At The Hotel
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At The Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical television series concerning the goings on at an illustrious hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists, in Montreal. It was created by Ken Finkleman, is produced by One Hundred Percent Television, and aired on CBC Television in Canada. The music is composed by Robert Carli.
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Summary
At The Hotel was a 6-episode miniseries that ran on the CBC over the course of two months in 2006. Starring Martha Henry as the Chateau Rousseau's alcoholic owner, it consisted of mainly character vignettes or inter-related plotlines featuring an all-star cast of Canadian talent. The series was notable for its use of outlandish, and often supernatural plot devices, as well as characters' tendencies to break out into song at odd times.Cast and characters
Chateau Rousseau Staff
- Natalie Lisinska - Jenny
- Benz Antoine - Michael Quenton
- Carlo Rota – Albert
- Walter Alza – Slavic
- Brandon McGibbon – Jeremy
- Robin Brûlé – Adelaide
- Sarah Cornell – Irina
- Matthew Edison - Mr. Wolf
- Hrant Alianak - Zlawko
- Paulino Nunes – Milos
- Salvatore Antonio – Pablo
- Stephanie Morgenstern – Gerta
- Andrew Pifko – Pete
- Daniel Kash - Detective Goldberg
- Rosa LaBorde – Carmelita
- Martha Henry - Lucy Knowlton
- Samantha Weinstein – Piper
- Linda Kash – Folly
- Raoul Bhaneja - Harry Jindal
- Shawn Campbell - William, Harry's lawyer
- Sandra O'Neill - Mme Boratto
- Nigel Bennett- Jacob Knowlton
- Matthew Bennett - J.J. Knowlton
- Frank Moore - Frank Richards
- Peter MacNeill - Peter Miflin
- Jonas Chernick - Danny Book
- Neil Crone - Tom Deacon
- David Ferry - a political business associate in J.J.'s camp.
- Maury Chaykin - Jerry Mitchell
- Kathleen Laskey - Anne Silver, Jerry's former partner
- Don McKellar - Woody
- Tom McCamus - Bill DeJour
- Alberta Watson - Lucy's best friend, Camille
- Rosemary Dunsmore - Marcia Bridge
- Shawn Lawrence - David Bridge
- Geri Hall - Piper's concerned teacher, Miss Hudak
- David Keeley - musician Mark Wilson
- Frank Fontaine - Cardinal Facinelli
- Alvaro D'Antonio - Father Segundo, the Cardinal's assistant
- Danny Wells - Marty Kay
- Aron Tager - Norm Walsh, Marty's his long-suffering manager
- Camilla Scott - Rachel Osterman
- Susan Coyne - Donna, Piper's fundamentalist Christian aunt
- Rick Roberts - a nervous man having an affair
- Janine Theriault - the nervous woman having an affair with the nervous man
- Vince Carlin - funeral director
- Sam Kalilieh - a Saudi Prince
- Conrad Dunn - Senor Arioso, the psychic hypnotist.
- Tommy Chang - Stevie Chang, a professional poker player.
- Zoie Palmer & Cherion Drake - Sarah and Linda
- Mark Caven & Leni Parker - Mr. & Mrs. Fishman.
- Karen Racicot & Philip Craig - the Zieglers
- Deboran Odell & Rod Wilson - a publisher and an architect
- Steven McCarthy - Danny Book's lover, Brian McDougal.
- John Blackwood - Lucy's doctor
Season synopses
Season one: 2006–2006
- Episode 1 - "Welcome to the Rousseau"
- Episode 2 - "The Perfect Couple"
- Episode 3 - "I Fucked Lou Reed"
- Episode 4 - "Modern Solutions to Modern Problems"
- Episode 5 - "That's How You Wave a Towel"
- Episode 6 - "Doesn't Anyone Want to Ask Me About My Dress?"
- The murder of a chambermaid at a party in 1961 at the hotel; the full story is revealed in flashbacks at the beginning of each episode.
- The attempt by Jacob Knowlton to have his sister, Lucy, murdered, and subsequently demolish the hotel.
- Jacob's son's election campaign.
- The death of Lucy and Jacob's old friend, Peter Miflin, which is witnessed by chambermaid Jenny.
- The relationship problems for both Slavic and Irina & Adelaide and Jeremy.
- The death of Piper's mother and its subsequent coverup.
- Myriad other, and often humourous, stories dealing with failed marriages, murders, con jobs, failed artists, etc.
Awards
Note: Awards won are not listed under nominations. None.At The Hotel in other media
- A mock-up [Chateau Rousseau] website was launched, with links to employess resumes, J.J.'s fictitious blog, and publicity photos.
Soundtrack
- The show's main theme and incidental music were written by Robert Carli. The show also features some existing show-tune numbers, notably "Sue Me" from Guys & Dolls, and "Always True To You" from Kiss Me Kate, some opera arias, and a fake band appears in an episode to shoot a video at the hotel.
Miscellanea
- This is the only Ken Finkleman production in which he did not cast himself as a character. He does however make a very brief on screen appearance as a member of the crew shooting a music video in the hotel.
References
External links
- [[tviv:At_the_Hotel|At the Hotel]] at the TV IV
- Official tie-in sites
- [At The Hotel @ CBC]: official site
- [The Chateau Rousseau]: Fake Chateau Rousseau website
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