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Release Date:
11 December 2006 (USA) more
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Some doors are better left closed.
Plot:
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to alternate universe. full summary
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 nominations more
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(3 articles)
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Rules rule more (76 total)

Cast

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Peter Krause ... Joe Miller (3 episodes, 2006)

Julianna Margulies ... Jennifer Bloom (3 episodes, 2006)
Peter Jacobson ... Wally Jabrowski (3 episodes, 2006)
Dennis Christopher ... Dr. Martin Ruber (3 episodes, 2006)

April Grace ... Lee Bridgewater (3 episodes, 2006)

Elle Fanning ... Anna Miller (3 episodes, 2006)

Kevin Pollak ... Karl Kreutzfeld (3 episodes, 2006)

Benjamin Petry ... Isaac Kreutzfeld (3 episodes, 2006)

Chris Bauer ... Lou Destefano (2 episodes, 2006)
Harriet Sansom Harris ... Margaret Milne (2 episodes, 2006)

Margaret Cho ... Suzie Kang (2 episodes, 2006)

Ann Cusack ... Helen Ruber (2 episodes, 2006)

Roger Bart ... Howard 'The Weasel' Montague (2 episodes, 2006)

Nicholas Guilak ... Arjun Mehta (2 episodes, 2006)

Jason Douglas ... Anthony (2 episodes, 2006)
Chris Monberg ... Little Jim (2 episodes, 2006)
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Motel Man (USA) (original script title)
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In "The Eye and the Prime Object," the cartoon Isaac is watching in the beginning is To Build a Better Mousetrap (1999), an animated short by series co-creator Christopher Leone. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the scene where Karl and Joe try to get into the vault they use the Clock, it is heard ticking but the second hand doesn't move. Within the context of the series, the Clock's hands are permanently frozen at 1:20:45 (the time that The Event occurred). In real life, the "second hand" on this particular make of clock is not a second hand, but rather an alarm indicator. more
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So what DID happen in Room 10? (SPOLIERS)
What are the objects? What powers do they have?
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55 out of 61 people found the following comment useful.
Rules rule, 14 December 2006
10/10
Author: graythebruce from United States

Though I like fantasy and SF, I have to admit to being fondest of rule-based fantasy, like that of Tim Powers -- as a reader or viewer, you have an idea of what's possible and impossible, despite the supernatural elements of the story. Fantasy without rules is far less satisfactory, since characters in those stories can do whatever the writer arbitrarily decides they can do (or can't), and as a result, the writing is lazier.

"The Lost Room" is all about rules and the characters who find creative ways to abuse them. (Tim Powers fans would like it, I'm sure.) The writers have come up with cool supernatural powers for a host of innocuous looking objects (combs, pens, cards, bus tickets, watches, a key, etc.) Each object has a power and rules to govern them. Many of the powers don't seem that nifty, until you see how creatively they are used. And, along those lines, virtually every scene contains a fun, "Hey, that's a good idea!" move, and they tend to come at you faster than you can anticipate them if you aren't taping the show and hitting pause.

What's best about this is that the writers stick with it all the way. Many of these shows go David Lynch/Twin Peaks on us, setting us up with the promise of great stuff to come, and then disappointing us in a big way later. (Dean Koontz novels always seem to fall apart in this way, at least for me.) "The Lost Room" keeps up its promises all the way to the very end, which, like the rest of the miniseries, is clever and interesting and makes perfect sense in hindsight, given the rules.

I honestly can't think of the last time I saw a miniseries or movie of this ilk that pulled off its ending this well. It's a darned good miniseries, and I sincerely hope it becomes a full-blown series, as apparently is being considered.

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