--- title: 'The Motel Life (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Gabe Polsky' released: '2012-01-01' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-motel-life-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559036/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Motel Life (2012) 2012 · 95 min · Drama, Crime · United States ## Synopsis The Motel Life is a 2012 American drama film starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, and Kris Kristofferson. Directed and produced by brothers Alan and Gabriel Polsky, the screenplay was adapted by Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue from Willy Vlautin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Gardnerville, Minden, Reno, and Virginia City, Nevada, and also features animated sequences drawn by Mike Smith. ## Credits - **Director:** [Gabe Polsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabe-polsky) - **Producer:** [Gabe Polsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabe-polsky) - **Screenplay:** [Willy Vlautin](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-vlautin) - **Original Music Composer:** [David Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-holmes-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Roman Vasyanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-vasyanov) - **Editor:** [Hughes Winborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/hughes-winborne) ## Cast - [Hayes MacArthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayes-macarthur) - [Joshua Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-leonard) - [Kris Kristofferson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kris-kristofferson) - [Emile Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-hirsch) - [Dakota Fanning](https://cinepixo.com/people/dakota-fanning) - [Stephen Dorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-dorff) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150412133828/http://themotellifefilm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-motel-life-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3988392); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.