Where was Rich and Famous filmed?
1981 film, directed by George Cukor.
- Malibu
The story is set in New York City, California, about 2,470 miles (3,974 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- New York City, California
- Filmed in
- Malibu
- Distance
- About 2,470 miles (3,974 km) between New York City, California and the nearest filming location.
About Rich and Famous
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- Released
- 1981
- Director
- George Cukor
- Cast
- Candice BergenDavid SelbyHart BochnerJacqueline BissetSteven HillMeg RyanNicole EggertDack RamboJoe MarossMichael Brandon
- Genre
- Drama
The story
Two women find their friendship is tested when one rises from obscurity to success while the other stagnates in a stalled career.
Liz Hamilton, a young woman with literary ambitions, and Merry Noel Blake, an all-American blonde beauty from Atlanta, are close friends who met while they were freshmen at Smith College in the 1950s.
Meanwhile, Merry fulfills her aspiration to a life of domesticity caring for a husband and child by marrying Doug Blake and moving to a beach house in Malibu, California.
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