The 109-year-old mansion used in Scarface has had more than $17million slashed off its asking price after spending twelve months without a buyer.Located near Santa Barbara, California, the huge white property was put on the market for $35million last May.The four bedroom, nine bathroom, Roman-style home is named ‘El Fureidis’ or Tropical Paradise, according to the home’s listing. The 109-year-old mansion used in Scarface has had more than $17million slashed off its asking price after spending twelve months without a buyerThe mansion was designed by acclaimed turn-of-the-century architect Bertram Goodhue for James Waldron Gillespie. The estate’s ten-acre grounds are filled with Persian gardens, sculptures, fountains and pools.The interior underwent a multimillion dollar renovation last year that modernized the living spaces, including kitchen appliances, while still keeping the majority of the original fixtures in place.The rooms, including three guest suites on the top floor, are filled with artistic touches including gold-leaf ceilings, tiled walls, woodwork carvings and other details.
The four-bedroom property, located near Santa Barbara, California, was originally put on the market for $35million last May The interior underwent a multimillion dollar renovation last year that modernized the living spaces while still keeping the majority of the original fixtures in place The ten-acre grounds are spectacular and include paved walkways, a swimming pool and two fountains completed with tiled muralsThe main ‘conversation room’ is ‘a Byzantine-style alcove crowned with an 18-foot-high central dome that is decorated with a floral hand painted, gold and blue design in 24k gold-leaf modeled after the church of St. John Lateran in Rome’, according to the listing.The formal dining room has a barrel ceiling ‘painted in 24k gold leaf and depicting a scene of Alexander the Great conquering Persepolis by Henry Wadsworth Moore,’ with the artist’s original signature remains on the artwork.The roof has different areas where the entire property, Pacific Ocean and even the Channel Islands are visible.
The home is most famous for being used as the main residence of Al Pacino’s Tony Montana (above) in the 1983 film Scarface The huge mansion is full of stunning architectural points including these two pillars, which flank a doorway leading to a living area The main ‘conversation room’ is a Byzantine-style alcove with an 18-foot-high central dome - although there are plenty of other stunning fixtures in the house Perhaps one of the most modern rooms, the kitchen boats a huge silver fridge and an island area complete with lots of storageUnique palm trees spread around the property are also rumored to be the source for the trees now used in Disneyland’s Adventureland and Jungle Cruise ride.The home is most famous for being used as the main residence of Al Pacino’s Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface. Memorable tenants and visitors include Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Charles Chaplin and John F. Kennedy.It last sold in 2009 for upwards of $6million, property records showed.
It is currently owned by a corporation titled El Fureidis LLC and the listing is handled by Emily Kellenberger. The home, which includes this beautiful outdoor area, has been visited by Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Charles Chaplin, according to the agent The property last sold in 2009 for upwards of $6million, records showed, and the listing is being handled by Emily KellenbergerThese are the chairs built from real AK-47 rifles by Austrian designer Rainer Weber. The rifles were dismantled so they were no longer operational, then welded together to form the chairs. I like the animal print upholstery, I thought that was a nice touch. You know, in case you were worried people wouldn't know just how tacky you are by the AK-47 chair alone, it has to be animal print. You have to contact Rainer for the price if you're interested, which I just did because I want one very badly. But I want mine with way more guns. Imagine the Iron Throne but with guns -- that's what I want. And if it had a built in soda fountain, well, diabetes aren't going to get themselves.
Thanks to vishal, who wants a thrown built out of grenades. Heck yeah, or ninja stars! Dad Gives Young Daughter Virtual Reality Bike Ride Rubber Bands Around A Watermelon Experiment Gone Wrong (Or Right If You Ask Me)The famous machine gun used by Tony Montana in the classic gangster flick Scarface is up for sale. And because Al Pacino was a method actor, he insisted on using a real M16 for his portrayal of the merciless Cuban Montana. In the 1983, the cocaine kingpin is under siege in his luxurious mansion and refers to the gun as 'his little friend' before unleashing his fury on his approaching enemies. At the time the weapon was a live firing fully automatic machine gun with a custom-made M203 grenade launcher prop attached to it. Scarface tells the story of Montana as he rises to the top of the Florida underworld, dealing in cocaine, killing rival gangsters and making many enemies along the way. The violent conclusion of the film shows a small army of men sent to kill him at his lavish mansion home, prompting Montana to say: "You wanna f**k with me?
"You wanna play rough? Say hello to my little friend!" With that he fires the grenade launcher part of the machine gun, killing four men. The gun was also wielded by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1987 flick Predator. But following the death of actor Brandon Lee, who was accidentally shot by a live round fired from a pistol on a film set in 1993, the US banned live rounds in filming. As a result the 'my little friend' weapon was 'retired' with the firing pin removed and sold off to a private collector. The gun, which weighs 40lbs, is now expected to fetch $30,000 - around £20,000 - when it goes under the hammer at Julien's Auctions. Darren Julien, from the auction house, said: "This is a non-firing prop M203 grenade launcher mounted to a non-firing prop M-16 military style assault rifle used by Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Brian De Palma's gangster epic Scarface. "Pacino can be seen firing the weapon throughout the climactic ending of the film where Tony tries to defend his mansion against a full-scale assault by Bolivian drug kingpin Alejandro Sosa's men.
"He introduces the gun to his enemies with the now iconic line "say hello to my little friend'. "After firing the launcher through the front door of his study into several of his attackers, Tony continues to fire both the launcher and his attached automatic weapon at Sosa's men as they swarm his house, until he is finally shot in the back and killed by The Skull, Sosa's main hit man. "The M203 grenade launcher was custom made for use on the film, and the firing pin has been removed to prevent the use of live rounds. "The launchers were individually fabricated because the property master was unable to locate any live firing grenade launchers for production. "He had the M203 grenade launchers hand crafted by the studio prop department. "After the production wrapped in 1983, the simulated M203 grenade launcher was rented to other productions. "Another iconic film in which the prop can be clearly seen is the 1987 blockbuster Predator. "The same grenade launcher was used in action sequences by the main character Dutch, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.