 Hotel Rwanda
Starring: Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Antonio David Lyons
Directed by: Terry George
Screenplay by: Terry George, Keir Pearson
Release Date: December 22, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, strong language.
Studio: United Artists
 Domestic: $23,530,892 (69.4%)
Foreign: $10,351,351 (30.6%)
Total: $33,882,243 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.
Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
Ten years ago, some of the worst atrocities of the twentieth century took place in the central African nation of Rwanda -- yet in an era of high-speed communication and round-the-clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. Over one hundred days, almost one million people were brutally murdered by their own countrymen.
In the midst of this genocide, one ordinary man, a hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina -- inspired by his love for his family and his humanity -- summoned extraordinary courage and saved the lives of 1268 refugees by hiding them inside the Milles Collines hotel in Kigali. Hotel Rwanda is Paul’s remarkable story.
Three years ago Keir Peirson and I sat around a table with Paul Rusesabagina and listened as he told us his story. As he spoke, I did my best to hide two conflicting emotions: excitement and fear.
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