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Mondo Hollywood

"Hollywood laid bare!"

1967-06-30
5.3
en 120m
Documentary
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.

Director

Robert Carl Cohen

Editor

Robert Carl Cohen

Music

Mike Curb

Title Graphics

Allen Porter

Cinematography

Robert Carl Cohen

Executive Producer

Arthur N. Gilbert

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Omega-Cyrano Productions
  • Emerson Film Enterprises

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