Dunston Checks In Page #3

Synopsis: Robert's a beleaguered concierge of the luxury hotel owned by Mrs. Dubrow. She tells Robert an undercover reviewer is coming and to look sharp. If he does well he might get a promotion and some time off to take his sons, Brian and Kyle, on vacation. But then the villainous jewel-thief Rutledge checks in with his specially trained orangutan, Dunston. And when Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime with the help of Brian and Kyle, things go just a little lunatic.
Director(s): Ken Kwapis
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
6%
PG
Year:
1996
88 min
1,449 Views


No, Kyle.

It's not stupid at all.

8pm, Mrs. Dellacroce leaves for dinner.

Jewels are still there.

Three hours later, Mrs. Dellacroce returns.

The jewels are gone.

During that time,

nobody else went through that door,

Mrs. Dubrow.

Who is that?

That's Lord Rutledge.

I wonder what he's doing.

That's very odd.

Dunston?

Dunston!

Dunny...

The man from "Le Monde".

Brian, stop it.

Stop it.

Brian...

Dad!

There's a gorilla in the bathroom!

Kyle, there is no gorilla

in the bathroom.

- But, Dad...

- Go back to sleep.

I can't sleep now!

Then watch TV.

Nice little black-and-white movie.

You'll be out in no time.

(TV) Send the riot squad. Kong has escaped!

(roars)

(slurps)

Kyle, go to sleep.

All right. All right. You can sleep with me

tonight if you're still scared. But just tonight.

"(coughs)" Did you brush your teeth?

What are you... You wearing your flannels?

(rings)

Well, you slept all over the place.

The bathroom!

Guess he really has to go.

The camcorder!

No!

Dad's gonna kill you when he finds out

you lost his camcorder.

- I didn't lose it. The gorilla did.

- Oh, right. The gorilla.

Wait till we get it back - you'll see.

(whistles)

Make that three months' allowance

and "six" months of making my bed.

Deal.

Oh, boy.

Hold on.

If anything happens to me,

there's a box of magazines under my bed.

Get rid of them, OK?

Gotcha.

(hums)

- Brian, you OK?

- Yeah, fine, Kyle.

Hold on!

I found something!

Kyle!

What are you doing?!

Excuse me, but, uh,

can you stop doing that?

You trying to kill me?

See, my brother's down there,

and, he, uh, he gets...

Kyle, what the hell are you doing?

Uh...

Hello.

Dunston, stop that!

Aaarrhhhh!

I'm gonna kill him! I'm gonna kill him!

Daddy's very angry, Dunston.

God, I am very angry, indeed.

Arh! Ow!

Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha!

Aaarrrhhh...

Damn!

Aaaaarrrrrhhhhh!

Whoa!

Where are we going?

Shoot.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Gee. Thanks...

Dunston?

Is that guy always mean to you?

Don't worry. No one's gonna hurt you.

I promise.

"(woman)" Robert!

Robert.

Robert!

The "Le Monde" spy is named Rutledge.

Lord Rutledge?

- You've met him?

- Well, I... we've passed in the hall.

What did he say?

Just that the champagne...

that... that we are the...

the champagne of hotels.

That bodes well for you, doesn't it?

Almost there.

Hey, Kyle.

Hi.

Get back in there!

Oh...

What have we here,

hm?

Room service?

We must have a little talk later.

(elevator pings)

Dunston, get back here!

Dunston?

Ow, ow, ow, ow

All aboard that funk boat

"That I'm about to start sailing now"-"a"

All you riggers and all you party jiggers

Everybody's in the funky blowout

You know where to set sail from

Just around the corner

from the Portobello Road

Downtown, W10, near my place, baby

Baby, do what you're done told

I got bottles of beer and a deck or two

All my friends are now comin' in

Lucy and Jules, lookin' good, girls

So all aboard, let the party begin

I'm on the mike, I make you dance,

I make you funk, I make you sweat

Bombin' out till the break of dawn

So get up the bar, let's have a ball

Rummin' out till the morning comes

-"And I said"...

-"Have fun, go mad"

-"Do what I say"

-"Have fun, go mad"

-"Doo doo party"-"do"

-"Have fun, go mad"

-"Come on"

-"Have fun livin' in the city"

"Here we go"...

"(whispers)" Dunston.

Dunston.

"(Mrs Dellacroce)" Ohh...

So far it's been a ghastly trip.

Except for one thing...

Mr. Dellacroce didn't come with me.

"(masseur chuckles)" I'll be right back.

I'm gonna go get that... special oil.

Don't be long.

Oh!

I didn't hear you come in.

Oh, that's just how I like it.

- "(cackles)"

- Yes...

Oh, William!

You are amazing!

Hoo-hoo!

Oh!

William!

Oh, you are astounding! I don't know

what you're doing, but it's fabulous!

William... Oh!

Ooh!

Ouch! Oh!

Ouch! "(chuckles)"

Oh! More! More, William, more!

(chortles)

Oh, William!

Don't stop, William.

William?

William... "(laughs)"

Oh, William!

(blows raspberry)

Dunston! Come on,

we got to get out of here fast!

OK. You stay here and be very quiet.

My dad's gonna help us.

Don't worry, Dunston.

I'll be right back.

Mmm. Is that a loofah?

That feels great, Helene.

Mmm. That's interesting perfume.

Is that... musk?

Helene, what are you...

Arh! Pervert!

Ouch.

- But, Dad, Kyle tried to kill me!

- "(cell phone rings)"

You should put him in some special school.

They'll take care of him, cook for him...

- He can come home on holidays.

- What?!

What is your brother doing in the spa?

Dad!

It wasn't a monster.

It's a monkey, and his name is Dunston!

This guy wants to hurt him.

He's hiding in the spa!

He's right in here!

What's going on here?

Where is he?

- Terribly sorry, ladies.

- But, Dad, he was here...

What is wrong with you?

Kyle, how many times have I told you

not to come down here?

- What language do you speak?!

- It's him! It's the guy!

Told you, Dad. Crazy.

Brian!

That's him! That's the guy!

This is him, Dad. He's got a monkey

named Dunston, and he tried to hurt him.

You're in trouble now!

My dad's here!

Well...

Lord Rutledge, I am...

terribly, terribly sorry.

It's no wonder this hotel is so

shoddily run.

You can't even control one small boy,

can you?

Well...

He's very, very sorry. Aren't you, Kyle?

No!

He tried to hurt Dunston!

Your son, sir, is behaving like a lunatic.

- No, I'm not!

- Enough!

Apologize to Lord Rutledge.

- But, Dad...

- Now.

I'm sorry.

Now get upstairs.

And stay there.

Ah... uh...

Lord Rutledge, uh, I would, um,

very much like you to be my guest

at dinner this evening.

Oh, how thrilling.

Well, excellent.

I'm sure you will enjoy the cuisine here.

I doubt that the city

offers any dining experience...

Ah. Ladies.

Please forgive me

for being quite so detained.

Mrs. Feldman, Mrs. Winthrop.

Mrs. Winthrop, Mrs. Feldman.

Yes. Yes, of course. Obviously.

Well, first of all, let me say how grateful

we all are for the wonderful work

that your organization has been doing

in its fight against, uh...

tinea versicola.

It's a skin disease.

Not deadly, just... unsightly.

All the good diseases were taken.

Yes. Yes, they were.

Now, I know that your organization

has been to the Four Seasons.

Of course I would be loath

to ever speak ill of a competitor, but...

Holy sh*t!

He must really hate the Four Seasons.

No! No! No!

I'm sorry. I just wasn't prepared

to speak about monkeys... money!

Would you excuse me? I'll be right back.

I will be... right back.

They put the doorknob in the middle...

Ha-ha... Oh, gosh...

Get Security up here A.S.A.P. Then call

the best animal control person in the city.

Nancy, Nancy... Call Kyle,

and, uh, apologize for me.

I got a monkey in my hotel.

Monkey?

"(singsong)" Oh... monkey!

I wonder where he is.

Yoo-hoo!

Here, here...

Arh!

- Mr. Grant seems very competent.

- Yes.

Until he ran screaming

from the room, of course.

Of course.

Argh!

Argh!

(horn blast)

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