Dunston Checks In is a 1996 film starring
Jason AlexanderJason Alexander is an American actor, comedian and singer, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld.-Early life:...
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Eric LloydEric Lloyd is an American actor.Lloyd was born in Glendale, California, the son of Melissa and David Morelli. His cousin is Alyssa Milano and his sister is Emily Ann Lloyd....
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Faye DunawayFaye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...
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Rupert EverettRupert James Hector Everett is an English actor and singer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
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Paul ReubensPaul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian, best-known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor...
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Glenn ShadixWilliam Glenn Shadix is an American actor, known for his role as “Otho” in Tim Burton's horror/comedy film Beetlejuice.-Theatrical career:...
, Graham Sack and
SamSam is an orangutan who starred in the movie Dunston Checks In, filmed in 1995 and released to theaters on January 12, 1996.When he was just 18 months old, he was sold to animal trainers by a breeder along with another orangutan named Geri. Both Geri and Sammy appeared in a number of films and...
as Dunston. It was written by John Hopkins and Bruce Graham and directed by
Ken KwapisKen Kwapis is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He helped define the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed popular feature films such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You.-Education and early life:Ken Kwapis was born...
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The Majestic Hotel is a 5-star luxury establishment, and manager Robert Grant (
Jason AlexanderJason Alexander is an American actor, comedian and singer, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld.-Early life:...
) is devoted to keeping his guests happy. Grant is informed by the chairman of the hotel that a sixth star could be rewarded to the Majestic Hotel, if a certain representative is impressed, and that this representative is posing as a guest of the Majestic Hotel.
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Dunston Checks In is a 1996 film starring
Jason AlexanderJason Alexander is an American actor, comedian and singer, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld.-Early life:...
,
Eric LloydEric Lloyd is an American actor.Lloyd was born in Glendale, California, the son of Melissa and David Morelli. His cousin is Alyssa Milano and his sister is Emily Ann Lloyd....
,
Faye DunawayFaye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...
,
Rupert EverettRupert James Hector Everett is an English actor and singer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
,
Paul ReubensPaul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian, best-known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor...
,
Glenn ShadixWilliam Glenn Shadix is an American actor, known for his role as “Otho” in Tim Burton's horror/comedy film Beetlejuice.-Theatrical career:...
, Graham Sack and
SamSam is an orangutan who starred in the movie Dunston Checks In, filmed in 1995 and released to theaters on January 12, 1996.When he was just 18 months old, he was sold to animal trainers by a breeder along with another orangutan named Geri. Both Geri and Sammy appeared in a number of films and...
as Dunston. It was written by John Hopkins and Bruce Graham and directed by
Ken KwapisKen Kwapis is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He helped define the single-camera sitcom in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed popular feature films such as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You.-Education and early life:Ken Kwapis was born...
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Plot summary
The Majestic Hotel is a 5-star luxury establishment, and manager Robert Grant (
Jason AlexanderJason Alexander is an American actor, comedian and singer, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld.-Early life:...
) is devoted to keeping his guests happy. Grant is informed by the chairman of the hotel that a sixth star could be rewarded to the Majestic Hotel, if a certain representative is impressed, and that this representative is posing as a guest of the Majestic Hotel. However, a certain guest by the name of Lord Rutledge (
Rupert EverettRupert James Hector Everett is an English actor and singer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
) checks in with his
orangutanThe orangutans are two endangered species of great apes. Known for their intelligence, they live in trees and are the largest living arboreal animal. They have longer arms than other great apes, and their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes...
, Dunston, who is trained as a jewel thief. Dunston attempts to escape a life of crime with the help of Kyle and Brian, Grant's mischievous sons, but this just might destroy the chances of the hotel becoming a 6-star establishment.
Cast
- Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander is an American actor, comedian and singer, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld.-Early life:...
...Robert Grant
- Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...
...Mrs. Elena Dubrow
- Eric Lloyd
Eric Lloyd is an American actor.Lloyd was born in Glendale, California, the son of Melissa and David Morelli. His cousin is Alyssa Milano and his sister is Emily Ann Lloyd....
...Kyle Grant
- Rupert Everett
Rupert James Hector Everett is an English actor and singer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
...Lord Rutledge
- Graham Sack ...Brian Grant
- Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian, best-known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor...
...Buck LaFarge
- Glenn Shadix
William Glenn Shadix is an American actor, known for his role as “Otho” in Tim Burton's horror/comedy film Beetlejuice.-Theatrical career:...
...Lionel Spalding
- Nathan Davis ...Victor Dubrow
- Jennifer Bassey
Jennifer Bassey is an American actress.-Biography:After graduating from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Jennifer Bassey moved back to the United States and took roles in many Off-Broadway plays...
...Mrs. Angela Dellacroce
- Judith Scott
Judith Scott was an Outsider artist. She was a fraternal twin to Joyce Scott, and she was deaf and had Down syndrome. She worked at the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California.-Upbringing:...
...Nancy
- Bruce Beatty ...Murray
- Danny Comden ...Norm
- Steven Gilborn
Steven Neil Gilborn was an American television and film actor.Gilborn was born in New Rochelle, New York on July 15, 1936. He attended Swarthmore College, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in English and earned a Ph.D...
...Artie
- Lois De Banzie
Lois de Banzie is an award winning American stage, screen, and television actress. De Banzie is best known for her Drama Desk Award winning and Tony Award nominated performance in Paul Osborn's play Morning's at Seven. Her other Broadway credits include The Octette Bridge Club, Da, and The Last of...
...Mrs. Winthrop
- Natalie Core ...Mrs. Feldman
- Eugenia Hamilton ...Frau Biedermeyer
- Michelle Bonilla ...Consuelo
- Toribio Prado ...Bernard
- Bree Turner
Bree Nicole Turner is an American actress.-Childhood and family:On March 10, 1977, Turner was born in Palo Alto, California. Her father is a former pro-football player for the Washington Redskins. In 1995, Bree graduated from Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, where she was voted...
...French Girl
- Kevin Kraft ...Desk Clerk
- Peter Siragusa ...Maintenance Man
- Ernest Perry, Jr. ...Doorman
- Frank Kopyc ...Night Doorman
- Lynne Marie Stewart
Lynne Marie Stewart is an American film and television actress. She played several different nurses on the television series M*A*S*H. She appeared on an episode of the television series Night Court as Vanna Anders and as Squiggy's two-timing girlfriend Barbara on Laverne & Shirley...
...Cucumber Woman
- Marceline Hugot ...Mrs. Harrison
- Cynthia Martells
Cynthia Martells was a pre-law student at Rutgers University, before her mother encouraged her to become an actress. She then entered the Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts . She has worked on Broadway, off Broadway, in television and film.-External links:* *...
...Ms. Pink
- Michael McCarty ...Tex
- Katherine Olsen ...Mrs. Tex
- Cynthia Madvig ...Kimberly
- Ken Martin ...Waiter
- Karen Maruyama
Karen Maruyama is a Japanese-American actress and comedienne. She has appeared on TV in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on The Jamie Foxx Show, Strip Mall, and Suddenly Susan...
...Telephone Operator
- Ray K. Morris ...Maintenance Man #2
- Rita Minor ...Maid #1
- Victoria Kemsley ...Maid #2
- Ray Chang ...Bellman #1
- Nicholas Garr ...Bellman #2
- Roderick Bascom ...Bellman #3
- Paula Malcomson
Paula Malcomson is a British actress born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Malcomson, sometimes credited as Paula Williams, recently starred as "Trixie" in the HBO series Deadwood and Colleen in ABC's Lost...
...Bellman #4
- Toni Perrotta ...Maid #3
- Jim Ishida ...Bali Majestic Guest
- Sunni Boswell ...Bali Majestic Clerk
- Walker Hansen ...Agitated Vagrant
- Tracy Zahoryin ...Fashion Model
- Bob Bergen
Robert "Bob" Bergen is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Porky Pig , and formerly hosted Jep!, a kids' version of the popular game show Jeopardy!Bergen was born in St. Louis, Missouri...
...Special Vocal Effects (voice)
- Frank Welker
Franklin W. "Frank" Welker is a veteran American actor, who specializes in voice acting. He is responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American television and motion pictures.Welker is listed as number one on the...
...Special Vocal Effects (voice)
- Sam
Sam is an orangutan who starred in the movie Dunston Checks In, filmed in 1995 and released to theaters on January 12, 1996.When he was just 18 months old, he was sold to animal trainers by a breeder along with another orangutan named Geri. Both Geri and Sammy appeared in a number of films and...
...Dunston
- Tom Garretson ...Dancing Fool #1