Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Bartel
Screenplay byBruce Wagner
Story byBruce Wagner
Paul Bartel
Produced byJames C. Katz
Starring
CinematographySteven Fierberg
Edited byAlan Toomayan
Music byStanley Myers
Production
company
North Street Pictures
Distributed byCinecom Pictures
Release date
  • June 3, 1989 (1989-06-03)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[1]
Box office$2.1 million[2]

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills is a 1989 American black comedy film co-written and directed by Paul Bartel. The film re-unites Bartel with his Eating Raoul co-stars Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran. It also stars Jacqueline Bisset, Ray Sharkey, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn, Paul Mazursky, and Rebecca Schaeffer. Schaeffer's appearance in the film served as the catalyst for her murder one month after its release.[3]

The film deals with a widowed television actress, her circle of friends, and her employees. Her planned comeback is sabotaged, when the people around her start bragging to a reporter about their sexual indiscretions. The actress soon starts a romantic relationship with a playwright, while rejecting jealous protests by her husband's ghost.

  1. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (September 25, 1988). "Paul Bartel Sticks It to the Idle Rich : Location Fun With the Maverick Director of 'Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ Snow, Robert L. (1998). Stopping a Stalker: A Cop's Guide to Making the System Work for You. Da Capo Press. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-0306457852. Retrieved October 6, 2023.