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Hotel Artemis

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  1. #001

    As seen in the official trailer, Hotel Artemis has 10 rules: 1. Do not fight or kill other patients while on the premises. 2. Disrespectful words or actions toward Hotel Artemis staff are not permitted. 3. No guns or any other weapons are allowed through the doors. 4. The membership fee must be paid in full and in advance. 5. Former but expired members will not be admitted. 6. No photography or video. 7. No outside food or drink. 8. Absolutely no visitors. 9. If a member commits or causes a location breach, their membership will be revoked. 10. Hotel Artemis rules are final and not open to discussion.

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  2. #002

    After Nice's fight with the Wolf King's men, it is implied that he did not make it. However, if you watch the credits, a shot of a corridor in the Artemis is shown, and for a few seconds you can see him passing through, indicating that he survived the fight.

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  3. #003

    At the end, the Nurse directs Waikiki to a "dark room" in Las Vegas. A dark room is a long-standing underworld term for an emergency room or similar medical facility where criminals can go without the police knowing. Hotel Artemis is a dark room.

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  4. #004

    The cigarette pack Nice uses to blow up the electrical box reads "FUMER TUE," the French for "SMOKING KILLS."

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  5. #005

    A Russian word that appears at least twice (supposedly the manufacturer of a piece of electrical equipment) is 'Covfefe' written in Cyrillic letters.

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  6. #006

    To promote the film, Global Road Entertainment released a series of character posters, each paying tribute to a famous literary or film reference from Los Angeles; for example, Sterling K. Brown is merged with the book cover of Raymond Chandler's novel The Long Goodbye, and Charlie Day with the poster for American Gigolo (1980).

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  7. #007

    Everest uses two Filipino words in this film: "bangkay" (corpse) and "pulis" (police).

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  8. #008

    Although the real names of many characters are revealed in the film, only their code names are listed in the final part of the film. Nurse, Waikiki, Niagara, etc.

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  9. #009

    The drink the Nurse drinks is called Blaine & Lundt but has no first name. It is most likely a tribute to the main characters of Casablanca (1942), whose plot involves sheltering fugitives.

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  10. #010

    Hotel Artemis has four patient rooms: Niagara, Honolulu, Acapulco and Nice. The patients assigned to these rooms are referred to only by the name of that room. Sterling K. Brown's character is named "Waikiki" because he shares the Honolulu room with his brother.

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  11. #011

    This is Jodie Foster's first acting role since the science fiction action film Elysium (2013). The theme common to both films is advances in medicine in the treatment of complex medical cases.

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  12. #012

    In his countdown, Nice skips dix-huit, the number eighteen. He counts from nineteen (dix-neuf) to seventeen (dix-sept).

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  13. #013

    Drew Pearce's directorial debut.

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  14. #014

    Zachary Quinto and Sofia Boutella appeared in Star Trek Beyond (2016).

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  15. #015

    Sterling K. Brown, Dave Bautista, Kenneth Choi, Evan Jones, Jeff Goldblum, Jenny Slate and Brian Tyree Henry have all appeared in Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Brown appears in Black Panther (2018). Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Choi in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Goldblum in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Slate in Venom (2018) and Henry in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).

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  16. #016

    Kenneth Choi and Sterling K. Brown appeared in Inside Look: The People v. O. J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016).

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  17. #017

    Jeff Goldblum and Zachary Quinto, who play father and son in the film, are both from Pittsburgh and both have strong ties to the city.

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  18. #018

    Zachary Quinto and Jenny Slate appeared in Aardvark (2017).

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