But I always tell them good luck. Good luck is all I say. SMITH: Whats up garden, whats happening? I want to know this world intimately. However, commentary that is intended to "flame" or attack, that contains violence, racist comments and potential libel will not be published. No one knows that Im here. . . Some fierce ambitions along those lines. Jace Lacob: I personally love that, and I find that decision to be fascinating because as you say, so many adaptations of this wouldve either used an omniscient, sort of unseen narrator or had Tom narrate his own story. I felt bad for them all, but the Vietnam vet in particular. [2][8]:147, The program won a Prix Italia award in 1999 under the factual documentary category. Vinnie looks a lot like the famous mob boss Vincent The Chin Gigante. The big answers. Okay? I dont blow it. And I didnt want you to get the sense that Sophia was commenting from a later position of tranquility, from after the storys over. In the first half of the century, the mile-long Bowerys bars, missions and cheap hotels (or flophouses) were home to an estimated 35,000 down-and-out men each night. : Yeah, look at him, hes starving to death. Wherever theyre going I hope its not the same as this. Everyone here calls him Fat Anthony because he weighs 425 pounds. Tell him its his mother. SMITH:Some historical facts about this joint: The Sunshine was opened in 1922 by a guy named Frank Mazarra. I found the tenants to be lovable & entertaining. : In my case, I started off like probably so many people, maybe everyone for all I know. : Its a new day Sunshine and the world is still here, were still here. All races, all ages, all kinds of stories. This is the kind of hotel where everybody gives an AKA anyway. "Sunshine Hotel" tells the story of an old hotel building in New York City, where tiny rooms are being rented to people with minimal income and how they interact in an environment full of addiction, violence and broken dreams. I think that my Tom, Sollys Tom, is 100% the Tom from the book. Others just dream too big. : Cookie with no teeth? : Sometimes I knock off a 26-ounce can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli. : Yeah, everybodys no teeth around here. Come on with me, Ill show you a hotel. Right, I know Cookie. How did you approach this inherent humor of Fielding, and how freeing is it to actually include humorous elements in a period drama? He always felt like a misfit, so he buried himself in philosophy and poetry books, and then set off for the Bowery in 1960 to live cheap while undertaking his metaphysical journey. [12], The Sunshine Hotel lost its plywood signage in 2011 as workers converted the first floor of one of the hotel's three buildings into the Bowery Diner. Yeah, roaches all over the wall. SMITH:Its a nice place, if youre short of funds, and you need to lay your head down for a couple of hours, we hope to make your stay pleasant. Im 63 now. I wanted there to be a reason for it to be historically plausible and accurate that someone like Sophia could exist. Like my relief clerk, Vic. Its very much part of a sort of 18th century farcical, oh wow. BRUCE DAVIS: A little light snack. SMITH:Some of my guys in here are drug addicts or alcoholics. The narrow gray hallways are lined with flimsy wooden doors. Navy Yeoman Jacob Tate tells his husband, Carson Pursifull, about joining the military as a gay man amidst Dont Ask Dont Tell, and the moment he knew he was in love. . SMITH: Wolford, I hope you enjoyed your stay here. He wants to be nice, he wants to do the right thing. . Youre welcome to a room for a very nominal fee. . People do say funny things, but they dont do witty repartee because theyre not those kinds of people. Waiting for day that I can finally check out of the Sunshine Hotel for good. It wasnt new anyway, even if it was a Cadillac. The Little Miss Sunshine production notes state that the flick was lensed over a thirty-day period during the "hot" summer of 2005, at which time, according to the mmm-yoso!!! I mean months and months at a time. I just watched the movie and I too became invested of sorts in these men who society has seemingly thrown away. Sophie Wilde plays Sophia Western, who is here, the Black daughter of a freed slave. But Allworthy does keep the child, a decision that has consequences for everyone at Paradise Hall and beyond. That's an excuse to make us feel better, "it wouldn't matter what we did, they have a mental illness ".. Nope, I think we failed them as a society, we should've held our hand out, not put a label on "them". Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette) After the bad-girl role of Tyra on Friday Night Lights, Palicki went on to appear on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Orville, Legion, Red Dawn, and John Wick. [3][4] The only amenities are a bed, a locker and a light-bulb. I realize this article is 8yrs old but it was the only one w an update. SMITH: Sign here, my friend. Be careful. SMITH: Eddie used to work as a band boy for Tito Puente, but he had mental breakdown and ended up at this flop. Much to his surprise, Allworthya widower and benevolent gentlemandiscovers an abandoned baby in his bed. These are the deleted scenes from my film Sunshine Hotel. SMITH: This is Donoghue Bowery. You blow it once you could ruin your career. It aint bad. So we went together. (CBS) The holiday season is usually marked on-screen with festive specials and this time, fans of the iconic sitcom 'All in the Family' are getting a special treat in the form of a 'Live in front of Studio Audience' take. Rumor has it that the guys his uncle, although I dont know. And I wanted for it to have that flavor of confident forward motion that the book has. The ambulance crew wheels Mr. Marshall out. [29] The documentary was included in an episode of the radio show 99% Invisible which aired on August 4, 2015. Its like that movieThe Cook, The Thief, The Wife, and Her Lover. So when the loan shark comes in Ill tell him. And Eddies still here. And it wasnt the case that we thought, lets use Sophia or indeed, lets use Tom to do it instead. And thats the same process whether theyre in a book, dead, alive, victims of some told misjustice, or I just made them up in my head just now. SMITH: Tell me something, slick Anthony. figuring out everything. . One of my tenants is very ill. SMITH:Mr. Marshall, room 5-B: 80 years old, senile, dumped here by his son two months ago. : Yeah, I didnt like the fleas in the bed. BARRETT: Im gonna play you Johnny Cash . : Keep your hands on your lap. And it was like Broadway, it never closed. . . . Everyone here calls him Fat Anthony because he weighs 425 pounds. Today few remain. And I did a lot of research, and it was completely possible for someone like Sophia to have been a Black girl, completely possible. : Yeah, I had fleas. By what name was Sunshine Hotel (2001) officially released in Canada in English? Max is an architect. The child of nature, the person who is completely in tune with their own environment, in tune with their own body, loving, virtuous, you know, a nice person. And as soon as somebody calls him, then boom! But I dont care about that, I think hes absolutely adorable. SMITH:And then there are those of us who end up here because were dreamers, and just dont seem to fit in anywhere else. The main thing is do the steps: get the order, remember who gave you the money, and remember how much they gave you. You know nothing about this woman. The Sunshine Hotel is a link to the Bowery's rapidly vanishing past and home to a fascinating array of characters who tell how they ended up there. And I be eating it cold right out of the can. So I just found her sitting there, running the show. We see the toll that life has taken on these men, but we also see how the hardship of life at the Sunshine does breed a particular wisdom, humor, and resilience. yeah, thats Vinnie. Hughes discusses the decisions and joys of adapting Henry Fielding's 1,000-page,. SMITH:My name is Nathan Smith, and Im the manager of the Sunshine Hotel. Wake up every morning with chicken-wire just above you. He senses that hes unloved and his mother doesnt love him as much as she loves Tom. The pending invisible memory of the Sunshine, located some two thirds of the way between the two streets along Third Avenue, the trolley and el gone with everything else of yesterdays memories. . I call it the bum shine. Excerpt: Mason Best, age 12, came to StoryCorps with his mother Roseann Smith to reflect on their relationship and share some of his philosophies on life. Sos my sister . Track, Nate, track! : This is the manager. This is about . Credit: Eric Lee. And it was like Broadway, it never closed. People tend to think that these men brought this on themselves but what I realized was that they all suffered from some form of mental illness. Like almost all of the flops, the lobby is on the second floor, up a narrow flight of steps. That is a load of eats! It takes constant concentration and constant alertness. You blow it once you could ruin your career. All day, Bruce sits in the lobby waiting for runs. Take me for example. Anthonys gotten so large he doesnt fit into his clothes anymore. He just gets sidetracked because hes 20. With sweet dreams you know. See, up here in the Sunshine were totally isolated from the rest of the world, so we create our own little society. . See if you can get Earl Simpson. In adapting Fieldings novel, how did you settle upon using the character of Sophia Western as the narrator and when in the process did that idea come to you? I mean, thats very Fielding. So, obviously I wanted to show that they were right from the first off falling in love with each other, that you know that theyre going to fall in love with each other and that they are meant for each other. The minute you make her this incomer from Jamaica who arrives as a six-year-old with no idea what shes coming to, that puts a different cast on it and it does give her an outsider status that is very similar to Toms, whereas in the book, theyre not, theyre straightforwardly lower class and upper class. 124124. Season 1 of 'Back In The Groove' introduced us to three inspiring single women, Steph Michaels, Brooke Mora, and SparkleHyche. As the central character in your adaptation, how do you view Tom Jones in those terms? . When are you going to do a romantic comedy? This is an audio portrait of one of the final vestiges of the Bowery, New Yorks notorious skid row. Im having a summer resort and this is what its going to be composed of. My name is Nathan Smith, and Im the manager of the Sunshine Hotel. Copyright 2003-2023 StoryCorps, Inc. All rights reserved. Tell him its his mother. And I didnt have 180 pages for the whole show. Facts are helpful.If you'd like to make personal attacks and libelous claims against people and businesses, then you may do so on your own social media accounts. SMITH:Hes down to 80 pounds now and jaundiced. Nothing personal. Mr. Thwackum Tom pays no attention in class. SMITH: 35 cents a slice, Ill put it on your tab. And Edwin, our porter, puts on a gas mask to clean up the room. And Edwin, our porter, puts on a gas mask to clean up the room. : Let this young fellow in. Business! Or Father OConnor . You make yourself laugh writing these silly gags. I have a 15 month old baby and I can't help but see the faces of scared children. Basically its the size of a jail prison cell. Gwyneth Hughes: I think he is profoundly jealous of Tom. Not every resident of the Sunshine is a paragon of virtue or a fount of homespun wisdom. Then I wake up and Im back at the hotel. One of my tenants is very ill. Mr. Marshall, room 5-B: 80 years old, senile, dumped here by his son two months ago. I called his son last night, but he doesnt care. Honour: Miss, you ought to know that its common knowledge that theres a village girl with a child by him. Dont reach out to grab anything. Nathan Smith, manager of the Sunshine Hotel, wrote the following update on March 13, 2001: Naturally things have changed since the broadcast of The Sunshine Hotel in 1998. Gwyneth Hughes: Oh, its brilliant. SMITH: Okay, you can square yourself away, this that and the other. : Maybe I might sit down and come up with a new tune in my mind, but by the time I pick up the guitar, I done forgot the tune I had in my mind, see? All I need is a tea with two sugars. : Emotionally distraught people find a home in the Sunshine Hotel. COPPOLLA: I dont want to leave, not yet. SMITH:The Sunshine is the last stop. Rutt's was shuttered by the time smbstressfest stalked it in 2007 (the chain still boasts an outpost in Culver City, though) and at some point . And the whole Bowery was filled with nothing but alcoholics then. But dont ask me for towels or soap we dont have it. At that time it was bars all over the Bowery, two or three bars on every block. And as you say, it is regarded as one of the earliest and, and finest of English novels. This is an eat it and beat it hotel. On the one hand, its probably as close as you can come to living in hell: 125 dysfunctional guys crammed together in this old hotel. So I just wanted to hear what she had to say and what her desires were for the next moment. Jace Lacob: Im glad you said that. its like singing from that song Whats it all about, Alfie? Who hasnt wondered what its all about. Theres no lechery in him. Distractions your biggest enemy. The funny thing about Eddie is that he always plays the same songs over and over and over again. Okay, the seven months Ive been here, five guys have died. BUCKALOO: They should make this building landmark status. But there are some success stories, like a former porter becoming a social worker and car owner. A romance almost developed between Dr. Lewis and Dr. Greene, however before it was fully explored, Dr. Lewis moved to Arizona to be closer to her niece in season three. yeah . . Be the first to contribute. Waiting for day that I can finally check out of the Sunshine Hotel for good. [5] The Sunshine no longer accepts new occupants.[6]. Terms of Use: PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Im having a summer resort and this is what its going to be composed of. Sometimes they actually dance, but mostly they dance around each other. Would love to know more of those still living. Seemed like I was making some progress. Gwyneth Hughes: Oh, good question. And that means his room is available for anybody that wants to rent. This film definitely makes us aware of our elderly people and everyone deserves second chances,3,4,5,6, etc Is it possible to know if any of these men are living. You got to defend it better than you would your own, because thats your livelihood. The Sunshine will always be a dark place. The hotel has changed as to its population: Vinny and his birds are gone. Set in 18th century England, the story follows young and innocent Tom Jones and his neighbor Sophia Western as they navigate the impossibility of being together, despite their true love. Honour: But miss, two females riding away at night all alone at the mercy of highwaymen, murderers, farmers? Lit with candles. We are very suspicious of coincidences in the modern storytelling world. Hes just a horrible, nasty piece of work. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James, with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The Masterpiece Trust, created to help ensure the series' future. Suddenly Im not in a flop hotel, but sitting in some family kitchen, drinking a cup of coffee. It wasn't a surprise that many have died. These birds have been my life. SMITH: Take care my friend. Sometimes at the Sunshine I close my eyes and drift off. : Okay, here you are my friend, youre all set. Download and subscribe on: iTunes | Stitcher| RadioPublic, This script has been lightly edited for clarity. So where do I get off thinking I had a chance for that. . Give the smelly article to me, and Ill stick it in a basket and leave it at the church door. [1] By 2008, the Sunshine Hotel had fewer than 30 residents. He just needs to grow up a bit. It scare me. Used to work in a bank, until one day, many years ago, I was injured on the job. Gwyneth Hughes: Its been a pleasure. This foundling grows up to be none other than our loving protagonist, Tom Jones. On the ground floor of the Sunshine Hotel there is a new restaurant and an art gallery. So thats 3000 pages. Bailey has now jumped into doing stand up comedy. I dont blow it. [Remastered 2017] As seen on Sundance Channel. And I hope that people will find that rewarding and enriching. And these guys will never leave the building. This is the guy that got shot by the maintenance man here in the lobby over five bucks. Gwyneth Hughes: Theres a sequence where Sophia is put into pale makeup because white women whitened their already white faces in those days. Its great to see the actors pick them up and run with them. We all have one thing in common: were on our own. Its like a machine. This is the kind of hotel where everybody gives an AKA anyway. BRUCE:And walking all the time, youve got people constantly distracting you. . My cells were five times bigger than my room. Good luck. Yup: good luck. Huh huh. I came to the Sunshine Hotel in 1960. Jace Lacob: I am curious about the humor because I feel like weve come to expect humor in a certain way when it comes to period drama, whether its an arched eyebrow and the sort of witty repartee of a Jane Austen. . [25] Bertelsen was given the prize for "Best Black Student Filmmaker" at the 2002 DGA East Coast Student Film Awards for his work on this film. Here you witness the ignominy of death Vinny dropped dead in the street that morning; L.A., grotesque in the dim light, a look of shock on his face; Anthony, all 425 pounds of him, died from diabetes in Beth Israel Hospital. . So many people dont realize you need something, you know, to help you through everything. Just watched the doc on Prime video last night and cant get it out of my head.There were no r ules of cleanliness in their rooms..very disturbing How I wonder could this place have been overlooked by public safety committee and various other agencies protecting the people.Obviously theres a missing link here. : Tea two sugars, one Rolaid, two packs of monarchs, large Bacitracin. SMITH:Youre welcome to a room for a very nominal fee. Vinnie Gigante, cubicle 25-A. To me it seems that way. SMITH: Hey! Its just hilarious, daft and hilarious. Thats a lot of grub there! This place is the Last of the Mohicans. The wise guys are gone but in keeping up the flavor of the former neighborhood, they shot and killed the manager of Connecticut Muffin. Allworthy: Well then you must learn to become a man and not a boy. Okay? Thats fine. . Gwyneth Hughes: Well, thats a big question, what to leave out. Ive been pretty faithful to the book. He says Donald. He says Im gonna die in this place. So it scares me. Today few remain. It is a. . By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. SMITH:The funny thing about Eddie is that he always plays the same songs over and over and over again. Its a work of constant steps and most of them are mental. Wake him up and throw him out his bed. HOLLIS: Im gonna build me a summer resort. DONALD: Its like a death house. [17] It was released on Amazon Prime Video in 2012. . 2. HOLLIS: You got to have direction, Nate. They welcomed daughter Frances in 2002 and son Ulysses in 2008. This documentary comes from Sound Portraits Productions, a mission-driven independent production company that was created by Dave Isay in 1994. Like over there you see that old guy there with the snow white hair and the guitar? Fielding was a theatrical impresario and playwright before he was a novelist. Im kind of making an art out of experiencing this. Hes kind, hes loving. Nigel Harman (Sam) BBCGetty Images. : Watfords gone, Robinsons gone, Dave Rodriguez is gone. Your point about the perfect plot is very true.
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