The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Share the journey. Share the laughter.
Country
Production
Budget
$10 000 000
Box office
$136 836 156
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Camera operator
Ben Davis
Composer
Artist
Alan MacDonald
Audition
Michelle Guish, Seher Aly Latif
Editing
Chris Gill
Whole Team (29)
Whole Team (29)
Short description
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.
What's left behind the scenes
- Tom Wilkinson's character is named Graham Dashwood. Previously, Tom Wilkinson played Mr. Dashwood in the classic British adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" (1995).
- In one of the film's scenes, the character played by Penelope Wilton reads the novel "Tulip Fever," which was also written by Deborah Moggach.
- For filming, the filmmakers chose the Rawla Khempur hotel. It is located in the small village of Khempur, 50 kilometers from the large city of Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan. Formerly a royal palace, it was later converted into a hotel for tourists. The hotel owner, Rawla Khempur, was so pleased with the work of the decorators that he decided to leave all the rooms and premises in that condition for future guests.
- Originally, the roles of Norman and Midge were to be played by Peter O'Toole and Julie Christie.
- Peter O'Toole and Julie Christie were originally intended to play the roles of Norman and Madge.
- In one of the film's scenes, Penelope Wilton's character reads the novel Tulip Fever, which was also written by Deborah Moggach.
- The film is an adaptation of the 2004 novel 'These Foolish Things' by British author Deborah Moggach. To coincide with the film's release in February 2012, the book was republished under the title 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.'
- Tom Wilkinson's character is named Graham Dashwood. Previously, Tom Wilkinson played Mr. Dashwood in the classic British adaptation of Sense and Sensibility (1995).
- Almost all of the lead actors, whose average age was 68, had never been to India before. The only exception was Celia Imrie, who had visited the country twenty years before the filming of the movie.
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