 Cleese later used his mannerisms as an inspiration for Basil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers".Several of the show's plot lines are alleged to be based in part on real-life events; the Gleneagles Hotel is referenced in the show's second episode, "The Builders".Cleese later played eccentric hotel owners in the 1999 remake film "The Out-of-Towners" and the 2001 movie "Rat Race"; in this latter piece, his character was called Donald Sinclair.