Florida Project Purple Hotel

The florida project is a 2017 american slice of life comedy drama film directed by sean baker and written by baker and chris bergoch it stars willem dafoe brooklynn prince bria vinaite valeria cotto christopher rivera and caleb landry jones it was the first film appearance for many of the cast.

Florida project purple hotel. Marc schmidt dafoe plays bobby the hotel manager who is perennially irritated with late paying trash. The florida project a24 how the florida project found its magical setting the motel where the movie is set is a real place in a very real landscape of post recession orlando. They are the protagonists of the florida project the latest look at the shadow side of america by director sean baker a compelling depiction of skid row circa 2017 the florida project is sometimes hilarious but often sad and ultimately heartbreaking the film takes its name from the utopian community envisioned by walt disney during the 1960s near the site that eventually became epcot and. Magic castle inn and suites.

The florida project doesn t exist in a vacuum for dawn spencer an extra in the movie it s a bitter truth she lives every day. I went by magic castle inn as it was featured on the florida project. This time the setting is kissimmee florida just south of orlando in a purple painted 35 a night motel called the magic castle its name is a riff on walt disney world leading to one of. The coloring is as purple as seen in the movie.

Now made famous as the location of the florida project movie with willem defoe. Purple realm willem dafoe as hotel manager bobby in the florida project. The plot follows a six year old girl living with her delinquent single mother in a motel in. Spencer and her 9 year old twins have made their home in the.

Generally area seemed well kept albeit a bit abandoned as. There were a few cars onsite and i could see maintenance cleaning the rooms.