III-f-3). “Chelsea on the Rocks” is a documentary from Abel Ferrara about the notorious history of New York’s Chelsea Hotel. www.ChelseaOnTheRocks-TheMovie.com / USA video release date is May 4, 2010 (DVD and Blu-Ray).
I saw a clip on TV awhile back about the making of this documentary....I would like to see this one in May; DENNIS HOPPER and Ethan HAWKE are in this film. ( TDGI shareholders are in for a great summer )
Synopsis:
The latest film from Abel Ferrara, New York’s notorious poet of the street, CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS is a fascinating, freewheeling personal journey inside the walls, history and mythology of Manhattan’s celebrated bohemian landmark, The Chelsea Hotel. Famed home to such icons as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Tennessee Williams, Charles Bukowski, Andy Warhol and Mark Twain, and perennial shelter to artists great and small, new management has recently begun evicting boho tenants in favor of a more upscale crowd, prompting long-time resident Ferrara (GO GO TALES, KING OF NEW YORK, BAD LIEUTENANT) to capture the ragged splendor of the place before its unique spirit is lost forever.
Trolling the low-lit halls, visiting the hotel’s cast of memorable characters and raconteurs, and hanging out in the gallery-like lobby strewn with tenants’ paintings, CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS is shot through with an infectious brio, gallows humor and a hard-knock warmth to match its uniquely beloved subject. Ferrara’s first documentary feature, it includes interviews with residents past and present such as Milos Forman, Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper and R. Crumb, vintage music and archival footage, and dramatic re-enactments summoning ghosts of the Chelsea’s storied past – Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious, Janis Joplin – performed by Bijou Phillips, Adam Goldberg, Giancarlo Esposito, and Grace Jones
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