The Queen of Versailles Sundance Preview Clip 1 - Tour

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The Queen of Versailles premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and received the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary. Sundance Institute provided creative support for the film at the 2011 Creative Producing Summit.

With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David's rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of the American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.
Lauren Greenfield instinctively knows what questions to ask, when to ask them, and, more importantly, where to put her camera to mine this overflowing treasure of events. She constructs a series of glowing metaphors to concoct a fascinating character study of parents, children, pets, and household employees as their privileged existence turns upside down. The end result is a portrait of a couple who dared to dream big but lose, still maintaining their unique brand of humility.

Award Winner:
2012 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Directing Award: Documentary

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Frank Evers, Dan Cogan PRODUCERS Lauren Greenfield, Danielle Renfrew Behrens COPRODUCER Rebecca Horn Black CINEMATOGRAPHER Tom Hurwitz EDITOR Victor Livingston COMPOSER Jeff Beal

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[steakdiaper]

you don't become that rich by "working hard". You either inherited it, meaning you did nothing, or you stepped on, crushed, and ruined somebody's life on the way up. Not to mention only being taxed a fraction of what the rest of us are.

[inkey2]

what a hideous, white elephant

[mano bijili]

So much envy her house is beautiful <3

[TheRock2004]

we're not bitter, these people are just tacky, where's the class and dignity that rich Americans had during the Gilded Age .

[Alex vuitton]

biltmore estate is the largest home in america is a 175,000 squf

[OmarThePug]

bs... David Siegal worked hard for his money. Take you class envy to Cuba commie.

[LordOftheMind]

why blame someone who is happy being rich, because you jealous

[tom en icha Esquivion]

she lkooks real ugly en have ugly body,,here kids looking ugly en shit to,,wata shame less familie typical americans,,,,,,

[Franny Pie]

I think the wife is pretty and funny and seems pretty cool. Dang if they have all that money from people being dumb enough to buy into "time shares" good for them!!! Really?! Who cares how they spend it?! They employ people to do the work for them- stimulating the economy. I'm sure they donate substantial amounts of $ for tax deductions. Leave them alone!!!

[diesel3replay]

Siegel started his business from scratch in a garage so didn't inherit it, and the proof of him 'stepping on, crushing and ruining' anyone's life is where exactly? Also, wealthy business people don't control how much they or anyone else is taxed. They may have their flaws which seem somewhat amplified by their wealth but so do we all. On a side note - George Lucas,& Steven Spielberg - both billionaire filmmakers; aside from some dodgy movies have they ruined anyone's lives?