Scenes From Class Struggle in Beverly Hills [VHS]

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	Artist(s):	Bisset Sharkey Woronov
	Video by:	Starz / Anchor Bay
	Sales Rank:	8150
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Product Details/Specifications

Recording label: Starz / Anchor Bay
EAN: 9786303004877
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 6303004873
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC,
Release Date: 1997-10-06
Universal product code (UPC): 013132968933
Audience rating: R (Restricted)

Amazon.com
Written by Bruce Wagner and directed by Paul Bartel, this smart, nasty little sex farce deals with the various comings and goings within the household of a show-business family in Lalaland. Who's sleeping with who--and who wants to sleep with who--are part of the door-slamming, bed-swapping escapades in this wild send-up of contemporary life among the wealthy and the people who work for them. No one's secret is safe in this house, and most of them are very funny--in a sick and twisted way. The terrific cast includes Ed Begley Jr., Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Wallace Shawn, and Paul Mazursky. Not for more demure tastes. --Marshall Fine

I Love This Movie!
Review Date: 2008-10-08 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is one of the funniest comedies ever made. It pushed the envelope on racial and sexual pairings and brilliantly takes on class divides. I hope it is released on DVD in the US.

Reviews

Buy It!!
Review Date: 2008-04-12 Rating: 10 out of 10

It's too bad this film is not on DVD, even so, you should find a VHS and buy it. It is wonderfully funny, not in a laugh out loud way, but very subtle.

Have an open mind, and you'll like this one!
Review Date: 2007-09-02 Rating: 6 out of 10

A friend of mine had a video store and she gave me a copy of this movie. I watched it with my mother! We thought it was hysterical and I immediately rewound it and watched it again! I took it to my Uncle's-he watched it and ALSO immediately watched it again! Since then, I went on to lend it to various people and the majority of them thought it was hysterical. The two people that didn't like it really hated it. And one girl I loaned it to never spoke to me again except to say that her husband loved it! It's full of crazy twists and turns and it's very racy. I think you should watch it for yourself, there were so many stars and plots going on. It's soo crazy to explain the plot but if you're not a prude, give it a shot.

Beverly Hills 9021-OH!
Review Date: 2007-08-16 Rating: 10 out of 10

From the clever mind of writer/director/actor Paul Bartel comes this hysterical, yet screwed-up view of one weekend in the lives of two Beverly Hills households. Revolving around a fading British soap opera star, Clare (Jacqueline Bisett), her recently-divorced neighbor Lisabeth (Mary Woronov) and their butlers (Ray Sharkey and Robert Beltran), the story involves every major and minor character in subplots that intervene with one another.

Featuring an all star cast with such stars as Ed Begley, Jr., Wallace Shawn, Paul Mazursky, and Arnetia Walker, the film goes through many hysterical, yet wickedly delicious turns. The most memorable one is the twisted, diabolical film opening that involves murder (it turns out to be a dream). Arnetia Walker is wonderful as the trashy, yet funny Aunt Tobel who happens to be the mistress who ruined Lisabeth's marriage to her gynecologist husband (Shawn).

The film features one of the most beautiful piano scores I have ever heard. Along with Arnetia Walker's powerful, stirring renditions of two classic songs ("Natural Woman" and "Let's Misbehave"), the film's soundtrack is memorable. It is a great shame that it was never released.

With themes involving homosexuality, bisexuality, pornography, sado-masochism, this film will not be appealing to conservatives who can't enjoy a wonderful farce of life among the rich, snobbish community known as Beverly Hills. Paul Bartel who directed, wrote, and starred in the film did an superb job of poking fun at one of America's most recognizable communities. Like many present-day comedy directors such as the Farrelly Brothers and Keenan Ivory Wayans, Bartel pushed the limits of good taste and morality with this film. The results will have most rolling on the floor laughing.

On a sad note, two of the film's stars died shortly after the film's release. Rebecca Schaeffer who played Clare's daughter, Xandra, was murdered by an obsessed fan. Ray Sharkey, passed away from complications of AIDS. Their performances will live on on what I consider one of the best farce's of the 20th Century.

Arnetia Walker rules!!!!!
Review Date: 2007-04-01 Rating: 10 out of 10

If there's one reason (even though there's plenty) to catch this hysterical flick set in the privileged homes of Beverly Hills it's Arnetia Walker's brilliant turn as "Aunt" Tobel. Watch her make friends with Jacqueline Bisset's dog Bojangles, watch her naughty porn appearance, watch her facial expressions...just watch her.
If Oscar loved to laugh, Walker and her brilliant timing would've taken home an Academy Award for her work here. Her suggestion to Wallace Shawn about what to do with "a nice piece of corn off the cob" is worth the price of admission. She even sings Let's Misbehave as the closing credits roll. Pure Magic!!!! Please release this on DVD....NOW!!!!!!

Running time: 103 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1989-07