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The Grand Budapest Hotel (Criterion Collection)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Criterion Collection)

Fox Searchlight Pictures (2014)
Blu-ray
715515244619
Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Germany | English | Color | 01:39

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.


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Ralph Fiennes M. Gustave
F. Murray Abraham Mr. Moustafa
Mathieu Amalric Serge X.
Adrien Brody Dmitri
Willem Dafoe Jopling
Jeff Goldblum Deputy Kovacs
Harvey Keitel Ludwig
Jude Law Young Writer
Bill Murray M. Ivan
Edward Norton Henckels
Saoirse Ronan Agatha
Jason Schwartzman M. Jean
Léa Seydoux Clotilde
Tilda Swinton Madame D.
Tom Wilkinson Author
Owen Wilson M. Chuck
Tony Revolori Zero
Larry Pine Mr. Mosher
Giselda Volodi Serge's Sister
Florian Lukas Pinky
Karl Markovics Wolf
Volker Michalowski Günther
Neal Huff Lieutenant
Bob Balaban M. Martin
Fisher Stevens M. Robin

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Added Date Dec 26, 2020 15:26:11
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:35:09

Notes

Christmas 2020 gift from Beth


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. At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel, the concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his young protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune-while around them, political upheaval consumes the continent. Meticulously designed, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a breathless picaresque and a poignant paean to friendship and the grandeur of a vanished world, performed with panache by an all-star ensemble that includes F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
2K digital transfer, supervised by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New audio commentary featuring Anderson, filmmaker Roman Coppola, critic Kent Jones, 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
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English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A 2014 essay by critic Richard Brody and a collectible poster, along with (on the Blu-ray) excerpts from an additional 2014 piece by Brody, an 1880 essay on European hotel portiers by Mark Twain, and other ephemera
New cover by Emma Wesley

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