In New York's storied Chelsea Hotel, a novelist, a dancer, a painter, a poet, an aged jazz singer, and a young troubadour sort out their personal and artistic lives within walls haunted by the likes of Dylan Thomas, O. Henry, and Sarah Bernhardt. A boozy novelist balances wife, mistress, and stories. A dancer who's a waitress in the basement club chooses between a Hollywood jerk and a local painter. A youth from Minnesota who composes and sings may be the next Bob Dylan. A poet decides to give her feckless boyfriend another chance, even as her eyes tell us she knows what's ahead. An old jazz artist wants to place a bet and share his love for Lady Day. These walls do seem to talk.

Starring:

Ethan Hawke, Frank Whaley, Guillermo Díaz, Harris Yulin, Isaac Hayes, John Seitz, Kevin Corrigan, Kris Kristofferson, Mark Webber, Matthew Del Negro, Natasha Richardson, Paz de la Huerta, Peter Salett, Richard Linklater, Robert Sean Leonard, Rosario Dawson, Steve Zahn, Tuesday Weld, Uma Thurman, Vincent D'Onofrio

Genre:

Drama