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.