
Release Date
Original Release
June 30, 1967
2h 0m
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Overview
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
Department: Editing
Cast
Vito Paulekas
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Carl Franzoni
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Gypsy Boots
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Ram Dass
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Frank Zappa
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Bobby Beausoleil
Himself - Cupid
Margaretta Ramsey
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Dale Davis
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Theodore Charach
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Valerie Porter
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