Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker 2015"El Fureidis," the estate used for the wedding scene in 1983's "Scarface," has dropped its asking price to $17.9 million Tom Ploch / Universal Studios Home Entertainment / APSay hello to this fabulous half-priced home The home used in the wedding scene from the 1983 gangster film Scarface has dropped its asking price from $35 million to $17.9 million Named "El Fureidis," the Montecito estate features 10 acres of beautiful scenery and expertly crafted interiors but movie buffs will best recognize the home for its appearance during the wedding scene of the seminal 1983 gangster film "Scarface." The estate has quite the elaborate history, originally founded in 1906 by James Waldron Gillespie, and has boasted memorable tenants and visitors like Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, and John F. Kennedy. Check out this stunning home in the gallery above, and learn more about El Fureidis at the online listing According to Domain, the estate known as El Fureidis, meaning ‘tropical paradise’, is located in celebrity-filled Montecito where Tony Montana took control of the local drug trade in the film 6.5-plus bathroom mega-mansion was last purchased for US$12.26 million in 2015 at a sharp discount to its then asking price of US$35 million Since the Oliver Stone film was shot on the grounds the home has undergone a multimillion-dollar renovation the interior of the property was never used in the film New features include updates to the living area and kitchen while still retaining many of the original fixtures such as the main ‘conversation room’ in a Byzantine-style alcove crowned with an 5.4m high central dome that is decorated with a floral gold and blue design in 24-carat gold leaf modelled after the church of St The formal dining room features a barrel ceiling painted in 24-carat gold leaf and depicts a scene of Alexander the Great conquering Persepolis by Henry Wadsworth Moore with the artist’s original signature on the artwork There are also views of the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands from the estate Designed by world-renowned architect Bertram Goodhue the magnificent 10-acre grounds feature layered gardens News Sitemap As first reported in the Wall Street Journal California has just sold for $12.3 million (£8.2 million) about a third of the original asking price El Fureidis was put on the market by owner Sergey Grishin for around $35 million (£23.3 million) in May 2014 and was forced to cut the price almost in half to $17.9 million (£11.9 million) in May this year When the house still failed to sell, Grishin, who is president and chairman of RosEvro Group was forced to drop the price by another $5 million (£3.3 million).  Listing for the house was done by estate agents Riskin Partners and Emily Kellenberger of Village Properties Robert Riskin from Riskin Partners told the Wall Street Journal that the house was "overpriced" at first and the $12.3 million £8.2 million) price tag "reflects its value." which was designed by famous American architect Bertram Goodhue in the 1900s but has around 10,000 square feet of floor space Other features include a Byzantine-influenced "conversation room" and a gold leaf covered ceiling in the dining room Scarface — the movie most famous for the line "Say hello to my little friend!" — was partially filmed in the grounds of El Fureidis The house served as the location for notorious gangster Tony Montana's wedding The house was bought by a 59-year-old Texan businessman named Pradeep Yohanne Gupta Gupta said "I think we got it at a fair value,"adding that he hoped to spend Christmas in El Fureidis a private investment bank based in Houston He intends to use the estate as his West Coast home Gupta insisted that he didn't buy the house because of its association with Scarface but for its history and beautiful architecture He said that being in the movie was just "a data point."  a grand mansion used in the filming of "Scarface" has come on the market for about $40 .. Treasured homes along the California coast often come with a Hollywood connection Few properties capture the imagination like Montecito's El Fureidis. Designed by celebrated architect Bertram Goodhue for real estate tycoon James Waldron Gillespie—who is said to have traveled to Montecito because of its likeness to the fair-weather climates of the Mediterranean—the 10-acre estate was completed in 1906. A globally-inspired architectural achievement, the property has been a fixture of Montecito for more ... More than a century. Since then, the roughly 12,000-square-foot mansion has welcomed such remarkable guests Einstein, Churchill and John F. Kennedy. Renowned German author, Thomas Mann, is among former owners. Designed by Bertram Goodhue, El Fureidis is a stellar example of the artisanal craftsmanship found ... More in Southern California during the early 1900s. Though the estate has undergone renovations and updates to include modern comforts, the original grandeur remains. Primarily of Mediterranean Revival designs, the five-bedroom, seven-bath home also features Neoclassical and Middle Eastern elements, such as tiled, interior fountains, domed ceilings and elaborate mosaics. Graceful details continue in the home's seven bedrooms. The air of old-world regality can also be found in the mansion’s massive dining room, whose barreled ceiling displays a scene in 24-karat gold leaf painting of Alexander the Great conquering Persepolis. A lavish bath set beneath a domed ceiling sets the stage for the home's primary suite. Other noteworthy areas of the home include a central atrium, rooftop lounge with 360-degree views and updated kitchen. From the patio, layered gardens unfold in layers to create one of the most tranquil atmospheres ... More Southern California. Outside, walking paths lined with a variety of trees, some over a hundred years old, wind throughout the estate. Also about the grounds are an array of curated spaces such as layered gardens, pools and terraces—outdoors spaces that served as the backdrop for Tony Montana’s wedding scene in Scarface. The estate was built in the early 20th century for the scion of an affluent New York family Located less than two miles away from the ocean in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains, El Fureidis features far-reaching views of the Pacific, including sights of the Channel Islands. El Fureidis takes in spectacular views of the Pacific Village Properties is an exclusive member of Forbes Global Properties a consumer marketplace and membership network of elite brokerages selling the world’s most luxurious homes Construction Week Online Home » Business » Mansion from Scarface movie sells for $12.26m The 109-year-old mansion used in Scarface has finally been sold for $12.26million – after 17 months on the market the property was put on the market for $35million last May before its asking price was slashed to $17.9m known locally as El Fureidis (Tropical Paradise) boasts four bedrooms The large rooftop terrace provides 360-degree views of the Pacific Ocean The 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 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 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page · 'Scarface' Estate Sells for a Fraction of Its Original Asking Price [WSJ]· Buy the House Where Scarface Was Filmed for $35MM [Curbed LA] The house is known locally as "El Fureidis," or "little paradise." It was designed by American architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and built in 1906. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article Called El Fureidis, meaning “tropical paradise,” the estate was created in 1906 by world traveler James Waldron Gillespie, who came from New York in search of a spot on par with the Mediterranean climate and landscape. The Mediterranean Revival mansion was designed by architect Bertram Goodhue, known for such buildings as the Los Angeles Central Library and the Nebraska State Capitol. Evoking a Roman villa, the Neoclassical main house has been renovated and updated while preserving many of its original fixtures. Features include a center atrium, a Byzantine-style alcove topped with an 18-foot-high dome, a musician’s balcony overlooking the dining room and a rooftop lounge with 360-degree views. There are four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, five half-baths and nearly 10,000 square feet of living space. The 10 acres of grounds contain a variety of palm and other trees, some more than 100 years old. Pools, terraces and walking paths complete the grounds. The estate, once owned by Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann, was a location for the wedding scene in the 1983 film “Scarface.” Emily McBride Kellenberger of Village Properties/Christie’s International Real Estate is the listing agent. California Business Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Got a spare €33.2m lying behind the couch cushions? Well if you do, you could become the owner of a piece of Hollywood history. Watch the overhead video of the property here but make sure you check out the pictures below the video as well The extravagant home has ceilings painted with 24k gold-leaf having under gone multi-million dollar renovations in recent years We're going to let the pictures of this place do the talking This amazing property is built on over 10 acres of land in the hills of Southern California The halls of this mansion have hosted many VIP's over the years such as Albert Einstein Imagine the parties you could have in this luxury spot The property is most famous however for being the home of being the home of drug kingpin Tony Montana or if you have a spare few bob lying around and would like to make an offer Read Next: Enda Kenny helped out a wrestling legend yesterday From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer Already a subscriber? 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Named El Fureidis – which means 'tropical paradise' – the estate is the home Tony bought in the movie after he offed Frank Lopez and became the cocaine kingpin of Miami The compound isn't located in Florida The sprawling Mediterranean estate built in 1906 is found in star-studden Montecito READ MORE: Brisbane's 'Bluey House' banned from leveraging hit cartoon Designed by renowned turn-of-the-century architect Bertram Goodhue, the gorgeous 10-acre grounds feature layered gardens, specimen trees, fountains and pools to give grandeur and romance, according to the listing which pairs a classic Roman villa with Persian water gardens has hosted world-renowned celebrities and thought leaders Churchill and JFK having spent time at the elegant estate 6.5-plus bathroom stunner was last bought in 2015 READ MORE: The Amityville Horror house's gruesome past explained After languishing on the market for a year the elaborate estate's $USD 35 million hopes were dashed and the price was dropped to $USD 12.26 million stated the home's cinematic association was merely "a data point," according to WSJ The home underwent a multimillion dollar renovation since the iconic Oliver Stone film although none of the interiors from the film were shot here The refurb modernised the living spaces and kitchen while retaining many of the original fixtures Remaining opulent details include a main 'conversation room' in "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 modelled after the church of St John Lateran in Rome," according to the former listing The formal dining room features 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 on the artwork There are also views of the Pacific Ocean and even the Channel Islands from the estate Santa Barbara County is home to the likes of Oprah READ MORE: Ellen DeGeneres' gorgeous $600-million property portfolio Auto news: A new wave of plug-in hybrid utes from China is set to be challenged by a Japanese brand. Harry and Meghan buy their dream house: a crooked Russian oligarch’s 14,563-square-foot mansion in Montecito Prince Harry and Meghan Markle finally have a place of their own. Not a palace. Not a cottage that needed three million taxpayer dollars to renovate. Not a Vancouver mansion owned by a mysterious businessman, or a sprawling Los Angeles mansion owned by the Boo 2! A Madea Halloween guy. A house where they can finally put down some roots. And, fortunately for us, it’s also a house that everyone already knows everything about. The move apparently took place in July, after Harry realized that he hated living in Los Angeles. According to The Sun, Meghan paid for it with rerun fees from Suits, which suddenly makes the thought of being the fifth lead on your aunt’s 12th-favorite show much more of an enticing career prospect. If there’s any sort of mystery to the Chateau of Riven Rock at all, it’s why it cost so little. It has been reported that Harry and Meghan paid $14.3 million for the home despite the fact that, a decade ago, it was sold for $25 million. What could possibly be the reason for this enormous tumble? Lawyers for Grishin said, “Numerous false, defamatory and entirely unproven allegations against Sergey Grishin have been made and widely published without a shred of corroboration and by sources whose credibility is seriously in doubt.” But in the understatement of the century, the business partner of Grishin’s ex-wife told the Daily Mail that Harry and Meghan may not be good at seeking counsel: “Clearly whatever advisers they have cannot have done any kind of due diligence.” Still, a bargain is a bargain, and whatever the cause of its heavy discount, the Chateau of Riven Rock looks like the perfect base from which to offer up meaningless platitudes about world events over Zoom, which is what the couple appear to do for a living now. 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Print The Montecito mansion used in the wedding scene of the classic mob film “Scarface” is for sale at $17.9 million after being marketed last year for as much as $35 million The Mediterranean Revival house was designed by architect Bertram Goodhue whose works include the Los Angeles Central Library and the Nebraska State Capitol the nearly 10,000-square-foot villa is the centerpiece of a 10-acre estate known as El Fureidis The Neoclassical main house is adorned with such features as a Byzantine-style alcove topped with an 18-foot-high dome a central atrium and a rooftop lounge with 360-degree views A musician’s balcony overlooks the dining room walking paths and a variety of palm and other trees Former owners include Noble Prize-winning author Thomas Mann The property shows in public records and the Multiple Listing Service as last having sold in 2009 for $6.23 million Emily McBride Kellenberger of Village Properties and Riskin Partners both affiliates of Christie’s International Real Estate Twitter: @LATHotProperty The mansion is still just as beautiful as you remember from the movie It is still on the market after sitting unsold for an asking price of $35 million The 10,000-square-foot mansion's four bedrooms and nine bathrooms are surrounded by Persian gardens and a wild number of fountains Emily Kellenberger of Village Properties has the listing What is known as the famous 'Scarface' house is now up for sale in Montecito The mansion appeared in the 1983 movie as the home of Al Pacino's character The 10-acre estate was designed by architect Bertram Goodhue and completed in 1906. Goodhue had designed the mansion for wealthy New Yorker James Waldron Gillespie. The Wall Street Journal reported that the home incorporates Roman and Middle Eastern influences including a Byzantine-style “conversation room” with a fountain and a high-domed ceiling The dining room has a barreled ceiling that is painted in 24-karat gold leaf. The ceiling art depicts a scene of  Alexander the Great conquering Persepolis. A great feature the mansion has is the roof deck with views of the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands The home also comes with two guest houses and a large pool split into 4 sections This 7 bedroom home has welcomed famous guests Einstein Thomas Mann, which is notably featured in the movie which was given the name "El Fureidis" is a livable residence with beautiful spaces of intimacies & luxurious serenity View More Here: Zillow The mansion appeared in the 1983 movie as the home of Al Pacino's character, Tony Montana.\nRead More The 10-acre estate was designed by architect Bertram Goodhue and completed in 1906. Goodhue had designed the mansion for wealthy New Yorker James Waldron Gillespie. The Wall Street Journal reported that the home incorporates Roman and Middle Eastern influences View More Here: Zillow For a year, the mansion sat unsold at a sky-high asking price of $35 million the Mediterranean mansion has found a buyer in Pradeep Yohanne Gupta CEO of private Houston-based investment bank IQ Holdings He paid only $12.26 million for the estate and hopes to use the house as his West Coast residence, according to the Wall Stret Journal Listing agent Robert Riskin told the Journal that the original ask was "overpriced," and that the actual sales price accurately "reflects [the mansion's] value." The home was previously owned by Russian billionaire Sergey Grishin.  The 10,000-square-foot mansion is just as beautiful as you remember from the "Scarface" movie It was recently renovated and includes four bedrooms and nine bathrooms surrounded by Persian gardens and a wild number of fountains Subscribe to the Montecito Journal’s Morning MoJo newsletter and get local news delivered to your inbox twice weekly Montecito is fortunate to have a rich history and generous historians who research and share with us through library programs Historian and author Betsy Green will be giving a presentation on Saturday September 10 from 1 to 2 pm here at the Montecito Library Sitting down with Green to hear about her recent book she shared her enthusiasm for silent movies and how our beloved community of today compares with its past incarnations Green will give her presentation about the movie studios (including “Flying A”) that traveled from the Hollywood area to film more than 60 movies here The chapter for each movie contains a lively synopsis and photos from the movie and location where it was filmed She took particular joy using humor to describe all of this Only about 14% of the silent movies still exist in part because they were not thought of as an art form but rather a sold product that would be replaced with next year’s product a very flammable material that made storage difficult someone in Iowa will find a reel in their closet In addition to discussing each of the films Green includes a chapter with descriptions and photos of each location The estates back then were much bigger than now so they could film one part of a movie in one spot then notice other locations on the property that would be good for the next film would hang out and watch the filming going on That was just an accepted thing because in the silent days it didn’t matter if people were talking in the background (One exception to allowing bystanders was a movie called Purity which had unclothed people running around.) Some of the time when they were making movies the mansion owners invited their friends over and they would have lunch and invite the actors to join them Before moving here from Chicago 13 years ago (for the three reasons of “December Green had a business writing about older homes and wrote the book Discovering the History of Your House and Your Neighborhood teaching people how to do their own research She treated the research and writing of her book as her “Covid project” and was able to accomplish much of the research online including the use of movie magazine databases and Santa Barbara Public Library’s incredible Edson Smith Photo Collection One thing that makes movies interesting to study is that one often gets a chance to see what life was like a hundred years ago – how these older movies are the closest thing to time travel Please join us for her fascinating presentation Local History Talk: The Gilded Age of Silent Movies Filmed in Montecito Mansions w/ Betsy Green – Sat 1-2 pmStay and Play (Ages 0-5) – Tuesdays – drop in anytime 9-10:30 amKnit ‘n’ Needle – Thursdays 2-3:30 pmPoetry Club: Robinson Jeffers – Thurs 2-3 pmMontecito Book Club: Pure Land by Annette McGivney – Tues has lost faith in the property's cultural cache as a selling point The listing doesn't even mention the movie anymore [UPDATE: The mansion has sold for $12.26 million just over a third of the original asking price The buyer commented that its association with the movie was merely "a data point."] ShareSaveLifestyleVicesTony Montana Doesn't Live Here AnymoreBySusannah Breslin sold earlier this month for far less than its original asking price where some scenes from "Scarface" were filmed far below its out-of-the-gate $35 million list price when it went on the market back in May of 2014 By May of 2015, the asking price for the Bertram Goodhue-designed residence constructed in 1906 had already dropped 50% to $17.9 million Here's a sampling of what its new owner will get for the lot and its four-bedroom 10,000-square-foot manse (the property's name means "Tropical Paradise"): "multiple pools layers of outdoor gardens," "[s]tatues palm trees and colonnades," "[h]igh ceilings gold-lead detailing," "a terra-cotta roof and a dining room with museum-quality painted ceiling," not to mention "[r]olling green lawns" and "ocean and mountain views." NJ - JULY 30: A man wears an a Scarface shirt along a street in Atlantic City on July.. So who owned the house that will forever be associated with the cocaine king and his little friend a Russian-born serial entrepreneur and billionaire who paid around $20 million for it in 2008 Gupta is the owner of another home elsewhere in Montecito but he's dismissive of the property's "Scarface" heritage which he referred to as a "data point." Back in 2006, Forbes named Montana to its "Forbes Fictional Fifteen" list placing the Forbes list first-timer's net worth at $1 billion crowning him a "[n]arcocapitalist," and imagining him having "[r]esurfaced in Port-Au-Prince Haiti," thanks to "Columbian-financed stem-cell medical research," and "[t]hought to be a silent partner in South Florida chain of 'My Little Friend' burger joints." For an exhaustive listing of shooting locations for "Scarface," check out this page which claims that while the original plan was to shoot the entire movie in Florida "due to a hostile environment caused by some Cuban Americans who did not like what they heard or guessed about the way the movie was going to portray Cuban Americans allot of the filming was transferred to California." The wedding of Antonio Raimundo Montana was shot at the Montecito mansion in Santa Barbara County The community didn't bode well for the future of the Montana-Hancock union but it has proved popular among celebrities; Oprah Winfrey You can relive the very-eighties "Scarface" wedding in this video featuring "Scarface (Push It to the Limit)," security cameras Sorry you missed your chance and looking to blow a few million? The nearby Chateau of Montecito can be yours for $34.5 million which soon turned the movie into the well-known classic it is seen as today Fox 5 New York states that the "Scarface" mansion consists of 11,547 square feet of living space This residence includes seven bedrooms and 12 bathrooms Each bedroom is luxuriously set with plenty of room This spaces are enhanced even further with walk-in closets that provide plenty of organized storage space Other rooms throughout the home include a basement The kitchen and bathrooms are designed with light colors and materials bringing a slightly modern look to the traditional design that covers the rest of the house Spaces are also embellished with a bit of elegance thanks to the crystal chandeliers that are located in most of the rooms and other areas of the house Realtor.com shows that each room throughout the mansion also includes large windows that bring the tropical paradise-themed garden into the home The windows also provide stunning views of the mountains and ocean beyond the estate Realtor.com shows the style continuing throughout the rest of the house especially in the dining room where the rounded ceiling is painted with traditional Roman style paintings The dining room also opens up to the traditional stone patio through oversized windows covering one wall of the room and light fixture seen throughout the residence also add to the style and bring out the exotic character of the property no one wanted to slap down a bid to own Tony Montana’s estate So realtors cut the price in half — to a cool $17.9 million an renowned architect responsible for the Los Angeles Central Library “Scarface” fans know it as the “Miami” mansion Tony and Elvira married but it’s actually built in the hills above Santa Barbara in Montecito Situated about 145 kilometres north of Los Angeles the house has undergone renovations since the Al Pacino classic was released in theatres in 32 years ago Take a look at the house and its sprawling grounds for yourself: Among the house’s more opulent features include a grand 18-foot Byzantine-style dome covered with gold leaf as well as tall palm trees and multiple outdoor fountains spread throughout the estate it’s a relatively small mansion for the $17.9-million price tag The house itself comes in at just 9,800 square-feet But what it lacks in living space it makes up in stunning California vistas The 10.39-acre estate features ocean and mountain views And at 49 per cent off its original asking price it’s a better deal now than it was a year ago TrendingResidentialNew YorkACalifornia mansion featured in “Scarface” hits market for $40MLocated in Montecito exterior was used for assassins' raid on Tony Montana The mansion featured in the movie “Scarface” where Al Pacino’s title charter snorted mountains of cocaine before being killed by assassins is hitting the market for $39.995 million Known as “El Fureidis,” or “Little Paradise,” the outside of the Mediterranean-style mansion on about 10 acres in Montecito was featured in the 1983 film — but the inside famously overindulged on drugs before taking on an army of intruders intent on killing him with a grenade launcher attached to an AR15 assault rifle inspired by Roman and Middle Eastern designs was drawn up in the early 1900s by Bertram Goodhue for James Waldron Gillespie It features a Byzantine-style “conversation room” that has a fountain beneath a high-domed ceiling with bench seating around it SIGN UPA large dining room’s barrelled ceiling has a 24-karat gold-leafed painting depicting Alexander the Great conquering Persepolis There are also two guest cottages on the property with three more bedrooms The home was last sold in 2015 for $12.26 million to Houston-based businessman Pradeep Yohanne Gupta the CEO of the private investment bank IQ Holdings after the house was offered for $35 million Gupta told the Journal the inside of El Fureidis looks nothing like the carpeted décor of Montana’s house in the film despite the violence that takes place in the film it is a pretty peaceful place where sparrows and woodpeckers are the loudest things you’ll hear The Montecito market has been headed upward since even before the pandemic the lead listing agent Dina Landi told the newspaper A recent buyer in the area includes former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt who bought a home there for $30.8 million in 2020 [Wall Street Journal] — Vince DiMiceli The estate used in the iconic South Florida-based film “Scarface” was on the market for nearly a year with a $35 million price tag until last month when it took a whopping hit On April 7, the price on the four-bedroom mansion dropped 49 percent to $17.9 million, according to Realtor.com Designed by architect Bertram Goodhue in 1906, the home is actually in Santa Barbara, not Miami as depicted in the 1983 film starring Al Pacino and Michele Pfeiffer Goodhue is mainly known for his his churches, museums, and monumental buildings, including Saint Thomas Church in New York City. The “Scarface” home is Mediterranean Revival, and was designed following a trip to the Caspian Sea and Gulf of Persia, according to the listing. Producers must have done some creative filming to cut out the majestic mountains that can be seen from the home But the 9,800-square-foot home is surrounded by palm trees and described as a “tropical paradise” in the listing by Christies International Real Estate agent Emily Kellenberger. In fact the estate boasts 10 acres of exceptional grounds offering the utmost in privacy and a variety of trees many of which are over 100 years old,” the listing states The four bedroom, two-bathroom Santa Barbara home where hit movie “Scarface” was filmed has hit the rental market for $30,000 per month Designed by renowned architect Bertram Goodhue the home is known as one of Santa Barbara’s most magnificent estates Situated on 10 private acres of land, the home features exquisite views, beautiful landscaping, cascading pools, an interior courtyard, a motor court, multiple verandas and a rooftop terrace. There is also, of course, the recognizable large white fountain in the front, which was heavily featured in the iconic 1983 film “Scarface” director Brian De Palma reportedly chose the home as the “expression of the ultimate luxury estate” the home is a single-family residence with 9,816 square feet Like Haute Living Los Angeles? 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It was in California, near Santa Barbara. The palatial estate from Scarface, which served as the backdrop for Tony Montana's famous headfirst dive into a pile of cocaine and his "say hello to my little friend"-shouting last stand, sold for $12.26 million Despite the movie's place in Florida and hip-hop lore faux Miami locations are actually the rule Pacino's turn in the immigrant-turned-crime lord tale a tweak of the coming to America narrative dressed up in pastel pays homage to South Florida's flashy landscape While the origins of the story can actually be traced back to Chicago (the film is a remake of the original 1932 Scarface where actor Paul Muni stars as Tony Camonte the 1983 film appears to be squarely set in the Miami of its time it cheats by using California as a stand in for numerous locations Arial; font-size:32px !important; line-height: 35px !important; border-top: 4px double #FF0000; border-bottom: 4px double #FF0000; } .post p { font-size: 17px; line-height:27px; margin-bottom:10px } .post h3 { font-family:TradeGothicLTStdBoldCondensed; 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supposedly the 600 extras used in the riot scene only spoke Spanish The scene was based on a real camp that was set up under I-95 in North Dade Little HavanaHome of Miami's famous Calle Ocho arguably some of the most famous Cuban-American real estate in the United States this key neighborhood was actually played by LA's Little Tokyo (a Miami skyline mural was painted on one wall by the crew) The sandwich shop where Tony briefly worked at was actually an LA spot that had the sign covered up during filming According to production notes from the film while actors were dressed in clothing befitting the tropical locale they were suffering through a rare stretch of cold weather in California was once a Southern and Jewish enclave west of downtown that gradually changed as Cuban immigrants arrived Sunray Apartments (Chainsaw Scene)The notorious botched drug deal and chainsaw scene at the fictional Sunray Apartments supposedly based on a real event screenwriter Oliver Stone found in a Miami police report took place in an apartment building on 728 Ocean Drive that now has a Johnny Rockets on the ground floor Despite (or because of) the grisly scene set inside the 10,000-square-foot commercial building Frank Lopez's MansionThe home of the aging was played by a multimillion-dollar estate on Key Biscayne as well as the Atlantis Condo in the Brickell neighborhood (featured in the opening credits of another '80s classic This is the first place where Tony sees Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) from the glass elevator who actually owned the property next door and used it as his "winter White House" during his time in office (he came here to escape DC as the Watergate scandal unfolded) this grand Art Deco resort on 4441 Collins Avenue was the backdrop to Tony and Manny (actor Steven Bauer the only actual Cuban in the cast) attempting to pick up chicks Both Miami Vice and Goldfinger have shot at this signature hotel Versailles-inspired garden and "Stairway to Nowhere" in the lobby Babylon ClubCreated whole cloth within a Hollywood soundstage which seems to vibrate with Giorgio Moroder's Italo disco score as well as a seemingly endless series of mirrors (which made shooting without catching a camera reflection difficult) The mirrored panels that line the club were mounted on soft spongy boards and covered in clear plastic so shootout scenes could be reshot without cleaning up broken glass Tony's MansionThe 10-acre Santa Barbara estate that served as the symbol of Montana's success known as "El Fureidis" ("Tropical Paradise") was originally designed by Bertram Goodhue an architect known for monumental architecture across Los Angeles this estate was built in 1906 for James Waldron Gillespie who traveled with Goodhue all the way to India to search out inspiration for the design The trip paid off; the home features incredible details murals depicting Alexander the Great and a ceiling inspired by the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome Celebrities including Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein visited and couples from Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill to John F Kennedy and Jackie Onassis stayed in one of the many bedrooms who used them as a model for his park's Jungle Ride Alejandro Sosa's Bolivian EstateBuilt by Addison Mizener served as the home for the South American drug lord The 32-room Spanish hacienda was built for Alfred Dietrich in 1930 or if you just enjoy the luxury life in Santa Barbara the mansion made famous in the movie “Scarface” is for sale Spanning 10 acres of land in southern California “El Fureidis” or “Tropical Paradise,” the Roman-style stucco home has four bedrooms nine bathrooms and several Persian gardens “El Fureidis” also has domed ceilings hand painted with 24k gold-leaf and underwent a multi-million dollar renovation recently preserving the historic elements but remodeling the bathrooms and kitchen for modern living The listing on Village Properties also boasts a rich history with famous tenants and visitors like Albert Einstein The mansion is also infamous for being in “Scarface,” the 1983 gangster film starring Al Pacino While all that luxury comes with a hefty price tag--$35 million to be exact its real estate agent believes it won’t stay on the market for long “I do believe El Fureidis will sell quickly as compared with other homes in this segment of the market,” Village Properties agent Emily Kellenberger McBride told the International Business Times “There is nothing else like El Fureidis and we have put together an extensive marketing program for the sale of the estate.” Tour inside the “Scarface” mansion below and if you have an extra $35 million lying around contact the real estate agent for property inquiries