Angelyne (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Glow in the Dark Queen of the Universe - full transcript
- ♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
- Angelyne!
- It was a real loss
to the city
when Frederick's of Hollywood
closed.
There is where
I get my underwear now...
all handmade
and original, of course.
- Yeah, of course.
- I had billboards
all around here.
I got famous just like that.
I was there for everything.
I was on all the phone calls.
I was on
all the billboard shoots.
It's a nonstop roller coaster.
You see, she's up there
with Marilyn, Greta Garbo.
Classic Hollywood... that's
how I saw her from day one.
I came to town for work,
and I figured
I'd do some sightseeing.
- "Simon & Simon,"
"Knight Rider,"
and "The A-Team."
- There are moments in life
that defy all logic,
when the cosmos decides
to bring you in on the secret.
- Yeah, I mean,
that was a bit much...
- And you just have
to be ready to listen.
Excuse me, Angelyne?
My name is Rick Krause.
I'm a fellow artist
and a huge fan.
I am in town
doing celebrity portraits,
and to my mind,
God's honest truth,
hand to my heart,
no truer Hollywood celebrity
exists today than you.
- ♪ I love blue ♪
♪ Words that say ♪
♪ I love you ♪
♪ 'Cause you... ♪
- She liked my paintings
so much,
she asked if I'd help out
around the office.
Just basic stuff, you know...
calls, bills.
She knows it's a drought,
but she needs the water.
How many...
how many gallons of water
is the actual quota
that you're ra...
Well, isn't there, like,
a celebrity dispensation
or something?
The woman needs to ablute.
Would you please, ma'am,
deal with me like a human being
and put down your script and...
- ♪ On white sheets ♪
♪ We'll float away ♪
- Oh, good.
You're still here, Rick.
I'd like to offer you
a full-time job
as my office manager.
- Oh, no way.
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh, what are...
what are the hours?
9:00 until 1:00.
- Is that 9:00 until 1:00 p.m.
Or... or 1:00 in the morning?
9:00 until one of us dies.
- Oh, cool.
You have to realize
that when Angelyne showed up,
L.A. needed her.
I mean, thanks to Reagan
and his cronies,
homelessness was on the rise.
Everyone's getting lung cancer
because of pollution,
and then Angelyne provided
color and humor and...
- And essence, my essence.
- Yeah, and essence.
She... she brightened up
a otherwise grim landscape.
And I do believe
that her hot-pink image was...
it was an escape
for the collective
consciousness of the city.
- Good, good.
Now do it from the top
with the essence part,
but make it natural.
- You have to realize
that when Angelyne showed up,
L.A. needed her.
- ♪ Watch out ♪
♪ You might get
what you're after ♪
♪ Cool babies ♪
- Angelyne!
- ♪ Strange
but not a stranger ♪
- Angelyne.
♪ I am an ordinary guy ♪
- ♪ Burning down the house ♪
- I don't like to
talk about what's next.
I like to talk about now.
Ooh.
- Barbie.
- Hey, sweetie.
- Are you Barbie?
- ♪ We're in
for nasty weather ♪
♪ There has got to be a way ♪
- Angelyne! Hey!
You want to go out with me?
Mm-mm.
- ♪ Time for jumping
overboard ♪
- I don't know, but obviously
she's doing something right
because she's up there
and we're down here.
This is great.
- ♪ Fighting fire with fire ♪
♪ Ah ♪
♪ All wet ♪
- ♪ Shakedown ♪
Oh, wow.
I've never seen
anything like this.
Looking good.
Here she comes!
Whoo!
- The lady of the hour.
Here we go.
I knew she'd like it.
- So?
- Truly magnificent.
- Mm-hmm.
- I sure hope
this 22 grand pays off.
- It's always
money, money, money.
You got to be
in the now, now, now, honey.
I bet people will talk
about this 100 years from now.
♪ ♪
Like this?
That's beautiful.
- Oh, Jesus.
- Oh.
- It's working.
♪ ♪
- Holy shit.
- ♪ Burning down the house ♪
♪ ♪
- Here, I thought she peaked
back with the billboards.
Boy, was I wrong.
Just talked to a guy who flew
all the way out from Sweden
for a lunch date with her.
- Her allure is wild.
- Lucky of you,
she's here today.
Should I go get her now?
All right, come on.
Let's go.
- Coming here?
- I think he's coming here.
- Oh, God, okay.
Um, shoes.
Shoes, shoes.
Left, right.
- This is the kind of crowd
Angelyne brings.
- Done.
- Bobby, Sue.
- Oh, you know,
I'm gonna be on the TV.
Help me.
- Yeah, let me get...
- Get the pillow.
Quick, quick.
- Okay.
Where do you want me?
- Um, on the couch
like you're watching.
- Okay, teeth.
Pull your skirt down.
- Good?
- Have a good show.
My God, it's Angelyne.
I have been trying to get you
on the show for years,
and now you have this
ten-story wall in Hollywood.
It's so big.
- Well, I just really
like things big, Russell.
Whoa, we're on TV here.
Angelyne, we're just
dying to know about you.
Do you promise
to open up to us?
Only if you open up
to me first.
- Honey, come look,
Angelyne's on.
- Do you ever get tired
of the attention?
- No, I have
an insatiable appetite
for three things...
- I bought her
those sunglasses.
- First, attention.
Second, teasing.
Third, money.
Isn't money adorable?
It's so green a pretty.
- It is.
So how many billboards do you
actually have right now?
- Isn't this
that lady you know?
- 193 billboards.
- Aah!
- But what everybody's
dying to know is,
what exactly do you do?
I make boys horny.
- The rest of us
work for a living.
Is there anything more to you?
- There's so much suffering
in the world,
and I am a divine...
sex goddess presence
for people to discover
and relate to.
And then they pay me.
- At 2,300 an hour
for an appearance.
- It's up to 2,400 now,
thanks to you.
- Now we know that you're busy
doing whatever it is
you do exactly,
but...
is Angelyne at her peak?
- I'll be peaking...soon.
I bet you will.
- It's all about the tease
with men.
Men like to make women
feel powerless,
and teasing is how we get
the power back.
So that's exactly what I did
with Hugh Hefner.
- Angelyne, please take a seat.
Make yourself at home.
You know, you have a...
real Marilyn quality about you.
You know, she was on the cover
of our first issue
we did in '53, you know?
- Oh, I know.
Marilyn is my art mother
of sorts.
- Well, I bet she is.
- I also know
that she never gave you consent
to use her photos.
You bought them from another
man who paid her pennies
to take them
several years earlier
because she needed to make
her car payment.
And then you used them
to launch your empire.
And voilà!
Ah.
You are a multimillionaire,
and she's dead.
But I'm rambling.
You know all this.
- Mm.
- What's your pitch, Hugh?
Why do you have
such a hard-on to meet me?
- You have your billboards,
but I know there's more.
Tell me more.
Who is the real Angelyne?
That's the story I want.
- Don't you love
the not knowing?
The desperate energy...
As it builds up inside of you
as you wonder,
as it drives you mad?
That way...
I can be whoever...
whatever...
however...
you want me to be.
- You know,
one of our photographers
suggested you for our
"celebrity of the year" issue?
She said that you have more
sex appeal with your clothes on
than all the other girls she
shot with their clothes off.
- That is so sweet.
You should tell
your photographer
to join my fan club.
- But I'm not interested
in those photos of you.
♪ ♪
- I thought it was made clear
I would never pose
with my clothes off?
- It was made abundantly clear,
Angelyne.
- You know,
millions of girls dream
of an opportunity like this.
- That's cute,
but I'm not millions of girls.
See, I don't need this.
- Oh.
- I have 200 billboards
all over Los Angeles...
but I'd love to find a way
to help you out.
Maybe I can license you
a few of the photos
that Freddy took.
Perhaps you commission Rick
to write the article.
Otherwise I'm struggling to see
what's in it for me.
- I'm offering advice on
how to maximize your potential.
- It sounds like
you're trying to get me
to take my clothes off
and give you my story
so you can sell more copies
of your magazine.
If you want the story
of my life...
It's on a wall
at the corner
of Hollywood and Vine.
It's hard to miss.
It was a pleasure
to meet you, Hugh.
Ta-ta.
Let's go, boys.
- I didn't know who the hell
I was when I first met her.
All I saw was
this badass rebel queen
who didn't give a fuck about
what she was supposed to do
with her life,
her body, her sexuality.
She just put it all out there
for the world to see.
- You're a rebel, Angelyne.
Telling Hugh Hefner no?
- Mm-hmm.
- I would've paid good money
to see the look on his face.
- To be honest, his face never
actually changed its expression
beyond a general smugness.
I'm proud of you, Angelyne.
- Harold?
- Yeah.
- You know anything about...
foot fetishes?
- I can't say I do.
Why do you ask?
- We have this German fan.
He's asking for something...
more personal.
- Mm-hmm.
So what,
does he want your shoes?
- No, I already sent him
some heels,
but now he wants a video.
- Well, as long as
you're not doing anything
that makes you
feel uncomfortable,
then I can't see the harm.
Just be careful.
The... the more
you put out there,
the more people
are gonna want to get
something from you, you know?
I am too delicate
for this heat.
Speak quickly, I've got lunch
with Allee in 10 minutes,
and I'm already
30 minutes late.
- Uh, we just got a call.
This is big.
I mean, this is actually, like,
bigger than big.
Julien Temple called.
- Give me context, Rick.
You can't just assume I know
who you're talking about.
I meet a lot of people.
- Directed, uh, "The Great
Rock 'n' Roll Swindle,"
"Absolute Beginners,"
and now he wants you
to star in his next movie,
"Earth Girls are Easy."
Oh, my God.
- He said, and I quote,
"Angelyne is like
Greek mythology."
- Oh, this is huge.
- Totally.
- I won't audition.
I'm done with that.
And I will only play myself.
- Yes, must be billed
as Angelyne.
- Yes.
What else?
- Oh, in a happy bit
of symbiosis,
"Los Angeles" magazine wants
to send a journalist
to do a feature profile on you.
- Maybe we are saying "yes"
to too many things.
Life is a big negotiation...
buying a car,
freeing a hostage,
running for president,
agreeing to a feature
in a magazine.
Rather than just saying "yes,"
you keep
the other side talking,
and eventually
they will reveal to you
what it is they actually want,
and once you know that,
you have the power
to get what you want
or what we want,
which should be what I want.
- Which is what we all want.
Uh, next, although I do
vehemently disagree on this,
I did as you requested
and turned down Oprah.
- Thank God.
Planes are...
Too claustrophobic.
- But we do actually have
an interesting offer,
and these people have
zero interest in your past...
"Hot Seat" with Wally George.
- Ugh.
Ew, fuck that guy.
- Language.
- Who is Wally George?
- He's a very popular,
very colorful,
very conservative talk show
host down in Orange County.
- Yeah, that's one way
to put it.
- Yeah, he's controversial,
but that is nothing
that Angelyne can't handle.
And besides, we are looking for
platforms for her music video.
- Well, I'm sure Oprah would've
played the music video.
- Oprah digs
into people's pasts
and makes them cry
on her couch.
I don't need that.
- You're missing the point...
- Maybe you're missing
the point?
Don't you think so, Rick?
Freddy?
You see?
That is what your negative
energy does, okay?
I need to get the video
out there.
Let's book it.
- Booked.
- Okay, here.
This is to Fritz in Germany.
- Is it hot in here?
Is that fan still broken?
It feels hot.
Can we... can we open a window?
- Would you open
a goddamn window, please?
- Coming.
- This is to Dennis in Sweden.
No, don't open the window.
It's 100 degrees out.
- Please, close
the goddamn window, Andre.
- C-can you give me a moment?
Ooh.
I'm back.
Where were we?
- Are you ready?
Here he is...
that hard-hitting,
award-winning
conservative voice
of television,
Wally George.
Wally! Wally! Wally!
- Oh, Wally George?
Oh, I'll never forget that.
It was like
a goddamn lion's den.
Fucking Orange County, man.
- I took it
as a big middle finger
to the queer community
that embraced her.
Spend five minutes watching
videos of Wally George
on YouTube, you'll know
exactly what I'm talking about.
But that's Angelyne.
Anything
to sell another T-shirt.
- Welcome back, everybody,
and our guest is Angelyne,
who is famous
for absolutely nothing!
Nothing!
I think you're gonna fall
out of that dress any second.
Now, listen, Angelyne,
I'm gonna ask you
something serious.
I-I mean, don't you feel
a little self-conscious
dressed in that kind
of a revealing outfit?
- No.
- No.
- I think you should be
a little more modest.
- Don't you think so?
- No!
- I would like to see Angelyne
with a little more modesty.
I think Angelyne
would look a lot better
in a... in a turtleneck sweater,
don't you?
No!
- Do you have the feeling...
Do you have the feeling
she might be a bimbo?
Yeah!
- We have some guys
in the audience
who are dying
to ask you a question.
Will you consent
to answer some questions?
- Well, if they're dying,
of course.
Ooh.
- Okay, number one,
your name and your question.
Go ahead.
- Uh, my name's Phil.
- Yes, they're real.
- Are you gonna do this
until they won't let you
do it any more, until you
have too many wrinkles or...
- Wrinkles are darling.
I don't know.
- I wonder if you ever
considered settling down
and, uh, raising a family
or being married
or if you're gonna do this
for the rest of your life?
- Will you ever settle down
and have kiddies?
- No.
- Would you approve
of your kids doing this?
- Pardon me?
- Would you approve
of your kids doing the same
thing that you're doing now?
- You don't really know
what I do.
You don't really know who I am.
I could be extraterrestrial,
for all you know.
- I understand... Hold it.
I understand that you
have made a rock video.
Here it is, Angelyne's video.
- ♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
♪ I rate them
from one to ten ♪
- I'm so sorry.
I should've...
- Freddy and I...
have been filming some
really incredible material.
♪ ♪
You should find someone
to release it
and make a documentary of me.
And I have an idea
for a magazine
called "Hot Pink,"
where my fans can contribute.
♪ ♪
They already send me
so much wonderful love...
and I-I want to be able
to share that with the world.
♪ ♪
- Hollywood is
a 24-hour-a-day movie,
and a lot of times,
you don't even realize
that what's going on
is a movie or a TV show.
It's...
Our field of vision
is so small.
Like, I remember one time,
I saw a man jump off a building
on my block,
and I ran
as fast as I could to help.
And what do I see?
There's a giant airbag
and hundreds of crew,
cameras, the whole ordeal.
I mean, that's Hollywood.
It's a fun place.
It's also a dangerous place.
- I think that might be
one of them now.
- Are you sure?
- Not really.
- Good enough for me.
- How was that?
- That was Oscar worthy,
but we got to go,
like, 30 minutes ago.
- Don't tell me what to do.
- The writer
from the "Los Angeles" magazine
is probably there right now.
- I'll be ready when I'm ready.
- They have
makeup people there.
- Those people don't know
what they're doing.
I am here for a reason.
The universe supports me.
I'm not confined by the
limitations of this dimension.
No one affects me.
I do the affecting.
- What?
- Why can't I just write
my own lines?
I don't talk like that.
- 'Cause you're not
in the union.
It's a Writers Guild thing.
We have to go right now.
Yes, can I help you?
- Yes, um,
I'm looking for Rachel.
- There's no Rachel here.
I think, uh, you've got
the wrong address.
- Wait.
♪ ♪
Danny.
- Rachel.
- I don't know anybody
by that name.
Who else are you talking to?
- Wow. Sorry.
I can't stop staring.
I just... I just can't believe
we're sitting
across from each other.
My parents aren't gonna
believe it either.
I saw your painting on the news
when I was in Morocco...
long story...
and I, uh... I recognized you
immediately.
Even with your whole new look,
I just knew right away
that it was you.
- Why are you here?
- Uh, well, you know...
I, uh... I brought some stuff
that I thought
you might...want
that you left behind.
Also, just came
to say hi and...
congratulations.
- Are you talking to the press?
- No.
No, no, no, no.
That... that's not
what this is about.
Because if you are...
♪ ♪
I need to know.
♪ ♪
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, I'm...
- You can't be a part of this.
- I can't be a part of what?
♪ ♪
I think I'm a little lost here.
I truly just came here
out of love.
Just a simple hello,
and I have your old passports,
some old high-school photos
that I took, your...
our wedding photos.
- I don't want any of that.
That's not...
♪ ♪
That's not...
Angelyne.
♪ ♪
- No, but it...
it is you, Rachel.
♪ ♪
- I-it's time for you to leave.
♪ ♪
- Will you at least acknowledge
what we had together
so I know I'm not crazy?
- There is nothing
to acknowledge
because that
is not a part of me.
- But it is a part of me.
- This isn't about you.
This is my story.
- This is my story, too.
You are a big part
of my story.
You can't just erase people
like that.
- I can do whatever I want.
You don't exist.
- Excuse...
- What a weirdo.
You share these...
incredibly intimate moments
with someone you loved,
and they're able to look you
in the eye years later
and say that
none of it mattered?
You don't matter?
It doesn't exist?
It hurts.
- The truth is...
I have always been Angelyne.
And that's the only story
you need to know.
- I think Angelyne is here.
Ma'am, you okay?
- What are you doing?
Angelyne.
We're right this way.
So the guy from "L.A." magazine
wants to do your interview
between your two scenes.
Is that okay with you?
- Mm-hmm.
- Is Rick still coming?
- Mm-hmm.
- This is your trailer.
Everything's set up
just the way you like it.
- What is this?
What is this?
- So, since the character in
the script is named Gas Girl,
someone from production
credited you as such,
but we're going to fix it.
- It was made clear
that the only part I will play
is Angelyne,
not Gas Girl, not...
- Eyes on gas girl?
Is she on set?
- I'm Angelyne.
- Right.
A-and what I'm saying is,
it wasn't written for you.
It's a character
at a gas station.
- I don't care what you think.
Fix it.
Or I will find somebody
who will.
- Yeah. No.
It's a two-second cameo,
for fuck's sake.
No one cares,
not about the credit
and certainly not about you.
I don't.
I'm out.
- Nobody quits me.
- I did care about her.
I do.
She would say, "Life is pain,
and everyone is suffering.
And the sooner you can
get out of it, the better."
Her positivity was her way
of coping with that darkness.
- I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm Angelyne.
What's the one thing
that you know, hmm?
It's how you feel.
If you're frightened,
you want to leave.
If you love it,
you want to stay.
My quest is
to feel good all the time,
but it can be challenging
in this reality.
I have no respect for what
this reality does to people.
So I evolved.
I left my body
and became pure energy.
It was so warm and loving.
It was pure good, all light.
- Like a, um,
out-of-body experience?
- Mm, I've been trying
to go back ever since.
Earth is...
like a bus bench
for cosmic bums,
but the bus never comes.
We're all trapped
in this awful terrarium,
but there are seams where
the positivity can get through
and help you connect
to what it is you truly want.
- What kind of a kid were you?
- Sad, lonely.
- Why?
- Well, Back in Ohio,
I lost my parents
at a young age.
It made me look for attention
with my tricks.
I said, "Well...
I'm going to get the love
of the world."
- And how old were you
when they passed away?
- Five and under.
- Five or under?
- This is me, my band.
- Right.
"Kiss Me L.A.," right?
Yeah, I know this one.
I want to go
back to your parents.
So back in Ohio...
- You know what's so special
about this song?
- What?
- It only has two lyrics.
Do you know what they are?
- Mm-mm.
- I thought you were a fan.
- No, I am a fan.
I just didn't know that...
- "You know
I'm getting off on you"
and "kiss me, L.A.."
- "Kiss me, L.A.," yeah.
Right.
- And all my music
has been inspired by aliens.
- Let's go back to something
you said a moment ago
in regards to your parents...
- ♪ Kiss me, L.A. ♪
See? Two lyrics.
♪ Kiss me, L.A. ♪
Let them wash over you
like a mantra.
- Angelyne, you've got to give
me something here. please.
- I'm trying to give you
inner peace.
- She called me
spiritually constipated
and dragged me
to a tchotchke shop.
- It would take us weeks
to unblock all of that.
- Then I'm going to need
something extra for protection.
- Protection from something
in particular, doll?
- Negativity, "intrusivity"...
- Hmm.
- Prying eyes.
- Mm.
- Hmm.
- This one will combat
fixation and sorcery.
- Hmm.
- This one keeps people
from fucking with your head.
- Thank you, mommy, and him?
What do you think, uh...
rose quartz?
- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.
It's by the intention pouches.
- So how long have
y'all known each other for?
- 1,000 lifetimes,
since she was a queen
in ancient Egypt.
- A long time before Idaho.
- Well, which is it, Angelyne,
Ohio or Idaho?
If you won't let
other people talk to me,
then you have to talk to me.
Tell me where you grew up.
When did you move to L.A.?
- You are completely missing
the point of who I am.
It is the essence,
the inspiration,
and that is
what I am giving you.
- I need more than essence
and inspiration, okay?
I need a story that I can print
in "The Hollywood Reporter."
Okay, you know what?
I don't think
this is gonna work out.
I'm sorry. Good luck
with your Indiegogo campaign.
It was nice to meet you.
Okay.
- Wait.
What if I...
Show you something
I've never show anybody before?
♪ ♪
A seam in the cosmic structure
of the universe.
- You know,
you could've told me.
My clothes?
- Sweetie, this is my show.
Nobody's looking at you.
- ♪ UFOs ♪
♪ Upon Kyoto ♪
♪ Upon Kyoto ♪
- Angelyne.
- Hi.
- Angelyne, you're an icon.
- ♪ Absolute concentration,
transcendental meditation ♪
- Darling, everyone's waiting.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's a totally
different energy ♪
♪ ♪
One...
two...
three...
four...
five...
six...
seven...
eight...
nine...
materialize.
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
In any case, we are in space.
In any case,
we are in space.
In any case,
we are in space.
In any case,
we are in space.
♪ ♪
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
♪ ♪
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
- Ooh.
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
♪ ♪
- In that moment...
in that light,
I saw her the way
that she wanted me to see her.
- He wanted to understand
who I am,
but he didn't ask
any good questions.
This is who I am.
I engage with people.
I take them to a higher plane.
- ♪ And she'll tease you ♪
♪ She'll unease you ♪
♪ All the better
just to please you ♪
- Having fun?
- It's a party.
- So when does this publish?
- I'm not sure
this will publish.
- You have to.
I need my billboard.
- I honestly don't know how to
describe what happened today.
I really don't.
♪ ♪
- I know that you love me...
and you do not...
want to hurt me.
- ♪ She'll lay you
on a throne ♪
♪ She's got Bette Davis eyes ♪
- I guess I'll try
to think of something.
- What you see...
here...
is everything
you need to know about me.
All you need...
is now.
Now.
Now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ She's ferocious ♪
- Did I get the truth
about her?
No, but I wanted to help her.
So I wrote a vibe piece,
and I was right.
The article was good for her,
and she got her billboard.
But about two years later,
the truth magically
did fall in my lap.
♪ ♪
He said he worked
at a government agency.
He said he was
a hobby genealogist,
but I can't tell you
who it is.
I don't reveal my sources.
Hi, I'm Jeff Glaser.
I think you, uh, emailed me.
♪ ♪
Holy shit.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Rachel.
Actually,
"The Hollywood Reporter"
wasn't even the first
to figure out
the whole truth
about Angelyne's past.
This college kid
cracked the whole case
wide open
well before Jeff.
- My name is Max Allen,
and I started making
a documentary about Angelyne
in 2012.
And as far as I know,
I was the first person
to discover the whole truth
about Angelyne, so...
Yeah, I guess you could say
I learned a lot.
One thing I learned was
that Angelyne doesn't think
in the traditional
beginning, middle, and end.
You ask her,
she was always going up.
There was never a peak,
certainly never a down period,
but that's simply not true.
♪ ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
- Angelyne!
- It was a real loss
to the city
when Frederick's of Hollywood
closed.
There is where
I get my underwear now...
all handmade
and original, of course.
- Yeah, of course.
- I had billboards
all around here.
I got famous just like that.
I was there for everything.
I was on all the phone calls.
I was on
all the billboard shoots.
It's a nonstop roller coaster.
You see, she's up there
with Marilyn, Greta Garbo.
Classic Hollywood... that's
how I saw her from day one.
I came to town for work,
and I figured
I'd do some sightseeing.
- "Simon & Simon,"
"Knight Rider,"
and "The A-Team."
- There are moments in life
that defy all logic,
when the cosmos decides
to bring you in on the secret.
- Yeah, I mean,
that was a bit much...
- And you just have
to be ready to listen.
Excuse me, Angelyne?
My name is Rick Krause.
I'm a fellow artist
and a huge fan.
I am in town
doing celebrity portraits,
and to my mind,
God's honest truth,
hand to my heart,
no truer Hollywood celebrity
exists today than you.
- ♪ I love blue ♪
♪ Words that say ♪
♪ I love you ♪
♪ 'Cause you... ♪
- She liked my paintings
so much,
she asked if I'd help out
around the office.
Just basic stuff, you know...
calls, bills.
She knows it's a drought,
but she needs the water.
How many...
how many gallons of water
is the actual quota
that you're ra...
Well, isn't there, like,
a celebrity dispensation
or something?
The woman needs to ablute.
Would you please, ma'am,
deal with me like a human being
and put down your script and...
- ♪ On white sheets ♪
♪ We'll float away ♪
- Oh, good.
You're still here, Rick.
I'd like to offer you
a full-time job
as my office manager.
- Oh, no way.
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh, what are...
what are the hours?
9:00 until 1:00.
- Is that 9:00 until 1:00 p.m.
Or... or 1:00 in the morning?
9:00 until one of us dies.
- Oh, cool.
You have to realize
that when Angelyne showed up,
L.A. needed her.
I mean, thanks to Reagan
and his cronies,
homelessness was on the rise.
Everyone's getting lung cancer
because of pollution,
and then Angelyne provided
color and humor and...
- And essence, my essence.
- Yeah, and essence.
She... she brightened up
a otherwise grim landscape.
And I do believe
that her hot-pink image was...
it was an escape
for the collective
consciousness of the city.
- Good, good.
Now do it from the top
with the essence part,
but make it natural.
- You have to realize
that when Angelyne showed up,
L.A. needed her.
- ♪ Watch out ♪
♪ You might get
what you're after ♪
♪ Cool babies ♪
- Angelyne!
- ♪ Strange
but not a stranger ♪
- Angelyne.
♪ I am an ordinary guy ♪
- ♪ Burning down the house ♪
- I don't like to
talk about what's next.
I like to talk about now.
Ooh.
- Barbie.
- Hey, sweetie.
- Are you Barbie?
- ♪ We're in
for nasty weather ♪
♪ There has got to be a way ♪
- Angelyne! Hey!
You want to go out with me?
Mm-mm.
- ♪ Time for jumping
overboard ♪
- I don't know, but obviously
she's doing something right
because she's up there
and we're down here.
This is great.
- ♪ Fighting fire with fire ♪
♪ Ah ♪
♪ All wet ♪
- ♪ Shakedown ♪
Oh, wow.
I've never seen
anything like this.
Looking good.
Here she comes!
Whoo!
- The lady of the hour.
Here we go.
I knew she'd like it.
- So?
- Truly magnificent.
- Mm-hmm.
- I sure hope
this 22 grand pays off.
- It's always
money, money, money.
You got to be
in the now, now, now, honey.
I bet people will talk
about this 100 years from now.
♪ ♪
Like this?
That's beautiful.
- Oh, Jesus.
- Oh.
- It's working.
♪ ♪
- Holy shit.
- ♪ Burning down the house ♪
♪ ♪
- Here, I thought she peaked
back with the billboards.
Boy, was I wrong.
Just talked to a guy who flew
all the way out from Sweden
for a lunch date with her.
- Her allure is wild.
- Lucky of you,
she's here today.
Should I go get her now?
All right, come on.
Let's go.
- Coming here?
- I think he's coming here.
- Oh, God, okay.
Um, shoes.
Shoes, shoes.
Left, right.
- This is the kind of crowd
Angelyne brings.
- Done.
- Bobby, Sue.
- Oh, you know,
I'm gonna be on the TV.
Help me.
- Yeah, let me get...
- Get the pillow.
Quick, quick.
- Okay.
Where do you want me?
- Um, on the couch
like you're watching.
- Okay, teeth.
Pull your skirt down.
- Good?
- Have a good show.
My God, it's Angelyne.
I have been trying to get you
on the show for years,
and now you have this
ten-story wall in Hollywood.
It's so big.
- Well, I just really
like things big, Russell.
Whoa, we're on TV here.
Angelyne, we're just
dying to know about you.
Do you promise
to open up to us?
Only if you open up
to me first.
- Honey, come look,
Angelyne's on.
- Do you ever get tired
of the attention?
- No, I have
an insatiable appetite
for three things...
- I bought her
those sunglasses.
- First, attention.
Second, teasing.
Third, money.
Isn't money adorable?
It's so green a pretty.
- It is.
So how many billboards do you
actually have right now?
- Isn't this
that lady you know?
- 193 billboards.
- Aah!
- But what everybody's
dying to know is,
what exactly do you do?
I make boys horny.
- The rest of us
work for a living.
Is there anything more to you?
- There's so much suffering
in the world,
and I am a divine...
sex goddess presence
for people to discover
and relate to.
And then they pay me.
- At 2,300 an hour
for an appearance.
- It's up to 2,400 now,
thanks to you.
- Now we know that you're busy
doing whatever it is
you do exactly,
but...
is Angelyne at her peak?
- I'll be peaking...soon.
I bet you will.
- It's all about the tease
with men.
Men like to make women
feel powerless,
and teasing is how we get
the power back.
So that's exactly what I did
with Hugh Hefner.
- Angelyne, please take a seat.
Make yourself at home.
You know, you have a...
real Marilyn quality about you.
You know, she was on the cover
of our first issue
we did in '53, you know?
- Oh, I know.
Marilyn is my art mother
of sorts.
- Well, I bet she is.
- I also know
that she never gave you consent
to use her photos.
You bought them from another
man who paid her pennies
to take them
several years earlier
because she needed to make
her car payment.
And then you used them
to launch your empire.
And voilà!
Ah.
You are a multimillionaire,
and she's dead.
But I'm rambling.
You know all this.
- Mm.
- What's your pitch, Hugh?
Why do you have
such a hard-on to meet me?
- You have your billboards,
but I know there's more.
Tell me more.
Who is the real Angelyne?
That's the story I want.
- Don't you love
the not knowing?
The desperate energy...
As it builds up inside of you
as you wonder,
as it drives you mad?
That way...
I can be whoever...
whatever...
however...
you want me to be.
- You know,
one of our photographers
suggested you for our
"celebrity of the year" issue?
She said that you have more
sex appeal with your clothes on
than all the other girls she
shot with their clothes off.
- That is so sweet.
You should tell
your photographer
to join my fan club.
- But I'm not interested
in those photos of you.
♪ ♪
- I thought it was made clear
I would never pose
with my clothes off?
- It was made abundantly clear,
Angelyne.
- You know,
millions of girls dream
of an opportunity like this.
- That's cute,
but I'm not millions of girls.
See, I don't need this.
- Oh.
- I have 200 billboards
all over Los Angeles...
but I'd love to find a way
to help you out.
Maybe I can license you
a few of the photos
that Freddy took.
Perhaps you commission Rick
to write the article.
Otherwise I'm struggling to see
what's in it for me.
- I'm offering advice on
how to maximize your potential.
- It sounds like
you're trying to get me
to take my clothes off
and give you my story
so you can sell more copies
of your magazine.
If you want the story
of my life...
It's on a wall
at the corner
of Hollywood and Vine.
It's hard to miss.
It was a pleasure
to meet you, Hugh.
Ta-ta.
Let's go, boys.
- I didn't know who the hell
I was when I first met her.
All I saw was
this badass rebel queen
who didn't give a fuck about
what she was supposed to do
with her life,
her body, her sexuality.
She just put it all out there
for the world to see.
- You're a rebel, Angelyne.
Telling Hugh Hefner no?
- Mm-hmm.
- I would've paid good money
to see the look on his face.
- To be honest, his face never
actually changed its expression
beyond a general smugness.
I'm proud of you, Angelyne.
- Harold?
- Yeah.
- You know anything about...
foot fetishes?
- I can't say I do.
Why do you ask?
- We have this German fan.
He's asking for something...
more personal.
- Mm-hmm.
So what,
does he want your shoes?
- No, I already sent him
some heels,
but now he wants a video.
- Well, as long as
you're not doing anything
that makes you
feel uncomfortable,
then I can't see the harm.
Just be careful.
The... the more
you put out there,
the more people
are gonna want to get
something from you, you know?
I am too delicate
for this heat.
Speak quickly, I've got lunch
with Allee in 10 minutes,
and I'm already
30 minutes late.
- Uh, we just got a call.
This is big.
I mean, this is actually, like,
bigger than big.
Julien Temple called.
- Give me context, Rick.
You can't just assume I know
who you're talking about.
I meet a lot of people.
- Directed, uh, "The Great
Rock 'n' Roll Swindle,"
"Absolute Beginners,"
and now he wants you
to star in his next movie,
"Earth Girls are Easy."
Oh, my God.
- He said, and I quote,
"Angelyne is like
Greek mythology."
- Oh, this is huge.
- Totally.
- I won't audition.
I'm done with that.
And I will only play myself.
- Yes, must be billed
as Angelyne.
- Yes.
What else?
- Oh, in a happy bit
of symbiosis,
"Los Angeles" magazine wants
to send a journalist
to do a feature profile on you.
- Maybe we are saying "yes"
to too many things.
Life is a big negotiation...
buying a car,
freeing a hostage,
running for president,
agreeing to a feature
in a magazine.
Rather than just saying "yes,"
you keep
the other side talking,
and eventually
they will reveal to you
what it is they actually want,
and once you know that,
you have the power
to get what you want
or what we want,
which should be what I want.
- Which is what we all want.
Uh, next, although I do
vehemently disagree on this,
I did as you requested
and turned down Oprah.
- Thank God.
Planes are...
Too claustrophobic.
- But we do actually have
an interesting offer,
and these people have
zero interest in your past...
"Hot Seat" with Wally George.
- Ugh.
Ew, fuck that guy.
- Language.
- Who is Wally George?
- He's a very popular,
very colorful,
very conservative talk show
host down in Orange County.
- Yeah, that's one way
to put it.
- Yeah, he's controversial,
but that is nothing
that Angelyne can't handle.
And besides, we are looking for
platforms for her music video.
- Well, I'm sure Oprah would've
played the music video.
- Oprah digs
into people's pasts
and makes them cry
on her couch.
I don't need that.
- You're missing the point...
- Maybe you're missing
the point?
Don't you think so, Rick?
Freddy?
You see?
That is what your negative
energy does, okay?
I need to get the video
out there.
Let's book it.
- Booked.
- Okay, here.
This is to Fritz in Germany.
- Is it hot in here?
Is that fan still broken?
It feels hot.
Can we... can we open a window?
- Would you open
a goddamn window, please?
- Coming.
- This is to Dennis in Sweden.
No, don't open the window.
It's 100 degrees out.
- Please, close
the goddamn window, Andre.
- C-can you give me a moment?
Ooh.
I'm back.
Where were we?
- Are you ready?
Here he is...
that hard-hitting,
award-winning
conservative voice
of television,
Wally George.
Wally! Wally! Wally!
- Oh, Wally George?
Oh, I'll never forget that.
It was like
a goddamn lion's den.
Fucking Orange County, man.
- I took it
as a big middle finger
to the queer community
that embraced her.
Spend five minutes watching
videos of Wally George
on YouTube, you'll know
exactly what I'm talking about.
But that's Angelyne.
Anything
to sell another T-shirt.
- Welcome back, everybody,
and our guest is Angelyne,
who is famous
for absolutely nothing!
Nothing!
I think you're gonna fall
out of that dress any second.
Now, listen, Angelyne,
I'm gonna ask you
something serious.
I-I mean, don't you feel
a little self-conscious
dressed in that kind
of a revealing outfit?
- No.
- No.
- I think you should be
a little more modest.
- Don't you think so?
- No!
- I would like to see Angelyne
with a little more modesty.
I think Angelyne
would look a lot better
in a... in a turtleneck sweater,
don't you?
No!
- Do you have the feeling...
Do you have the feeling
she might be a bimbo?
Yeah!
- We have some guys
in the audience
who are dying
to ask you a question.
Will you consent
to answer some questions?
- Well, if they're dying,
of course.
Ooh.
- Okay, number one,
your name and your question.
Go ahead.
- Uh, my name's Phil.
- Yes, they're real.
- Are you gonna do this
until they won't let you
do it any more, until you
have too many wrinkles or...
- Wrinkles are darling.
I don't know.
- I wonder if you ever
considered settling down
and, uh, raising a family
or being married
or if you're gonna do this
for the rest of your life?
- Will you ever settle down
and have kiddies?
- No.
- Would you approve
of your kids doing this?
- Pardon me?
- Would you approve
of your kids doing the same
thing that you're doing now?
- You don't really know
what I do.
You don't really know who I am.
I could be extraterrestrial,
for all you know.
- I understand... Hold it.
I understand that you
have made a rock video.
Here it is, Angelyne's video.
- ♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
♪ I always keep a list ♪
♪ Of all the guys I kiss ♪
♪ I rate them
from one to ten ♪
- I'm so sorry.
I should've...
- Freddy and I...
have been filming some
really incredible material.
♪ ♪
You should find someone
to release it
and make a documentary of me.
And I have an idea
for a magazine
called "Hot Pink,"
where my fans can contribute.
♪ ♪
They already send me
so much wonderful love...
and I-I want to be able
to share that with the world.
♪ ♪
- Hollywood is
a 24-hour-a-day movie,
and a lot of times,
you don't even realize
that what's going on
is a movie or a TV show.
It's...
Our field of vision
is so small.
Like, I remember one time,
I saw a man jump off a building
on my block,
and I ran
as fast as I could to help.
And what do I see?
There's a giant airbag
and hundreds of crew,
cameras, the whole ordeal.
I mean, that's Hollywood.
It's a fun place.
It's also a dangerous place.
- I think that might be
one of them now.
- Are you sure?
- Not really.
- Good enough for me.
- How was that?
- That was Oscar worthy,
but we got to go,
like, 30 minutes ago.
- Don't tell me what to do.
- The writer
from the "Los Angeles" magazine
is probably there right now.
- I'll be ready when I'm ready.
- They have
makeup people there.
- Those people don't know
what they're doing.
I am here for a reason.
The universe supports me.
I'm not confined by the
limitations of this dimension.
No one affects me.
I do the affecting.
- What?
- Why can't I just write
my own lines?
I don't talk like that.
- 'Cause you're not
in the union.
It's a Writers Guild thing.
We have to go right now.
Yes, can I help you?
- Yes, um,
I'm looking for Rachel.
- There's no Rachel here.
I think, uh, you've got
the wrong address.
- Wait.
♪ ♪
Danny.
- Rachel.
- I don't know anybody
by that name.
Who else are you talking to?
- Wow. Sorry.
I can't stop staring.
I just... I just can't believe
we're sitting
across from each other.
My parents aren't gonna
believe it either.
I saw your painting on the news
when I was in Morocco...
long story...
and I, uh... I recognized you
immediately.
Even with your whole new look,
I just knew right away
that it was you.
- Why are you here?
- Uh, well, you know...
I, uh... I brought some stuff
that I thought
you might...want
that you left behind.
Also, just came
to say hi and...
congratulations.
- Are you talking to the press?
- No.
No, no, no, no.
That... that's not
what this is about.
Because if you are...
♪ ♪
I need to know.
♪ ♪
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, I'm...
- You can't be a part of this.
- I can't be a part of what?
♪ ♪
I think I'm a little lost here.
I truly just came here
out of love.
Just a simple hello,
and I have your old passports,
some old high-school photos
that I took, your...
our wedding photos.
- I don't want any of that.
That's not...
♪ ♪
That's not...
Angelyne.
♪ ♪
- No, but it...
it is you, Rachel.
♪ ♪
- I-it's time for you to leave.
♪ ♪
- Will you at least acknowledge
what we had together
so I know I'm not crazy?
- There is nothing
to acknowledge
because that
is not a part of me.
- But it is a part of me.
- This isn't about you.
This is my story.
- This is my story, too.
You are a big part
of my story.
You can't just erase people
like that.
- I can do whatever I want.
You don't exist.
- Excuse...
- What a weirdo.
You share these...
incredibly intimate moments
with someone you loved,
and they're able to look you
in the eye years later
and say that
none of it mattered?
You don't matter?
It doesn't exist?
It hurts.
- The truth is...
I have always been Angelyne.
And that's the only story
you need to know.
- I think Angelyne is here.
Ma'am, you okay?
- What are you doing?
Angelyne.
We're right this way.
So the guy from "L.A." magazine
wants to do your interview
between your two scenes.
Is that okay with you?
- Mm-hmm.
- Is Rick still coming?
- Mm-hmm.
- This is your trailer.
Everything's set up
just the way you like it.
- What is this?
What is this?
- So, since the character in
the script is named Gas Girl,
someone from production
credited you as such,
but we're going to fix it.
- It was made clear
that the only part I will play
is Angelyne,
not Gas Girl, not...
- Eyes on gas girl?
Is she on set?
- I'm Angelyne.
- Right.
A-and what I'm saying is,
it wasn't written for you.
It's a character
at a gas station.
- I don't care what you think.
Fix it.
Or I will find somebody
who will.
- Yeah. No.
It's a two-second cameo,
for fuck's sake.
No one cares,
not about the credit
and certainly not about you.
I don't.
I'm out.
- Nobody quits me.
- I did care about her.
I do.
She would say, "Life is pain,
and everyone is suffering.
And the sooner you can
get out of it, the better."
Her positivity was her way
of coping with that darkness.
- I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm not a woman.
I'm an icon.
I'm Angelyne.
What's the one thing
that you know, hmm?
It's how you feel.
If you're frightened,
you want to leave.
If you love it,
you want to stay.
My quest is
to feel good all the time,
but it can be challenging
in this reality.
I have no respect for what
this reality does to people.
So I evolved.
I left my body
and became pure energy.
It was so warm and loving.
It was pure good, all light.
- Like a, um,
out-of-body experience?
- Mm, I've been trying
to go back ever since.
Earth is...
like a bus bench
for cosmic bums,
but the bus never comes.
We're all trapped
in this awful terrarium,
but there are seams where
the positivity can get through
and help you connect
to what it is you truly want.
- What kind of a kid were you?
- Sad, lonely.
- Why?
- Well, Back in Ohio,
I lost my parents
at a young age.
It made me look for attention
with my tricks.
I said, "Well...
I'm going to get the love
of the world."
- And how old were you
when they passed away?
- Five and under.
- Five or under?
- This is me, my band.
- Right.
"Kiss Me L.A.," right?
Yeah, I know this one.
I want to go
back to your parents.
So back in Ohio...
- You know what's so special
about this song?
- What?
- It only has two lyrics.
Do you know what they are?
- Mm-mm.
- I thought you were a fan.
- No, I am a fan.
I just didn't know that...
- "You know
I'm getting off on you"
and "kiss me, L.A.."
- "Kiss me, L.A.," yeah.
Right.
- And all my music
has been inspired by aliens.
- Let's go back to something
you said a moment ago
in regards to your parents...
- ♪ Kiss me, L.A. ♪
See? Two lyrics.
♪ Kiss me, L.A. ♪
Let them wash over you
like a mantra.
- Angelyne, you've got to give
me something here. please.
- I'm trying to give you
inner peace.
- She called me
spiritually constipated
and dragged me
to a tchotchke shop.
- It would take us weeks
to unblock all of that.
- Then I'm going to need
something extra for protection.
- Protection from something
in particular, doll?
- Negativity, "intrusivity"...
- Hmm.
- Prying eyes.
- Mm.
- Hmm.
- This one will combat
fixation and sorcery.
- Hmm.
- This one keeps people
from fucking with your head.
- Thank you, mommy, and him?
What do you think, uh...
rose quartz?
- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.
It's by the intention pouches.
- So how long have
y'all known each other for?
- 1,000 lifetimes,
since she was a queen
in ancient Egypt.
- A long time before Idaho.
- Well, which is it, Angelyne,
Ohio or Idaho?
If you won't let
other people talk to me,
then you have to talk to me.
Tell me where you grew up.
When did you move to L.A.?
- You are completely missing
the point of who I am.
It is the essence,
the inspiration,
and that is
what I am giving you.
- I need more than essence
and inspiration, okay?
I need a story that I can print
in "The Hollywood Reporter."
Okay, you know what?
I don't think
this is gonna work out.
I'm sorry. Good luck
with your Indiegogo campaign.
It was nice to meet you.
Okay.
- Wait.
What if I...
Show you something
I've never show anybody before?
♪ ♪
A seam in the cosmic structure
of the universe.
- You know,
you could've told me.
My clothes?
- Sweetie, this is my show.
Nobody's looking at you.
- ♪ UFOs ♪
♪ Upon Kyoto ♪
♪ Upon Kyoto ♪
- Angelyne.
- Hi.
- Angelyne, you're an icon.
- ♪ Absolute concentration,
transcendental meditation ♪
- Darling, everyone's waiting.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's a totally
different energy ♪
♪ ♪
One...
two...
three...
four...
five...
six...
seven...
eight...
nine...
materialize.
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
In any case, we are in space.
In any case,
we are in space.
In any case,
we are in space.
In any case,
we are in space.
♪ ♪
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
♪ ♪
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
- Ooh.
Cosma Shiva!
Galaxina!
♪ ♪
- In that moment...
in that light,
I saw her the way
that she wanted me to see her.
- He wanted to understand
who I am,
but he didn't ask
any good questions.
This is who I am.
I engage with people.
I take them to a higher plane.
- ♪ And she'll tease you ♪
♪ She'll unease you ♪
♪ All the better
just to please you ♪
- Having fun?
- It's a party.
- So when does this publish?
- I'm not sure
this will publish.
- You have to.
I need my billboard.
- I honestly don't know how to
describe what happened today.
I really don't.
♪ ♪
- I know that you love me...
and you do not...
want to hurt me.
- ♪ She'll lay you
on a throne ♪
♪ She's got Bette Davis eyes ♪
- I guess I'll try
to think of something.
- What you see...
here...
is everything
you need to know about me.
All you need...
is now.
Now.
Now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ She's ferocious ♪
- Did I get the truth
about her?
No, but I wanted to help her.
So I wrote a vibe piece,
and I was right.
The article was good for her,
and she got her billboard.
But about two years later,
the truth magically
did fall in my lap.
♪ ♪
He said he worked
at a government agency.
He said he was
a hobby genealogist,
but I can't tell you
who it is.
I don't reveal my sources.
Hi, I'm Jeff Glaser.
I think you, uh, emailed me.
♪ ♪
Holy shit.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Rachel.
Actually,
"The Hollywood Reporter"
wasn't even the first
to figure out
the whole truth
about Angelyne's past.
This college kid
cracked the whole case
wide open
well before Jeff.
- My name is Max Allen,
and I started making
a documentary about Angelyne
in 2012.
And as far as I know,
I was the first person
to discover the whole truth
about Angelyne, so...
Yeah, I guess you could say
I learned a lot.
One thing I learned was
that Angelyne doesn't think
in the traditional
beginning, middle, and end.
You ask her,
she was always going up.
There was never a peak,
certainly never a down period,
but that's simply not true.
♪ ♪