Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood

5.3

1967-06-30

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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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.

Released

1967-06-30

Runtime

120

Director

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

Omega-Cyrano Productions

Emerson Film Enterprises

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    Vito Paulekas

    Vito Paulekas
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    Carl Franzoni

    Carl Franzoni
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    Gypsy Boots

    Gypsy Boots
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    Ram Dass

    Ram Dass
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    Frank Zappa

    Frank Zappa
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    Bobby Beausoleil

    Bobby Beausoleil
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    Margaretta Ramsey

    Margaretta Ramsey
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    Dale Davis

    Dale Davis
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    Theodore Charach

    Theodore Charach
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    Valerie Porter

    Valerie Porter
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    Jay Sebring

    Jay Sebring
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    Carazini

    Carazini
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    Rudi Gernreich

    Rudi Gernreich
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    Rodney Bingenheimer

    Rodney Bingenheimer
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    Jimmy Carl Black

    Jimmy Carl Black
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    Carol Cole

    Carol Cole
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    Coleman Francis

    Coleman Francis
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    Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon

    Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon
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    Lewis Beach Marvin III

    Lewis Beach Marvin III
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    Jayne Mansfield

    Jayne Mansfield
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    Alfred Hitchcock

    Alfred Hitchcock
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    Jennie Lee

    Jennie Lee