‘Hotel Chevalier’ Short to Join ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ Feature in Theaters on Oct. 26

While “Hotel Chevalier” (Wes Anderson’s short film) so far has only been available online and hasn’t shown as part of “The Darjeeling Limited,” Fox Searchlight Pictures announced on Tuesday that the two will be joined in theaters starting on Oct. 26.


“Hotel Chevalier” features Jason Schwartzman along with Natalie Portman’s first big-screen derrière time.

“The Darjeeling Limited” mainly features Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody with cameos by Portman and Bill Murray. Anjelica Huston plays the mother of the trio. The film was written by Anderson and Roman Coppola. Anderson directs.

“[Anderson] has crafted a brilliant companion piece to ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ [that adds] to an already engaging and funny film,” said Fox Searchlight Pictures President Peter Rice in the Tuesday statement.

He added: “After generating enormous buzz from festivals worldwide, we are thrilled to be showing these two films together in theaters for the first time.”

The short has been a popular download on iTunes during its monthlong availability, which ends on Oct. 23. The film together with the short will expand into approximately 650 theaters.

“The Darjeeling Limited” had its premiere as the opening-night film of the New York Film Festival on Sept. 28. To date, it has grossed about $3.9 million on just 200 screens.

“Hotel Chevalier” was shot on location at the Hotel Raphaël in Paris about one year before “The Darjeeling Limited” feature. Our full review of “The Darjeeling Limited” can be found here.

Free iTunes Download Link Surfaces to Wes Anderson Short ‘Hotel Chevalier’

Wes Anderson’s short film “Hotel Chevalier” (part one of “The Darjeeling Limited”) is now available for free via iTunes.

Immerse yourself.

9:35 p.m. update on Sept. 28: Several people from outside the U.S. have written in and informed me that they can’t view this iTunes video from outside the U.S. For those people, you can view it here.

Wes Anderson Short ‘Hotel Chevalier’ to Premiere at Four Apple Stores on Sept. 25

I learned on Monday that Wes Anderson’s short film “Hotel Chevalier” (part one of “The Darjeeling Limited”) will exclusively premiere in four select Apple stores on Tuesday, Sept. 25.


Writer and director Anderson, actor Jason Schwartzman and actress Natalie Portman will appear in the New York Apple store in SoHo to introduce the film and host a short Q&A following the screening.

At 9 p.m. that evening, “The Darjeeling Limited” co-writer Roman Coppola will introduce the short at the Apple store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

The after-hours events will also take place at the Third Street Promenade Apple store in Santa Monica, Calif. and the Apple store in San Francisco’s Union Square.

Starring Schwartzman and Portman, “Hotel Chevalier” is a short film set in a hotel room in France. It is the brief coda to a doomed romance and the prologue to “The Darjeeling Limited”.