The Grand Budapest Hotel / Fox Searchlight Pictures in association with Indian Paintbrush and Studio Babelsberg present an American Empirical Picture ; directed by Wes Anderson ; screenplay by Wes Anderson ; story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guiness ; produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson ; executive producers, Molly Cooper, Charlie Woebcken, Christoph Fisser, Henning Molfenter.

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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. A poignant ode to friendship, this breathless picaresque is performed with panache by an all-star cast.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 1025.
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures (Presenter)
Indian Paintbrush (Firm) (Presenter)
Studio Babelsberg (Presenter)
American Empirical Pictures (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (film distirbutor.)
Other Authors: Anderson, Wes, 1969- (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Rudin, Scott, 1958- (Film producer)
Rales, Steven (Film producer)
Dawson, Jeremy (Producer) (Film producer)
Cooper, Molly (Producer) (Film producer)
Woebcken, Charlie (Film producer)
Fisser, Christoph, 1960- (Film producer)
Molfenter, Henning (Film producer)
Guinness, Hugo (Screenwriter)
Yeoman, Robert D., 1951- (director of photography.)
Desplat, Alexandre (composer (expression))
Pilling, Barney (Film editor)
Stockhausen, Adam (Production designer)
Canonero, Milena (Costume designer)
Fiennes, Ralph (Actor)
Abraham, F. Murray (Actor)
Amalric, Mathieu, 1965- (Actor)
Brody, Adrien (Actor)
Dafoe, Willem (Actor)
Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- (Actor)
Keitel, Harvey (Actor)
Law, Jude, 1972- (Actor)
Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21- (Actor)
Norton, Edward (Actor)
Ronan, Saoirse, 1994- (Actor)
Schwartzman, Jason, 1980- (Actor)
Seydoux, Léa, 1985- (Actor)
Swinton, Tilda (Actor)
Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-2023 (Actor)
Wilson, Owen, 1968- (Actor)
Revolori, Tony, 1996- (Actor)
Pine, Larry (Actor)
Volodi, Giselda (Actor)
Lukas, Florian, 1973- (Actor)
Markovics, Karl, 1963- (Actor)
Huff, Neal (Actor)
Balaban, Bob (Actor)
Stevens, Fisher (Actor)
Wolodarsky, Wallace (Actor)
Ahluwalia, Waris (Actor)
Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Edition:Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 1025.
Subjects:
Hotels > Europe > Drama.
Hotel concierges > Europe > Drama.
Art thefts > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Europe > Drama.
Art thefts.
Friendship.
Hotel concierges.
Hotels.
Europe.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (12 unnumbered and folded pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) & 1 double sided poster (33 x 59 cm folded to 17 x 12 cm).
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
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. A poignant ode to friendship, this breathless picaresque is performed with panache by an all-star cast.
Note:Title from menu screen.
Inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Wide screen.
Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "The Grand Budapest Hotel": West Anderson's artistic manifesto by critic Richard Brody.
Special features: audio commentary featuring Anderson, filmmaker Roman Coppola, 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; trailer.
Call Number:PN1995.9.H68 G73 2020 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual content and violence.
ISBN:9781681437125
1681437120
Credits:Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; production designer, Adam Stockhausen ; costume designer, Milena Canonero ; editor, Barney Pilling ; original music by Alexandre Desplat.
System Details:DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen; 5.1 surround.
Cast:
Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori, Larry Pine, Giselda Volodi, Florian Lukas, Karl Markovics, Volker Zack Michalowski, Neal Huff, Bob Balaban, Fisher Stevens, Wally Wolodarsky, Waris Ahluwalia.