Hotel Noir
| Hotel Noir | |
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| Directed by | Sebastian Gutierrez |
| Written by | Sebastian Gutierrez |
| Produced by | Steve Bing Sebastian Gutierrez Zach Schwartz |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Cale Finot |
| Edited by | Lisa Bromwell John Wesley Whitton |
| Music by | Robin Hannibal Mathieu Schreyer |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hotel Noir is a 2012 crime film directed and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. The film stars Carla Gugino and Rufus Sewell. The film was shot in color and processed as black and white. It was released as video on demand on October 9, 2012 in the United States. In 2016, the film was retitled City of Sin and re-released in color.
Plot
[edit]Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Cast
[edit]- Rufus Sewell as Felix
- Malin Akerman as Swedish Mary
- Carla Gugino as Hanna Click
- Danny DeVito as Eugene Portland
- Rosario Dawson as Sevilla
- Kevin Connolly as Vance
- Robert Forster as Jim Logan
- Mandy Moore as Evangeline Lundy
Release
[edit]Through a Kickstarter campaign, the film received funding for an independently released theatrical run as well as through Video On Demand.[1] The film premiered in Los Angeles on September 27, 2012[2] in addition to having a LACMA screening two days prior.[3]
It was released in the United States through Video On Demand services on October 9, 2012. It opened in New York at the Cinema Village on October 12, 2012.[4] Following this, the film received various runs in select cities nationwide through a partnership with Gathr Films.[5]
Kickstarter backers for the film began receiving their exclusive DVD/BR releases on January 10, 2013. A limited-run soundtrack was also released.
The film also screened at the Warsaw Film Festival in Poland on October 12, 2012, as well as receiving international home releases in Germany and Australia.
In late 2016, the United States distribution rights to the film were picked up by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which re-released the film in color on January 3, 2017 under the title City of Sin.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hotel Noir".
- ^ "Update 3: LA Premiere is Set! · Hotel Noir".
- ^ "Update 4: Hotel Noir gets LACMA screening · Hotel Noir".
- ^ "Update 23: NEW YORK RUN STARTS TODAY: SEND PEOPLE! · Hotel Noir".
- ^ "Update 26: First Wave of Gathr Screenings in the US · Hotel Noir".
- ^ "City of Sin". Amazon. 3 January 2017.
External links
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- American independent films
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- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s American films
- English-language crime comedy films
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