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TO CHASEN'S, THE FAMEDOLLYWOOD
RESTAURANT WHERE DEA WE
SEALED, GOSSIP WAS WHOLESALED,
AND ROMANCES BEGAN AND ENDED.
HOLLYWOOD YALTY RUBBED
SHOULDERS WITH REAL ROYALTY
AND PRESIDENTS FOR A MENU THAT
APPEALEDO CARNIVORES -- CHILI,
BEEF BONES, AND BO STEAKS
FLAMED AT TABLESIDES.
AND THEN THE PARTY ENDED IN 1995
WHEN CHASEN'S CLOSEDFTER BEING
SOLD TO A MALL DEVELOPER.
"OFF THE MENU: THE LAST DAYS
OF CHASEN'S" IS AN EVOCAVE
DOCUMENTARY THAT RECORDS
THE PASSING NOT ONLY
OF A RESTAURANT BUT
OF A HOLLYWOOD ERA.
THE CO-DIRECTORS ARE SHERRY
SPRINGER BERMAN AND ROBERT
â– ULCINI.
>> AS SOON AS U ANNOUNCE THAT
YOU GOT IN CHASEN'S, NOW YOU'RE
BUSY EVERY NIGHT.
I SAID, ELL, LET ME TELL YOU,
THE ONLY WAY I CAN PUT I
TO YOU IS WHEN YOU SICK,
NOBODY CALL YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU DIE, EVERYBODY COME
TO THE FUNERAL."
ROGER: THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE
CHARACTERS AT CHASEN'S WEREN'T
THE CUSTOMERS BUT THE VETERAN
EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY RAYMOND
LBOOL, THE FEISTY BANQT
MANAGER WHO WAS AN OBSESSIVE
PERFECTIONIST.
>> SO HIS VIEW IS NO MATTER WHAT
THE CALL TIME IS -- LET'SAY
THE CALL TIME'S 5:00
YOU SHOULD -- HIS PEOPLE WORKING
THIS PARTY SHOULD BE THERE
AT:30 OR 4:00.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S IF THEY'REOT --
IF THEY' ON TIME --
>> THEY ARE TE.
RO THEN THERE WAS WAITER
TOMMY GALLAGHER, WHO WAS
INTIMIDATED BY NO ON
NOT MANY PEOPLE CALLED SINATRA
"FRANK" TO HIS FACE.
>> WE ALCOULD HAVE GONE
SOMEPLACE ELSE AND MADE MORE
MONEY.
STAYED, THANK GOD.
ROGER: YOU ABSORB SO
OF THE PRIDE AND TRADITION
OF THE RESTAURT.
YOU REALE THATOR A WTER
LIKE TOMMY GALLAGHER, HIS JOB
REALLY WAS HIS LIFE.
YOU MEET HIS SON, WHO LOVED M
BUT ONLY RARELY SAW HIM
BECAUSE TOMMY WAS ALWAYS
AT WORK.
YOU SEE IN MINIATURE HOW RITUA
D TRADITIONS ARE T CEMENT
OFUMAN SOCIETY AND HOW EVEN
A RESTAURANT CAN PROVIDE
CONTINUITY AND MEANING.
BY THE END OF THE MOVIE,
YOU'RE AMAZED BY HOW DEEPLY
YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED.
GENE: OH, I THOUGHT TH WAS
A TERRIFIC JOB.
D AGN, THINK ABOUT
THE STANDARD WAY OF TELLING
THE STORY OF THE CLOSING
OF A RESTAURANT.
YOU SHOW THE RESTAURANT,
MAYBE SOME OF THE FAMOUS PEOPLE
WHO ATE THERE, THEN YOU HAVE
THSCENE WHERE, YOU KNOW,
THE MEAN MONEY MAN EXPLAINWHY,
FOR FINANCIAREASONS, IT MUST
BE CLOSED.
D THEN THE FINAL DINNER,
AND YOU KNOW, E EXTERIOR SHOT,
LIGHTS OUT.
WELL, BUT THESE DIRECTORS DID
SOMETHING, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED,
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THEY FOUNDOMETHING FRESH --
TO GO AT THE EMPYEES AND TELL
THR STORIES.
WHAT A WONDERFUL IDE
HUMANIZES TS EXPERIENCE.
IT STANDS FOR ALL EMPLOYMENT,
ALL WORK.
THEY'VE DE A UNIVERS STORY
OUT OF WHAT NORMLY WOULD HE
BEEN JUST, YOU KNO A LITTLE
BIT OF SHOW BIZ.
R: THEY MADE T STAFF
INTO THETARS --
GENE: EXACTLY RIGHT.
ROGER: AND THE STARS
INTO THE SUPPORTING CAST.
GENE: YOU'VE GOT IT.
ROGER: IF YOU WERE THERE EVERY
GHT, SURE, JIMMY STEWART COMES
IN, FRANK SINATRA COMES IN,
AND THEN TY GO HOME.
BUT YOU' THERE AGAIN TOMORROW
NIGHT, AND THIS IS YOUR TURF,
YOUR TERRITORY, AND YOUR PRIDE
IS INVOLVED.
GENE: THERE WAS ONLYNE THI
THEY LEFT OUT THAT I THOUGHT
A DOCUMEARIAN WOULD HAVE
INCLUDED -- THE RECIPE
FOR THE CHILI.
ROGER: YEAH, WELL, I'LL GIVE
YOU MY CHILI RECIPE, AND THAS
ALGENE THOUGHTT CAME UP SHT