Gran Budapest Hotel

TASK 1
What is Indian Paintbrush and who owns it?
Rales owns a production company Indian Paintbrush, which has funded The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and also The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). It is owned by Steven M. Rales.
Which company is Fox Searchlight a subsiduary of?
20th Century FoxWhich type of films do Fox Searchlight distribute?
Independent and British films. Also, firms that would not strive if it was released in the cinema.Which two countries financed the film?
England and Germany financed the film on a 50-50 split basis.What did Anderson use instead of CGI (computer generated imagery)?
He used stop-motion instead of CGI.Where did the inspiration for the Hotel come from?
Inspired by the writing of Stefan Zweig.Which film festival opened with The Grand Budapest Hotel?
It will open the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.Alexanre Desplat wrote the score, which major Hollywood films has he worked on?
The Twilight Saga, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Kings Speech, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
How many awards has the film won?

It won 5 awards which included the Best Foreign Film.
Initially how many cinemas did the film open on in the US?
Initially it was showed at 4 cinemas.
How much did it average per cinema?
$200,000 in each cinema 
The film was released on Ultraviolet BluRay, what does this enable consumers to do?
Which companies do not support Ultraviolet?
Disney, Google, Amazon.com and Apple.What complaints did Ultraviolet encounter when it launched?
That you were unable to watch this on Apple devices.
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PART 2

The Grand Budapest Hotel Cast:
Edward Norton - Henckles 
Owen Wilson - M. Chuck
Ralph Fiennes - M. Gustave 
Tony Revolori - Zero
Jeff Goldblum - Kovacs
Tilda Swinton - Madame D 
Adrien Brody - Dmitri 
Saoirse Ronan - Agatha 
Jason Schwartzman - M. Jean 
Willem Dafoe - Jopling
Harvey Keitel - Ludwig
Bill Murray - M. Ivan 
Mathieu Amalric - Serge X
F. Murray Abraham - Mr. Moustafa
Lea Seydoux - Clotilde 
Jude Law - Young Writer 
Bob Balabam  - M. Martin 
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PART 3

Where did scouting for a hotel take place? Centre of Europe.

Which location did the production team eventually use? Gurlet town.

Did they film on a location or soundstage? On location, an actual hotel.

Where were the production offices located? Above the Grand Budapest Hotel. 

How did they film the 60's and 30's hotel? They built the 60's the peeled that away and uilt the 30's one.

Where did the inspiration for the hotels interior come from? They looked at other hotels.

How many extras did it take to fill the lobby? Over 100 extras were used in the lobby.

The five secrets of the Grand Budapest Hotel

1. The film sold merchandise on ebay.

2.They toured a large scale model of the hotel to cinemas around the world.

3.They made videos and recipes so people that had watched the film can bake their own Mendl's cakes.

4. Due to the success of moonrise kingdom He's attracted a whole new generation of younger audiences.

5. The film is accessible to audiences.