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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 10/22/2002 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: Velocity Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Ensemble Film See Also: Century Hotel, Century Hotel

David Weaver makes his feature debut with this omnibus film in which each tale is told during different points during the 20th century, but in the same hotel room -- room 720. The film opens during the swinging '20s when a beautiful young woman, married against her will to a brutish thug of a man, endures a tension-fraught honeymoon. During the Depression segment, a mail-order bride from China meets her husband for the first time. Following the end of WWII, a soldier returns home to meet his girlfriend and his best friend. During the paranoia of the 1950s, a professor searches for his wife. During the 1980s, a lawyer has too much sex and debt, and during the dawn of the millennium, a woman comes to a newly refurbished room 720 to meet her Internet lover. Such acclaimed Canadian actors as Tom McCamus, Sandrine Holt, and Colm Feore star in this film, which was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Lindy Booth
Colm Feore
Earl Pastko
Mia Kirshner
Tom McCamus

David Weaver's Century Hotel comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by the director, the original theatrical trailer, a making-of featurette, and biographies of the cast and crew. This is a strong release from Velocity Home Entertainment that may help the film find a wider audience. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide