Dunston Checks In

Dunston Checks In (1996)

He's about to turn a Five Star Hotel into a three ring circus.

Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a villainous jewel thief with an orangutan assistant named Dunston. When Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime -- aided by Robert's sons -- havoc, hijinks and lots of laughs abound!

Date of release
1996-01-12
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (257)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Family, Comedy, Adventure
Director
Ken Kwapis

Casting

Interesting facts

Dunston Checks In is a 1996 comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis. The film stars Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Glenn Shadix and Paul Reubens. The film received negative reviews and was a box-office failure, grossing $9.9 million against a budget of $20 million.

Production

Writer John Hopkins had written a spec script revolving around two young brothers living in a large, prestigious New York hotel managed by their father. Hopkins' agent shopped the script around to various studios who were uninterested in the project until producers Todd Black and Joe Wizan seeing potential in the project optioned it and hired Hopkins to re-write the script and add in the plot point of an orangutan.

The animal action was detailed by the American Humane Society. Artificial animals were used in several shots.

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