The Motel Life Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Jul. 28, 2018

The Motel Life

Release Date: Friday, November 8, 2013 Limited

Director: Gabe Polsky • Alan Polsky

Starring: Emile Hirsch • Dakota Fanning • Joshua Leonard • Stephen Dorff

N/A Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: After Jerry Lee Flannigan drunkenly kills a boy in a hit-and-run accident, he and his brother Frank ditch their Reno motel. The grief-stricken, working class, self-described “losers” do their best to keep each other’s spirits up, but all signs point toward more tragedy.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Motel Life.

Emile Hirsch
The Comeback Trail, Savages
Dakota Fanning
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Joshua Leonard
If I Stay, Unsane
Stephen Dorff
Clear Cut, Officer Down

Crew Behind the Film

The The Motel Life behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Gabe Polsky last directed Butcher's Crossing and Red Penguins. The film's writer Micah Fitzerman-Blue last wrote A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

Director: Gabe Polsky
Alan Polsky
Screenwriters: Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Noah Harpster
Producers: Alan Polsky
Gabriel Polsky

Studios: Random Media
Production Company: Polsky Films

Production Details

What we know about the The Motel Life movie production.

Key Facts

Based on the tome by Willy Vlautin.

Production Updates for The Motel Life

Jul 2018

Completed

Changed The Motel Life movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2011

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Feb 2011

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Pre-Production now underway in Reno, Nevada.

Dec 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Motel Life was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, November 8, 2013. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Thor: The Dark World, About Time and The Book Thief. As a limited release, The Motel Life was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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2013-11-08 Limited

United States

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Sat., Jul. 28, 2018 2018-07-28

Added Random Media as a distributor

Added a poster to the gallery

Set film release to Limited

Changed the production status to Completed

Mon., Feb. 28, 2011 2011-02-28

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Changed the production status to Production

Added Stephen Dorff to the credits

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