Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Infobox Film
name = Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills


caption =
director = Paul Bartel
producer = James C. Katz
writer = Paul Bartel (story)
Bruce Wagner (story and screenplay)
starring = Jacqueline Bisset
Ray Sharkey
Mary Woronov
Robert Beltran
Ed Begley, Jr.
Wallace Shawn
Arnetia Walker
Paul Bartel
Paul Mazursky
Rebecca Schaeffer
music = Stanley Myers
cinematography = Steven Fierberg
editing = Alan Toomayan
distributor = Cinecom International
released = June 3, 1989
runtime = 95 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0098261

"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" is a black comedy released in 1989. Co-written and directed by Paul Bartel, "Scenes" re-unites Bartel with his "Eating Raoul" co-stars Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran. "Scenes" also stars Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Ed Begley, Jr., Wallace Shawn and Paul Mazursky.

Rebecca Schaeffer appeared in her first major feature film role in what many critics considered to be a breakout performance; however, she was murdered by an obsessed fan just six weeks after the film's release.

Mary Woronov was nominated for a 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her role.

Plot summary

Clare Lipkin (Bisset) is a recent widow, dealing with everything from houseguest Lisabeth (Woronov), to Lisabeth's libidinous ex (Shawn) to family problems. She's also being haunted by the ghost of her recently deceased husband (Mazursky).

Lisabeth's houseboy Juan (Beltran) and Clare's chauffeur Frank (Sharkey) make a bet on which of them can seduce the other's employer first. The bisexual Frank puts up cash for the wager but if he wins he wants Juan to sleep with him. Juan wins the bet but claims that he lost and has sex with Frank anyway.

DVD release

"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" was released on Region 2 German DVD on May 18, 2005. Still has yet to be released on DVD in the USA.

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0098261/ "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills"] at Internet Movie Database


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