The Grand Budapest Hotel

(Paperback, Main - Re-issue)

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The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the two World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, a raging battle for an enormous family fortune, and the sweetest confection of a love affair - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.

With sparkling dialogue, arresting visuals, vibrant charm, and a slowly building melancholy, The Grand Budapest Hotel is both sophisticated comedy and historical pastiche, the portrait of a hero (of sorts) in a dazzling but vanishing world.

In addition to the screenplay, this volume also contains a gallery of images from the film.

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"There are very few American filmmakers with the ablity to articulate such an original, idiosyncratic vision and the means to express that vision so freely...This movie makes a marvelous mockey of history, turning its horrors into a series of graceful jokes and mischeivous gestures." -- A O Scott, The New York Times

Author Bio

Wes Anderson is the writer/director of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Acquatic with Steve Zissou, Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox and Moonrise Kingdom.