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1* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/AdrianEdmondson. Originally both he and Creator/RikMayall were going to direct, but Rik was still recovering from his quad bike accident. This is the first (and pretty much only, since it flopped) movie Ade directed.
2* FakeNationality: French actors Hélène Mahieu and Creator/VincentCassel play Italians Gina and Gino.
3* InspirationForTheWork: The idea for the film came from Rik and Ade staying at various hotels while touring ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' live shows and thinking, "Wouldn't it be funny if Richie and Eddie ran a hotel?"
4* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The film received a very limited release in America and was never released to home video there. This was likely due to the film being a BoxOfficeBomb in its native UK, and the series itself being relatively obscure in America (although it was released in America on DVD in 2005).
5* StarDerailingRole: Because of the box office failure of this film, Creator/RikMayall and Creator/AdrianEdmondson didn't do any other movies. Also, what ever happened to Hélène Mahieu who plays Gina?
6* StuntDouble: Creator/AdrianEdmondson used one for the sequence where Eddie dives through the hotel front door above Richie when Eddie returns from his bike ride.
7* WordOfGod: In the behind the scenes documentary, Creator/RikMayall explained that the crawlways in between the walls of the hotel was designed by Richie's great uncle Gervaise and that Richie uses them to crawl around and open little doorways so he can have a little look at the hotel guests who are getting sexy.
8* WrittenByCastMember: Rik and Ade. Due largely to the fact that it was a BoxOfficeBomb, this was the only movie Rik ever wrote, and as of 2016, Ade hasn't written another movie either.
9* YouLookFamiliar: Steve O'Donnell (Lardy Barsto) played Spudgun in the TV series.

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