Main Cast: Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Graham Sack
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 88 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A nervous hotel manager has all sorts of monkey business to deal with (actually orangutan business, but you get the idea) in this comedy for the family. Robert Grant (Jason Alexander) is the manager of The Majestic Hotel, a large and highly luxurious five-star facility. Grant is harried, overworked, and wants to take his two sons, Kyle (Eric Lloyd) and Brian (Graham Sack), on a well-deserved vacation, but when the owner of the Majestic, Mrs. Dubrow (Faye Dunnaway), hears that the hotel is being considered for the newly-minted and very prestigious six-star rating by the Le Monde Guide, it falls on Robert to make sure that everything is perfect when the guide's staff arrives. Since the inspectors will arrive unannounced, Robert has to chase after anyone who looks like they could be a VIP, so he finds himself giving the star treatment to new guest Lord Rutledge (Rupert Everett) when he spots Rutledge using a pocket camera to snap pictures in the lobby. However, Rutledge is actually a skilled jewel thief who has come to the Majestic to take advantage of its wealthy clientele, and he's arrived with his pet orangutan, Dunston, who has been trained to be Rutledge's partner in crime. Dunston gets lost in the hotel's air duct system; Kyle finds the friendly ape and discovers he makes a great playmate, which makes things all the more difficult for Robert. Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman) also appears as a trigger-happy animal control officer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Paul Reubens - Buck La Farge; Jennifer Bassey - Mrs. Dellacroce; Natalie Core - Mrs. Feldman; Nathan Davis - Victor; Lois de Banzie - Mrs. Winthrop; Marceline Hugot - Mrs. Harrison; Frank Kopyc - Night Doorman; Cynthia Martells - Ms. Pink; Karen Maruyama - Telephone Operator; Neriah Napaul - Ferrari Girl; Ernest Perry, Jr. - Doorman; Judith Scott - Nancy; Glenn Shadix - Lionel Spalding; Peter Siragusa - Maintenance Man; Lynne Stewart - Cucumber Woman; Michael McCarty - Tex; Frank Welker - Special Vocal Effects; Bruce Beatty - Murray; Steven Gilborn - Artie; Ray Chang - Bellman #1; Jim Ishida - Bali Majestic Guest
Credit
Keith Neely - Art Director, John T. Kretchmer - Associate Producer, John Brace - Casting, Linda Lowy - Casting, Jason Blumenthal - Co-producer, Alina Panova - Costume Designer, John T. Kretchmer - First Assistant Director, Ken Kwapis - Director, Jon Poll - Editor, Rodney Liber - Executive Producer, Rusty Smith - Production Designer, Peter Lyons Collister - Cinematographer, Todd Black - Producer, Joe Wizan - Producer, Gary Phillips - Special Effects, Clark King - Sound/Sound Designer, J.P. Romano - Stunts, John-Clay Scott - Stunts, Phil Culotta - Stunts, John Robotham - Stunts, Pat Romano - Stunts, Brian Burrows - Stunts, Robert Jauregui - Stunts, John Hopkins - Screen Story, Bruce Graham - Screenwriter, John Hopkins - Screenwriter, Miles Goodman - Featured Music
The Majestic Hotel is a 5-star luxury establishment, and manager Robert Grant (Jason Alexander) 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 Everett) checks in with his orangutan, 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.
