The Room (2003)
The Room (2003)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tommy Wiseau
Johnny / Director / Producer / Writer / Executive Producer
Juliette Danielle
Lisa
Greg Sestero
Mark / Line Producer
Philip Haldiman
Denny
Carolyn Minnott
Claudette
Robyn Paris
Michelle
Kyle Vogt
Peter
Scott Holmes
Mike
Greg Ellery
Steven
Dan Janjigian
Chris-R
Piper Gore
Party Member #1
Kari McDermott
Party Member #2
Jennifer Vanderbliek
Party Member #3
Bennett Dunn
Party Member #4
Padma Moyer
Susan
Daron Jennings
Barista #2
Thomas E. Webster
Coffee Shop Customer #1
Nora DeMarcky
Coffee Shop Customer #2
Arelle Mitkowski
Coffee Shop Customer #3
Frank Willey
Coffee Shop Customer #4
Safowa Bright-Asare
Costume Design
Eric Chase
Sound Designer / Editor
Troy Allen
Foley Artist
Donald Lyles
Sound Recordist
Zsolt Magyar
Sound
Richard Zimmerman
Dialogue Editor
Kendra Hollaway
Art Direction
Amy Von Brock
Key Makeup Artist
Stanley Kastner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mercedes Younger
Production Design
Charles D. Ballard
Sound Effects
Matt von Brock
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stefan Tarzan
Camera Operator
Cicero De Moraes
Gaffer
Andrew Harwood
Post Production Assistant
Persia Matine
Key Makeup Artist / Key Hair Stylist
Sheri Ortkiese
Electrician
Wade Whitley
Camera Operator
Sandy Schklair
First Assistant Director / Script Supervisor
David Ortkiese
Electrician
Gayle Hilary
Clapper Loader
Don Presley
Camera Operator
Rudy Harbon
Camera Operator
Chloe Lietzke
Executive Producer / Casting
Mladen Milicevic
Original Music Composer
Todd Barron
Director of Photography
Drew Caffrey
Executive Producer
Marcus Metsala
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 27, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$1,752,988
Filming LocationsSan Francisco, United States of America · Los Angeles, United States
Genres
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Wiki.
The Room is a 2003 American independent romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Tommy Wiseau, who also stars in the film alongside Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero. Set in San Francisco, the film is centered around a melodramatic love triangle between amiable banker Johnny (Wiseau), his deceptive fiancée Lisa (Danielle), and his conflicted best friend Mark (Sestero). The work was reportedly intended to be semi-autobiographical in nature. According to Wiseau, the title alludes to the potential of a room to be the site of both good and bad events. The stage play from which the film is derived was so named due to its events taking place entirely in a single room.
A number of publications have labeled The Room as one of the worst films ever made, one even describing it as "the Citizen Kane of bad movies". Originally shown only in a limited number of California theaters, The Room quickly became a cult film due to its bizarre and unconventional storytelling, technical and narrative issues, and Wiseau's performance, which is often described as off-kilter. Although Wiseau has retrospectively described the film as a black comedy, audiences have generally viewed it as a poorly made drama, an opinion shared by some of the cast. Although the film was a box-office bomb, home-media sales and notoriety following its initial release significantly increased its public profile.
The Disaster Artist, Sestero's memoir of the making of The Room, was co-written with Tom Bissell and published in 2013. A film of the same title based on the book, directed by and starring James Franco, was released on December 1, 2017; the book and film received widespread acclaim and numerous award nominations. A spiritual successor starring Bob Odenkirk is set to be released at an unspecified date; it was initially planned to be released in 2023, which would have coincided with the twentieth anniversary of The Room.