The Man from Hollywood

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The Man from Hollywood is a comedic segment in the anthology film Four Rooms, directed by Quentin Tarantino and featuring him as a charismatic high-stakes gambler in a tense, darkly humorous bet.

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The Man from Hollywood canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film segment
alsoKnownAs Room 404 – The Man from Hollywood
basedOn Man from the South
basedOnWorkBy Roald Dahl
characterPlayedBy Angela – Jennifer Beals
Chester Rush – Quentin Tarantino
linked to: Quentin Tarantino

Leo – Bruce Willis
Ted the Bellhop – Tim Roth
cinematographyStyle dialogue-driven single-location
countryOfOrigin United States
director Quentin Tarantino
distributor Miramax Films
featuresActor Bruce Willis
Jennifer Beals
Paul Calderón
Quentin Tarantino
Sammi Davis
Tim Roth
featuresCharacter Chester Rush
Leo
Norman
Ted the Bellhop
linked to: Ted the bellhop
featuresTheme gambling
risk
violence as spectacle
genre anthology segment
black comedy
comedy
hasBellhopCharacter Ted the Bellhop
linked to: Ted the bellhop
hasPlotElement bet involving severing a finger
includedInFilm Four Rooms
inspiredBy Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Man from the South
language English
mainLocation Mon Signor Hotel
narrativeFocus high-stakes gambling bet
narrativeTone darkly humorous
notableFor extended dialogue and tension-building around a single bet
partOf Four Rooms
productionCompany Miramax Films
releaseYear 1995
screenwriter Quentin Tarantino
segmentOrderInFilm fourth
setting hotel penthouse
sharesUniverseWith Four Rooms
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to mid-1990s
writer Quentin Tarantino

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Four Rooms segment The Man from Hollywood
Ted the bellhop segmentAppearance The Man from Hollywood
The Misbehavers includedInAnthologyWith The Man from Hollywood