinces him to stay and tend to the guests.

Penthouse - "The Man from Hollywood"

The penthouse is occupied by famous director Chester Rush (Tarantino) and his friends, including Angela. They request 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". Ted is invited to join their challenge: Chester's friend Norman (Paul Calderón) has bet he can light his Zippo cigarette lighter ten times in a row; if Norman succeeds, he will win Chester's car, but if he fails, his pinky will be cut off. Ted, asked to "wield the hatchet" should Norman fail, tries to leave, but Chester offers $100 up front and another $1,000 to perform his assigned role. Norman's lighter fails on the first try, and Ted chops off his pinky, sweeps up the money, and leaves the penthouse with an energetic step. As the credits roll, Chester and company frantically prepare to take a screaming Norman to the hospital.

Cast

"The Wrong Man"

"The Misbehavers"

Betty's house

"The Man from Hollywood"

Crossovers between rooms

The four segments are shown chronologically, except for "The Misbehavers", the events of which both precede and succeed the events of "The Wrong Man".

Reception

Critical reception

The film holds a 14% "Rotten" rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews.^[5]

Box office

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features a score composed and performed by contemporary lounge music band Combustible Edison, coproduced by Mark Mothersbaugh. Additional music is by Juan García Esquivel.^[8]^[9]

Track listing

References

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2. ^{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/f/four_rooms.html|title=Four Rooms review|author=James Berardinelli|date=1995-12-25|publisher=ReelViews|accessdate=2012-02-11}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/fourroomsrhinson_c03fa1.htm|title=Four Rooms|date=1995-12-25|author=Hal Hinson|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=2012-02-11}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.razzies.com/forum/topic345_page2.html|title=The (Not So) Sweet Sixteenth Annual RAZZIE® Awards (for 1995)|date=2005-12-04|author=HeadRAZZBerry|publisher=Golden Raspberry Award|accessdate=2012-02-11}}
5. ^{{Rotten Tomatoes|id=four_rooms|title=Four Rooms}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fourrooms.htm|title=Four Rooms|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=2012-02-11}}
7. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r229301}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=1|title=Soundtrack: Four Rooms|publisher=Soundtrack.net|accessdate=2012-02-11}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=55403&labelid=29410|title=Four Rooms- Soundtrack details|publisher=soundtrackcollector.com|accessdate=2012-02-11}}

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