
Because of that gradual demolition, elaborate sets were constructed for filming on site at Twentieth Century-Fox in LA. That is very possible when you consider that all those destructive deeds acted out inside the house would never have been allowed by the owner. It has either been remodeled and toned down since, or the movie producers added a more elaborate portico to further impress the viewers. More than 90% of the whole movie was filmed in it.Īll exterior scenes were shot using the 119 Fremont property, though in real life it looks slightly different. The house remains the crux of the movie, and it is an actual property situated at 119 Fremont Place, the private gated community in LA’s posh Hancock Park district. The movie War of the Roses was completed during 1989, and despite the impressive cast (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner), the House takes centre stage, and everything that happens during this film is in relation to that House, that piece of Real Estate.


It is dark and sinister, especially when both main characters decide they could/would each kill the other to achieve their identical individual objectives: possession of the House the Property. Watching this film for the second time, 25 years later, I am more convinced than before that labelling it a comedy was a colossal mistake I laughed once.

Range of political, economic and social pressures. This option provides for the study in depth of a period in which theĮnglish monarchy suffered instability and the country was subjected to a Published 14 October 2021 | PDF | 1.0 MB 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499
