Across the Hall

Julian

Terry

June

The Porter

Lucas

Anna

The Cook

The Bellhop

Custodian

Detective

Officer

Police Officer

Dominatrix

Georgie

Operator

Brittany Murphy passed away suddenly less than two weeks after this film was released.

The film was shot in 17 days.

The interior of the Riverview Hotel was built on Universal's Stage 28, home to the still-standing original "Phantom of the Opera" set. The Riverview was built inside the massive opera house set. When the hotel's false elevator doors were removed for camera access, the view "across the hall" and through the 5th floor elevator shaft was of the gilded gold balconies of the old opera house.

Describing the hotel's early history, the porter tells June and Terry that the first guests included the conductor of the Chicago Philharmonic. The Chicago Philharmonic was established in 1989, far later than the hotel's apparent age.