Productions - Muse Entertainment

Francais

Tag:
Check in. Freak out.

Type:
Feature Film

Synopsis:
In Niagara Motel, a group of struggling individuals cross paths at a low-rent motel in the tourist Mecca of Niagara Falls, Canada. They are not tourists and they are all, for various reasons, at crisis points in their lives. The main characters are: a knockout waitress being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple with criminal pasts struggling to recover their child from social services, and a middle class husband and wife in a marriage that is disintegrating in near record time. The story also includes the woeful drunken motel manager, a prostitute working to support two small children, a small time hustler, an underachieving staple salesman, the Serbian owner of the motel, his physics studying daughter, and a social worker with a Christian bias. The needs of these people, their obvious failings and the unlucky conditions of their lives make them so vulnerable that they careen from the disturbing to the hilarious in a breathless instant. In this story, tragedy waltzes with unpredictable comedy in an intense dance of life.

Length:
Feature Film

Location:
Niagara Motel is based on George F. Walker's internationally acclaimed Suburban Motel, six plays that take place in the same motel room with interlocking characters.

Starring:
Kevin Pollak
Anna Friel
Craig Ferguson
Caroline Dhavernas
Wendy Crewson
Peter Keleghan
Kristen Holden-Reid
Tom Barnett

Director(s):
Gary Yates

Executive Producer:
Jackie Quella
Tom Parkhouse

Producer(s):
Michael Prupas
Bernard Zukerman
Phyllis Laing
Terrence Potter

Cinematographer:
Ian Wilson

Casting:
Canada: Marsha Chesley, Lucie Robitaille, Jim Heber
UK: Ros and John Hubbard

Production Designer:
Deanne Rohde

Art Director:
Ricardo Alms

Writers:
Dani Romain
George F. Walker

Editor:
Simon Cozens

Music:
Guy Fletcher

Costume Designer:
Linda Haysman

Production Companies:
Indian Grove Productions
Muse Entertainment Enterprises
Buffalo Gal Pictures
Niagara Production Limited (Co-production Company)
In association with Telefilm Canada and Aquarius Films

Shooting Dates:
August 2004-Oct 2004

International Distributor:
Canada:Mongrel Media and Christal Films
International: Park Entertainment

Official Website:
http://www.niagaramotelthemovie.com