Upon checking into the honeymoon suite, Laramie begins removing wiretaps but unexpectedly finds a second set as well. Ten years later, Catholic priest Daniel Flynn, singer Darlene Sweet, salesman Laramie Seymour Sullivan, and hippie Emily Summerspring arrive at the hotel, now run solely by heroin addict Miles Miller, and book separate rooms.
A man he recognizes arrives and shoots him dead. In 1959, Felix O'Kelly hides a money bag under the floorboards of his room. The El Royale, once popular with the wealthy until losing its gambling license, is a hotel that straddles the California–Nevada border. It received various awards and nominations, most notably at the 45th Saturn Awards, for its writing, acting, cinematography, and music. Critics praised the film for its ensemble cast, soundtrack, and cinematography but criticized its lengthy runtime of 141 minutes. The film underperformed at the box office, grossing $31.9 million against a $32 million budget, in part due to its competition and " R-rating" from the Motion Picture Association. The film premiered in Los Angeles on September 22, 2018, and released on October 12 in the United States. During post-production, editing was completed by Lisa Lassek and the musical score was composed by Michael Giacchino.īad Times at the El Royale 's marketing efforts included posters, trailers, and television advertisements, stylized to evoke nostalgia of the noir genre and to make the movie stand out against other films in theaters. Additional filming took place in the United States. The El Royale hotel was built entirely on a studio set in Burnaby, Canada, under the supervision of production designer Martin Whist, who had envisioned designing a perfectly symmetrical hotel.
Principal photography started in January 2018 with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey and finished in April. After telling major studios to avoid buying the script if they could not buy the licenses for each piece of music, he sold it to 20th Century Fox in March 2017. Goddard began writing the spec script for the film in November 2016, and compiled a list of songs into his screenplay. The film explores themes on morality, faith, and redemption, with the state border and other visual elements symbolizing the concept of right and wrong. The plot centers on six strangers and an employee at the El Royale, a hotel located along the California–Nevada border, who arrive with dark personal secrets that eventually intersect on a fateful night in the late 1960s. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Chris Hemsworth. Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir thriller film written, directed, and produced by Drew Goddard.
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