The Carpetbaggers
“It is unlikely that you will experience in a lifetime all that you will see in... THE CARPETBAGGERS.”
Drama
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
VIBE
A sprawling, sun-drenched epic of ambition and excess. It feels like watching fortunes rise and fall amidst the smoky, glamorous haze of mid-century Hollywood, where every triumph masks a deeper hollowness.
decadentcynicalmelancholicopulentsteadyepic dramaold Hollywood glamourperiod pieceambitiongreeddisillusionmentpower
based on novel or bookcarpetbagger
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