The Hotel New Hampshire/Trivia
Trivia about The Hotel New Hampshire includes:
- All-Star Cast: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Wallace Shawn, Nastassja Kinski, Anita Morris, Wilford Brimley, Matthew Modine, Amanda Plummer... We can keep going, if you like.
- Cut Song: Queen was asked to write music for the movie, which was never used. One song was completed before the deal fell through -- "Keep Passing the Open Windows", which was eventually released on their 1984 album The Works.
- Hey, It's That Guy!:
- Dorsey Wright from Hair and The Warriors as Junior Jones.
- Jennifer Dundas as Lilly.
- Hollywood Homely: Susie the Bear is described in the novel as stocky, ugly and having a bad complexion. So naturally actress/model Nastassja Kinski was cast in the role.
- Retroactive Recognition: A very young Seth Green as Egg.
- Significant Double Casting: Matthew Modine in the dual roles of Chip Dove (Franny's rapist) and Ernst, the leader of the radicals in Vienna, to whom she is inexplicably attracted.
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