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Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood

Hollywood laid bare!

1967•2h 0m•5.3/10
Documentary

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5.3/10(3)

Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting a moment in time (1965-67), when an inquisitive trust in the unknown was paramount, hope for the future was tangible and life was worth living on the fringe. An interior monologue narrative approach is used throughout the film, where each principal person shown not only decided on what they wanted to be filmed doing, but also narrated their own scenes. The film opens with Gypsy Boots (the original hippie vegan - desert hopping blender salesman), and stripper Jennie Lee, working out 'Watusi-style' beneath the 'Hollywood' sign -- leading into the 'sustainable community' insight of Lewis Beach Marvin III, the S&H Green Stamp heir, who lived in a $10 a month garage while owning a mountain retreat in Malibu.

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Production

Omega-Cyrano Productions, Emerson Film Enterprises

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil

Himself - Cupid

Jay Sebring

Jay Sebring

Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret

Rodney Bingenheimer

Rodney Bingenheimer

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Ram Dass

Ram Dass

Coleman Francis

Coleman Francis

Carol Cole

Carol Cole

Cher

Cher

Arlene Dahl

Arlene Dahl

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Mary Ure

Mary Ure

James Stewart

James Stewart

Jane Russell

Jane Russell

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