The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

Timing: 2:4 (124 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2012-02-23

Country

United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Participant, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Blueprint Pictures

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$136 836 156

Website

https://www.blueprintpictures.com/thebestexoticmarigoldhotel/

Director

John Madden

Actors

Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Ramona Marquez, Hugh Dickson
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Scenario

Producer

Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin

Operator

Ben Davis

Composer

Thomas Newman

Artist

Audition

Michelle Guish, Seher Aly Latif

Editing

Chris Gill
All team (28)

• The film is based on the 2004 novel *These Foolish Things* by British author Deborah Moggach. To coincide with the film's release in February 2012, the book was reissued under the title *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A Novel*.
• In one scene of the film, Penelope Wilton's character is reading the novel *Tulip Fever*, also written by Deborah Moggach.
• For filming, the filmmakers chose the Rawla Khempur hotel. It is located in the small village of Khempur, 50 kilometers from the large city of Udaipur, in the state of Rajasthan. Formerly a royal palace, it was later converted into a hotel for tourists. The hotel owner, Rawla Khempur, was so pleased with the work of the decorators that he decided to leave all the rooms and premises in that condition for future guests.
• The film is an adaptation of the 2004 novel 'These Foolish Things' by British author Deborah Moggach. To coincide with the film's release in February 2012, the book was republished under the title 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.'
• In one of the film's scenes, the character played by Penelope Wilton reads the novel "Tulip Fever," which was also written by Deborah Moggach.
• Peter O'Toole and Julie Christie were originally intended to play the roles of Norman and Madge.
• Tom Wilkinson's character is named Graham Dashwood. Previously, Tom Wilkinson played Mr. Dashwood in the classic British adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" (1995).