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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Jun 19, 1998
Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
A la Carte Entertainment, Lobos Grande, Off The Menu LLC
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• Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
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Genre: Documentary, Hollywood
Plot: In 1936, vaudeville performer Dave Chasen opened a modest restaurant on the edge of West Hollywood, serving up a specialty chili which, according to legend, he originally concocted in the kitchen of director Frank Capra. Over the next 60 years, Chasen's restaurant rose to culinary and cultural fame as it catered to Hollywood's elite--Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor all dined on Chasen's famous fare--as well as U.S. presidents, foreign dignitaries, and royalty. So when the legendary eatery finally closed its doors in 1995, filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (AMERICAN SPLENDOR) set out to document Chasen's final days through archival footage and interviews with management, staff and celebrity regulars such as Quentin Tarantino, Sharon Stone, Jay Leno, and John Travolta, resulting in a nostalgic homage to the golden age of Hollywood and the end of an era.
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Shari Springer Berman
Hello, He Lied & Other Truths From the Hollywood Trenches, Wanderlust, American Splendor | Robert Pulcini
American Splendor, Hello, He Lied & Other Truths From the Hollywood Trenches, Wanderlust |
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David Brown
Chocolat, Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood |
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What a Way to Go!, Teacher's Pet, Wild in the Streets | | |
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