The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

Director:

John Madden

Writers:

Ol Parker (screenplay)
Deborah Moggach (novel)

Release Date:

24 February 2012 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | India | Retiree | Retirement | Mother Son Relationship

Cast

Judi Dench	...	Evelyn Greenslade
Tom Wilkinson	...	Graham Dashwood
Patrick Pearson	...	Graham's Colleague
Hugh Dickson	...	Judge
Bill Nighy	...	Douglas Ainslie
James Rawlings	...	Estate Agent
Paul Bhattacharjee	...	Dr. Ghujarapartidar
Penelope Wilton	...	Jean Ainslie
Maggie Smith	...	Muriel Donnelly
Liza Tarbuck	...	Staff Nurse
Lucy Robinson	...	Judith
Ronald Pickup	...	Norman Cousins
Celia Imrie	...	Madge Hardcastle
Simon Wilson	...	Madge's Son-in-Law
Sara Stewart	...	Madge's Daughter
Ramona Marquez	...	Madge's Grandchild
Raoul Marquez	...	Madge's Grandchild
Glen Davies	...	Taxi Driver
Jay Villiers	...	Evelyn's Son
Paul Bentall	...	Evelyn's Lawyer
Loo Brealey	...	Hairdresser
Catherine Terris	...	Graham's Cleaner
Richard Cubison	...	Douglas' Golf Partner
Josh Cohen	...	Paramedic
Josh Cole	...	Airport Security Guard
Dev Patel	...	Sonny Kapoor
Bhuvnesh Shetty	...	Muriel's Physiotherapist
Honey Chhaya	...	Young Wasim
Shubraojyoti Barat	...	Public Records Official
N. Kumar	...	Rickshaw Driver / Graham
Hem Acharya	...	Boy Playing Cricket
Kailash Vijay	...	Rickshaw Driver / Evelyn
Tena Desae	...	Sunaina
Sid Makkar	...	Jay
Seema Azmi	...	Anokhi
Vishnu Sharma	...	Mr. Maruthi
Lillete Dubey	...	Mrs. Kapoor
Denzil Smith	...	Viceroy Club Secretary
Jagdish Sharma	...	Maharajah
Sandeep Lele	...	Viceroy Club Barman
Diana Hardcastle	...	Carol
Neeraj Kadela	...	Market Salesman
S.N. Purohit	...	Tap Shop Owner
Shiv Palawat	...	Tea Room Waiter
Mahesh Udeshi	...	Doctor at Clinic
Neena Kulkarni	...	Gaurika
Rajendra Gupta	...	Manoj
Gagan Mishra	...	Restaurant Owner
A.R. Rama	...	Rickshaw Driver / Jean
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fiaz Ali	...	Indian Passenger (uncredited)
Israr Azam	...	Hospital Porter (uncredited)
Russell Balogh	...	Lawyer (uncredited)

Directed by
John Madden

Writing credits
Ol Parker		(screenplay)
Deborah Moggach		(novel "These Foolish Things")

Produced by
Graham Broadbent	....	producer
Peter Czernin	....	producer
Malina DeCarlo	....	assistant producer
Sarah Harvey	....	co-producer
Caroline Hewitt	....	co-producer
Jonathan King	....	executive producer
Pravesh Sahni	....	line producer

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Ben Davis

Film Editing by
Chris Gill

Casting by
Michelle Guish
Seher Latif

Production Design by
Alan MacDonald

Art Direction by
Peter Francis		(supervising art director)
Andrew Rothschild

Set Decoration by
Tina Jones

Makeup Department
Sylvia Atkins	....	daily hair & makeup artist
Beverley Binda	....	hair & make-up supervisor
Daniel Phillips	....	hair designer
Daniel Phillips	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Matthew Clarke	....	unit manager: UK
Maxine De Vere	....	production supervisor: Image Nation
Richard Hill	....	unit manager: UK
Alistair Hopkins	....	post-production supervisor
Trevor Ingman	....	production supervisor
Sanjay Khanna	....	production manager
Sanjay Kumar	....	production supervisor
Bhawani Singh	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Udayan Baijal	....	first assistant director: India
Joe Barlow	....	third assistant director
Raghuvir Joshi	....	assistant director
Olivia Lloyd	....	key second assistant director
Sanjeev Maurya	....	assistant director: set
Freya Parekh	....	second assistant director: India
Deborah Saban	....	first assistant director
Samarth Sahni	....	second assistant director: India
Manhar Shaheed	....	assistant director: set
George Taylor	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Kelvin Cook	....	chargehand dressing props
Darren Flindall	....	construction rigger
Lizzie Kilham	....	standby art director
Elliott Polley	....	trainee prop
Josh Polley	....	dressing propman
Olivia Portman	....	assistant to set decorator

Sound Department
Shalini Agarwal	....	sound associate
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Hanks	....	foley artist
Robin Knapp	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Lafbery	....	adr mixer
Peter Lindsay	....	production sound mixer: UK
Kate Morath	....	boom operator: UK
Resul Pookutty	....	sound mixer
James Shannon	....	dolby sound consultant
Steve Single	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alastair Sirkett	....	sound effects editor
Sam Southwick	....	supervising dialogue and adr editor
Michael Lee Taylor	....	sound assistant: UK
Simon Trundle	....	foley mixer
Ian Waggott	....	foley artist
Ian Wilson	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Edward Andrews	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Fiorenza Bagnariol	....	digital film bureau
Luke Bigley	....	digital paint artist: Double Negative
Amirah Busairi	....	roto/paint artist
Michaela Danby	....	digital compositor
Tito Fernandes	....	previs artist
Adam Glasman	....	DI colourist
Neil Harrison	....	digital intermediate systems administrator
Timothy P. Jones	....	digital film bureau
John Palmer	....	digital film bureau manager
Enrik Pavdeja	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Aurora Shannon	....	digital intermediate assistant
Jeff Koh	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Emma Edwards	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit, additional photography
Paolo Frasson	....	key grip
Chandresh Gowda	....	grip
Robert Hamilton	....	video operator
Ishika Mohan	....	still photographer
G. Monic Kumar	....	additional photography
G. Monic Kumar	....	first assistant camera: "B" Camera
Steve Pugh	....	key grip: additional photography
Alastair Rae	....	camera operator
Sam Renton	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Sujit Sen	....	steadicam
Satish Venkataramana	....	second assistant camera
James Wade	....	video operator: dailies
Jack Warrender	....	video operator

Casting Department
Kate McLaughlin	....	extras casting: UK
Will Nash	....	casting: camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kat Cappellazzi	....	costume trainee
Amanda Cox	....	costume trainee
Ian Foweraker	....	set costumer
Rosie Grant	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Ian Cunningham	....	first assistant editor
David Garbutt	....	trainee assistant editor
Cheryl Goodbody	....	assistant digital intermediate producer
Emily Greenwood	....	senior digital film editor
Patrick Malone	....	digital intermediate head of department
Jamie Payne	....	colorist: dailies
Vivek Pratap	....	first assistant editor
Rose-Ellen Saunders	....	hd dailies colorist: UK
Robert Scammell	....	hd dailies assistant: UK
Justin Tillett	....	digital film editor
Jon Ellis	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)
Harry Muller	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
George Doering	....	musician
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Lewis Jones	....	pro tools recordist
Tony Lewis	....	music editor
Jagan Ramamoorthy	....	musician: violinist
J.A.C. Redford	....	orchestrator
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Jill Streater	....	music preparation and librarian: UK

Transportation Department
Chris Hammond	....	unit minibus driver
Bohdan Stoklasa	....	facilities driver

Other crew
Kim Armitage	....	script supervisor
Craig Barwick	....	production accountant
Peter Boothby	....	assistant co-ordinator
Rosie Coker	....	base runner: UK unit
Linda Gamble	....	unit publicist
Holly Gardner	....	set production assistant
Jon Hills	....	location security/support
Deepak Jaitely	....	production accountant
Polly Jefferies	....	production co-ordinator
Raghuveer Joshi	....	set production assistant
Ben Knight	....	development executive
Dave Morley	....	medic on set
Nisha Parti	....	creative consultant
Nisha Parti	....	creative consultant: India
Raman Prasher	....	additional script supervisor
Amit Rastogi	....	first assistant accountant
Mark Rowan	....	health & safety advisor
Bhawani Singh	....	location manager
Rakesh Singh	....	production coordinator
Amanda Stevens	....	location manager: UK
Aurelia Thomas	....	location manager: additional photography
Claire Walker	....	production runner

Production Companies

• Participant Media (in association with)
• Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ (in association with) (as Imagenation Abu Dhabi)
• Blueprint Pictures

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Israel (2012) (Israel) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Austria) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Norway (2012) (Norway) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Australia (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox New Zealand (2012) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2012) (Russia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Serbia (2012) (Serbia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox East Africa (2012) (Kenya) (theatrical)
• FS Film (2012) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox España (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Sweden (2012) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Film de Mexico (2012) (Mexico) (theatrical) (as Twentieth Century Fox Film de Mexico S.A.)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Big Picture 2 Films (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sea Movies (2012) (worldwide) (all media) (ships)

Special Effects

• Double Negative

Other Companies

• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Compuhire  computer playback (UK)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• HireWorks  Avid Nitris DX rental
• India Take One Productions  production services: India
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting (UK)
• Mediacom 24-7  travel agent
• Movie Lot, The  security
• Panalux  lighting equipment by
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Sony Classical  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly & Beautiful" - USA (complete title)
"O Exótico Hotel Marigold" - Brazil (imdb display title), Portugal (imdb display title), Portugal (imdb display title)
"El exótico Hotel Marigold" - Mexico (imdb display title), Spain (imdb display title)
"Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" - Germany (imdb display title)
"El exótico hotel Marigold" - Chile (imdb display title)
"Exotiko xenodoheio Marigold" - Greece (imdb display title)
"Geriausias egzotiskas Marigold viesbutis" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Hotel Marigold" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Hotell Marigold" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Indian Palace" - France (imdb display title)
"Keleti nyugalom - Marigold Hotel" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Marigold Hotel" - Croatia (imdb display title)
"Marigold Hotel" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Marigold Oteli'nde Hayatimin Tatili" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Melon Marigold ha'exoti" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Datasat

Certification:

Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:Btl | UK:12A | Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Hong Kong:IIA | USA:PG-13 (certificate #46885)

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

Participant Media

Trivia:

Penelope Wilton (Jean) is reading Tulip Fever, a novel by Deborah Moggach, on whose novel the film is based. The film is based on the novel These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach. The film Tulip Fever (2013) is in development.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When they arrive in India, their flight to Jaipur is canceled because of bad weather. Such a thing may only occur during Monsoon (from June till September), but if that were the case there should have been bad weather each day, something that could not pass unmentioned.

Quotes:

Evelyn:Nothing here has worked out quite as I expected.
Muriel:Most things don't. But sometimes what happens instead is the good stuff.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Projector: The Best Exotic of Marigold Hotel (#2.10)" (2012)

A great big hug of a film

When the Brits make a film well, we knock spots off the competition and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a completely joyous example of just such a film! You can keep your Artist, Midnight in Paris. etc. etc, this is two hours of pure bliss. This is the sort of film so well directed, that no one actor is better than another, even the cameo roles are brilliantly observed. Wonderful dialogue, superb acting, one minute exceptionally funny the next, moving. Well observed characters who you feel you know! Plus the added bonus of beautiful scenery, This is the first film I have seen for ages that made me want to stay and watch it all over again - it really is just one great big hug of a film that leaves you feeling very content!