Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)The widow's houseboy and the divorcee's chauffeur bet on which will bed the other's employer first. Director:Paul Bartel |
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)The widow's houseboy and the divorcee's chauffeur bet on which will bed the other's employer first. Director:Paul Bartel |
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| Jacqueline Bisset | ... |
Clare Lipkin
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Ray Sharkey | ... |
Frank
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| Mary Woronov | ... |
Lisabeth Hepburn-Saravian
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| Robert Beltran | ... |
Juan
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| Ed Begley Jr. | ... |
Peter
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| Wallace Shawn | ... |
Howard
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Arnetia Walker | ... |
To-Bel
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| Paul Bartel | ... | ||
| Paul Mazursky | ... |
Sidney
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Edith Diaz | ... |
Rosa
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Rebecca Schaeffer | ... |
Zandra
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| Barret Oliver | ... |
Willie Saravian
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Jerry Tondo | ... |
June-Bug
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| Susan Saiger | ... |
Kelly
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| Michael Feinstein | ... |
Himself
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A divorcée, whose house is being fumigated, temporarily moves in with a friend, whose husband has recently passed away. Meanwhile two of the workmen make a bet that they can bed the women and the games are on. Mixed into the mess of filthy rich individuals are the divorcée's ex, her script-writer brother, his new African-American wife, the friend's precocious daughter, and the ghost of her husband. The film offers a satire on the social, racial, and hedonistic lifestyles of the rich and famous. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Pre-Voyager Robert Beltran and the the often-maligned Mary Woronov are the real stars of this show about the meaning of love and honor among those who know little of either.
While that sounds really dull and serious, keep in mind that this is one of the "sideways" comedies of Paul Bartel, the man who brought us "Eating Raoul," and starring the usual Bartel suspects.
The script is funny, all parts are fully fleshed, these are real people...not anyone I'd want to know personally, for the most part.