Glamoroso!


(10) The High Society Of Los Angeles

No suburb carries a more glamorous name than Beverly Hills — the ultimate embodiment of the American Dream. A colony of wealth, closely tied to Rodeo Drive, the ultimate shopping street. A “Pretty Woman” movie come to life.

The film features stars such as Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas, and Patrick Swayze, as well as the producer behind the scenes, Dianne Sillan-Isaacs, who also produced “Miami Vice.” We meet Arnold Schwarzenegger at a political dinner for his father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, the former mastermind behind the Kennedy clan.

A film about glittering facades and plastic surgery, about the father of cult figure “Alf” and the fitness trainer of the stars, about meditation wigwams, the world’s biggest wardrobes, and the most filmed swimming pool in town. Its owner, billionaire and Stanford University graduate James Goldstein, can afford the luxury of listing just three great hobbies on his business card: Fashion – Architecture – Basketball. His John Lautner-designed house, perched on a steep cliff overlooking Beverly Hills and all of L.A., is one of the most featured private buildings in America. It was a key location for the movies “The Big Lebowski” and “Charlie’s Angels” — and for this film.

*Original German title: Mondän!

The film features stars such as Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas, and Patrick Swayze, as well as the producer behind the scenes, Dianne Sillan-Isaacs, who also produced “Miami Vice.” We meet Arnold Schwarzenegger at a political dinner for his father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, the former mastermind behind the Kennedy clan.

A film about glittering facades and plastic surgery, about the father of cult figure “Alf” and the fitness trainer of the stars, about meditation wigwams, the world’s biggest wardrobes, and the most filmed swimming pool in town. Its owner, billionaire and Stanford University graduate James Goldstein, can afford the luxury of listing just three great hobbies on his business card: Fashion – Architecture – Basketball. His John Lautner-designed house, perched on a steep cliff overlooking Beverly Hills and all of L.A., is one of the most featured private buildings in America. It was a key location for the movies “The Big Lebowski” and “Charlie’s Angels” — and for this film.

*Original German title: Mondän!

Facts

The Mondän! (Glamoroso!) series was nominated for the national Adolf-Grimme-Prize in 2000
First aired 31st October 1999, 22.15 pm on ZDF
2,4 million viewers, 13,3 % market share
The Mondän! series had unbelievable 67 reruns between 1998 and 2011.

Credits

Written and directed by
Petra Höfer
Freddie Röckenhaus
Francesca D‘Amicis
Produced by:
Petra Höfer
Freddie Röckenhaus
Producers
Ute Zahn
Silke Roessink
DOP:
Thomas Schäfer
Additional Camera:
Aiken Weiss
Editing:
Jörg Wegner
Cast:
James Goldstein
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Melanie Griffith
Antonio Banderas
Patrick Swayze
Tom Patchett
Bill Panzer
Bijan Pakzad
Sean Connery

Editor at ZDF:
Peter Arens
A colourFIELD production, commissioned by ZDF

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