The Million Dollar Hotel

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The Million Dollar Hotel
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Directed by	Wim Wenders
Starring	Jeremy Davies Mel Gibson Milla Jovovich Jimmy Smits
Release date(s)	February 2, 2000
Running time	132 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Million Dollar Hotel is an English language 2000 movie based on a concept story by Bono of Irish rock band U2 and Nicholas Klein and directed by Wim Wenders. It starred Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, and Jimmy Smits.

Contents 1 Movie 2 Soundtrack 2.1 Track listing 2.2 Personnel 2.3 See also 3 External links

Movie

The movie is about a group of very different people who live in a hotel in Los Angeles, focusing primarily on Tom Tom (Davies) and his romance with Eloise (Jovovich). The events that unfold in the film are the result of the apparent suicide of the son of a United States Senator at the hotel. His father commissions an FBI agent (Mel Gibson) to look into his death.

The story was originally developed by Bono in 1987 when filming the famous live video for "Where the Streets Have No Name" on the roof of the Roslyn Million Dollar Hotel in Los Angeles. The movie was optioned by Mel Gibson's production company in 1992. Bono was in discussions with Gary Oldman for the lead role of Tom Tom at the time. The movie was sidelined until 1999 due to disagreements between Gibson, Oldman, and their requirements of who would direct the film.

The movie received moderate success and a mixed critical reception. Gibson said in a later interview that this was "boring as a dog's ass." He had little time to develop his character before filming started.

Soundtrack

The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture
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Soundtrack by U2 and The Million Dollar Hotel Band
Released	March 13/14, 2000
Genre	Rock
Length	55:36
Label	Island / Interscope
Producer(s)	Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, Hal Willner, Bono, Flood, The Edge, Jon Hassell, Danny Saber
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The film's soundtrack was executive produced by Bono and released in March 2000. It features new music from U2 and various other collaborators.

Track listing

1. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
   U2 with guest Daniel Lanois — 3:45
2. "Never Let Me Go"
   Bono and The MDH Band — 5:36
3. "Stateless"
   U2 — 4:05
4. "Satellite of Love"
   Milla Jovovich, Bono, and The MDH Band — 4:12
5. "Falling at Your Feet"
   Bono & Daniel Lanois — 4:54
6. "Tom Tom's Dream"
   The MDH Band — 1:52
7. "The First Time"
   U2 — 3:42
8. "Bathtub"
   The MDH Band — 1:06
9. "The First Time" (Reprise)
   Daniel Lanois and The MDH Band — 2:05
10. "Tom Tom's Room"
    Brad Mehldau and Bill Frissell — 2:24
11. "Funny Face"
    The MDH Band — 0:33
12. "Dancin' Shoes"
    Bono and The MDH Band — 2:06
13. "Amsterdam Blue (Cortége)"
    Jon Hassell, Gregg Arreguin, Jamie Muhoberac and Peter Freeman — 9:19
14. "Satellite of Love" (Reprise)
    Daniel Lanois, Bill Frissell, and The MDH Band — 1:06
15. "Satellite of Love" (Danny Saber Remix)
    Milla Jovovich and Bono — 5:14
16. "Anarchy in the USA"
    Tito Larriva, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton and The MDH Band — 3:37

The lyrics to "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" were written by Salman Rushdie for the book of the same name (1999). The track features Daniel Lanois on pedal steel guitar. The soundtrack version is a different mix from the one used in the film, which was not released.

"The First Time" originally appeared on U2's Zooropa album. The version on the soundtrack is identical to the one on the album. It was produced by Flood, Brian Eno, and the Edge.

"Satellite of Love" was written by Lou Reed. "Anarchy in the USA" is a Spanish cover of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the U.K.".

Personnel

• U2
  • Bono — vocals, guitar
  • The Edge — guitar, keyboards, vocals, piano
  • Adam Clayton — bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen, Jr. — drums

• The Million Dollar Hotel Band
  • Daniel Lanois — guitars, vocals, pedal steel
  • Brian Eno — synthesisers
  • Jon Hassell — trumpet
  • Greg Cohen — bass
  • Brian Blade — drums
  • Adam Dorn — beats, synthesizers, programming
  • Bill Frisell — guitar
• Brad Mehldau — piano
• Gregg Arreguin
• Jamie Muhoberac
• Peter Freeman
• Milla Jovovich — vocal on "Satellite of Love"
• Tito Larriva — vocal on "Anarchy in the USA"

See also

• U2 discography

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