Jodie Foster
Frannie Berry
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Plot. In the 1950s, Win Berry and his wife have five children, John, Franny, Frank, Lilly, and Egg. The Berrys decide to open a hotel near the prep school that John, Franny, and Frank attend; they call it the Hotel New Hampshire. John loses his virginity to the hotel waitress. Frank comes out to Franny and John.
Key plot points include Franny's rape at the hands of quarterback Chipper Dove and several of his fellow football teammates. The actions and attitude of Chipper, with whom Franny is in love, are contrasted with those of her rescuer, Junior Jones, a black member of the team.
- John Irving
- 1981
Mar 9, 1984 · The Hotel New Hampshire: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges. A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
- (9.1K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Tony Richardson
- 1984-03-09
Plot Summary. John Irving’s contemporary novel The Hotel New Hampshire (1981) centers on a quirky family from New Hampshire and the hotel that brought them all together one fateful summer. Critics praise the book for how it balances emotional resonance against its witty, comedic themes.
Summaries. A family weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of everything, in a film noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters. Mr. Win Berry Berry tries to run rural small-town Dairy's high-school and his sassy family.
The entire novel takes place in a succession of hotels, first at the resort on the seaside, then in the converted schoolhouse in the small town where the Berry family...
Devotes an entire chapter to The Hotel New Hampshire, which includes discussion of plot and character development, thematic issues, and a new critical approach to the...
