Angelyne (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Tease - full transcript
♪ ♪
- In the end, I'm not sure
it matters so much,
because either way,
she's still uniquely,
defiantly Angelyne.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
That's why we love her.
My name is Max Allen,
and I made a documentary
about Angelyne in 2012.
Well, I shot one anyway.
It did not go well.
♪ ♪
I wasn't the first person to
make a documentary on Angelyne,
and I clearly wasn't the last...
good luck with that...
but as far as I know,
the only one who actually
managed to complete
a documentary on Angelyne
was this weird, short,
black-and-white one
made in the mid-'90s.
- I joined the fan club
in April '88.
Sweden is the second country
where she's big in Europe.
Uh, last Christmas,
she sent me
a piece of her hair
together with
a signed photograph
that I put inside of a frame.
- You can find it online still.
It's on YouTube.
- A lot of people have tried
to capture Angelyne on film,
and they've failed.
Max, he's just
one of many who tried.
Look, look, it takes...
takes a lot of heat
to create a gem.
Not everyone
can handle that, right?
It can burn you up.
- Thanks for coming today.
I know the theater isn't
the most traditional setting
for an arbitration,
but I'm not a judge.
This is not a court proceeding.
The goal here is to cut down
on the he said, she said
and get to the truth
so you can both move forward.
Plus, there's a performance
of "A Lie of the Mind" tonight,
so we gotta be
out of here by 6:00.
All right.
We're here because
both parties claim the other
violated the terms
of what they agreed to
when they set out
to make this...student film.
- It was never a student film.
- Wasn't it?
- Now, that's a good example
of what led us here.
- Well, I had just graduated
from USC,
and my parents weren't exactly
thrilled with my job prospects.
So I needed a project
that could prove to them
I could really do this,
and I thought,
"Hey, I'll make a real
documentary about Angelyne."
I couldn't believe
that there wasn't one already.
She was still at it.
She's still at it now.
- So I have a white T-shirt.
I have a black T-shirt.
- She peaked in the '80s;
and the '90s hit,
and she was doing
the same exact thing.
- The '90s were go, go, go.
There was another wall.
All of the art shows.
I got the key
to West Hollywood.
I had my own magazine,
"Hot Pink," self-published.
I had more billboards
in the '90s than ever,
and that's including
the one that blew up.
There's nothing more powerful
than being on fire.
In 2003, I even ran
for governor of California.
It was a crazy time.
- ♪ I'm in love,
I'm in love ♪
♪ I'm in love
with a strict machine ♪
- Meanwhile,
Paris Hilton was out there
making millions
doing Angelyne 2.0,
and this was
before the Kardashians
and their billions.
The world was going digital,
but Angelyne,
she stayed analog.
Then in the aughts,
even her billboards dried up.
- I don't really care
if there are billboards of me
because I know who I am.
And I like the mystery
of being this pink thing
on top of the world in a cloud.
- And that's where she was at
when I met her.
I just called her up,
met her in her office
to discuss the terms.
I had no interest
in looking into anything
that she wasn't comfortable
with me looking into.
I...
I just told her to show me
whatever she wanted to show me.
- This was Sunset and Fairfax,
Pico and La Brea.
I hope your camera
is calibrated for pink.
You'll want to get these, hmm?
- Whoa. It's so smart
that you put the year first.
- Uh, I'm a little OCDC.
- Oh, sorry.
I just... I would love
to get going on all these.
- We are in the process
of digitizing the archives.
It's a big to-do.
There's always something
going on around here.
- Oh, is that Harold Wallach?
On the phone, you mentioned
me sitting down
and talking with him?
- I can arrange that.
No. No, no, no.
You cannot film that.
It's in a closet.
- Cool.
That's the dress from
"Earth Girls Are Easy," right?
1988?
- Bonhams is sending somebody
to pick it up.
It's gonna be in an exhibit
of Hollywood memorabilia.
- Bonhams' auction house?
You're selling it?
- Mm-hmm.
- Wow.
It must be hard to part with.
- Have you heard
of symbiosis, Max?
- Yeah.
- It means a harmony
in the universe,
a mutually propitious
working together.
Like, if somebody throws
their garbage away
and another person comes along
and uses it for something else.
Or in the deep sea,
when a crab carries
a sea urchin on its back,
The crab gets
to hide from predators,
and the sea urchin
gets a free ride.
Symbiosis.
- Well, your stuff is
certainly not garbage.
Who said garbage?
What is he doing?
I didn't say garbage.
- No, I just...
I meant that they're iconic.
You're iconic.
You are very smart, Maxi.
You can talk to Rick about
getting access to the archives
when he's back from vacation.
- Some might say vacation,
some might say taking a break.
It's very tough in Hollywood.
It's very easy
to get in trouble.
I just decided to go home
and take a rest.
That's what I was doing
when Max approached Angelyne
about doing a documentary.
I should have been there.
- When is Rick coming back?
'Cause I would love to start
talking with him.
- Soon. Soon.
In the meantime,
I've made you a list of people
who are ready to rock and roll.
- Great.
Ken Berger?
- My dentist.
- Ariel?
- My astrologist.
Very important.
I should have her
do your chart.
Oh, excuse you.
Where are you going?
Mm-mm, mm-mm,
you cannot be filming in there.
That's a bathroom.
- No, it's okay.
We'll shoot a bunch of footage,
and then we'll edit it down.
- I'm trying to show you
what I mean to people,
to this city.
The essence.
The inspiration.
That is the story.
That's all the me
you need to see.
Ooh.
- Yeah.
Yeah, but I mean, eventually,
I do get to interview you,
though, right?
- After we discuss
compensation.
- What?
- Actors and writers get paid
for their talent, right?
- Right.
- The people that
you're interviewing
are essentially your actors.
Don't they deserve
a little gratuity?
And as for me, I am the writer.
I write my reality every day.
- Yes, I know...
And you are the filmmaker.
Right.
- Right.
See? We're in sync already.
This is the story
that is going to launch
the rocket ship of your destiny
as the great filmmaker
that you are,
just like the billboard
launched mine.
Say it.
- Say what?
- I am a great...
- I am...
- Be the thing, Maximillian.
If you are a filmmaker,
then say you are.
If you say you are,
then you are.
Who is to say you're not?
Go ahead.
- Oh, you're waiting
for me to...
- Mm-hmm.
I'm waiting.
- Okay.
- I'm still waiting.
Waiting.
- I'm a great filmmaker.
I'm a great filmmaker.
- Yes, you are.
There you go.
- Okay. I guess I could
ask my parents for more money.
- In hindsight, the photo
should have been a warning.
All of those men had left her.
Rick seemed to be
on permanent vacation.
Harold hadn't worked there
since the '90s.
She wouldn't talk
about Freddy.
They were all gone.
- Freddy, um...
Freddy took
my first billboard photos.
Freddy stayed by my side.
He truly believed in me
and my career.
He knew I was only here
to do good in the world.
What would you do
to make Hollywood better?
- The only thing I can think of
to make Hollywood better
is for people to get along...
and to be peaceful
and love one another.
I know it sounds silly,
but when people
love each other,
they can overcome anything,
even an act of God.
- That's cool.
Get up and walk to the ocean.
I don't like to say
somebody died.
I like to say they graduated.
I miss him very much,
but I feel he's all around.
Hold on.
- She told me that she likes
working with young people
because she can control them.
And I was fine with that
in the beginning,
but I was depending on her
to be an active participant.
I didn't realize
that every time with her
was a brand-new negotiation
or everything from the past
just never happened.
So when she wouldn't let me
talk to anyone important,
I had no choice
but to do my own research,
and she didn't like that.
♪ ♪
Huh.
Oh, please, Mr. Bear.
I didn't mean to fall asleep
in your big, cozy bed.
I was so tired.
- What are you going
to do to me?
- I'm going to eat you!
- Oh, brother.
Don't you just
wanna fuck instead?
That's not me.
- What?
That's your voice
and your face.
- Max, the internet is a dark
and scary place, okay?
Full of life-threatening
misinformation and fakery.
- It was posted
by the Angelyne fan club.
Yes, and sometimes people
see what they want to see.
You can't be so gullible.
- Well, if it's not you,
we should email them
and have them take it down.
- Oh, let... let's
leave it up for now.
I don't even know
why you were looking at this.
Are you looking into things
you should not be looking into?
- What? No, it just...
it comes up when I Google you.
- Then don't Google me.
It's a documentary.
Okay.
- She's a person
that everybody reacts to
in one way or another.
She draws people.
She attracts people.
- Hello?
- He said
you haven't called him yet.
- I... I'm sorry?
- Roger at Chevrolet.
Are you asleep?
It's 4:00 in the morning.
That's not a strange thing
to be doing right now.
- Do you not wanna
make this movie anymore?
- No. No, no, no.
I just...
Did you need something?
- I had a strange dream.
- So you called me?
- Mm-hmm.
I knew you would understand.
You're very intuitive.
- Yeah.
What was the dream about?
- I was wandering
through an Egyptian pyramid
made by aliens
holding a flaming torch,
and all the drawings
looked like me
but not like me, you know?
- Do you believe in aliens?
- Rick saw
a flying saucer once.
You could ask him about it?
- Yeah, I... I will if I ever
get the chance to talk to him.
- Maximillian,
you have exclusive rights
to this documentary.
No one has ever done that
before, you know?
You have to be patient.
- Okay.
Um, can I ask you something?
- Mm-hmm.
- So when this project's over
and you're no longer
in the physical world...
- You mean when I'm dead? Ooh.
- Yes, when that happens.
- Max, you can't even say it?
- Okay, fine.
When you're dead...
- Yeah?
- What do you want this film
to say about you?
- That when I died,
my spirit opened
a portal of white light
and formed a path for it to
escape the awful pain of life.
That's what I want it to say
about me: that I escaped.
Even when I was here.
And that
I helped others escape too.
Max, can I trust you?
- Can you trust me?
♪ ♪
Always.
- Then I'll let you
talk to Rick.
Sweet dreams,
gods and fairies.
- Wow. Yes!
- I always knew
he was a fucking liar,
and I never say that word.
- I finally got
my first real interview.
Rick, her right-hand man.
There had to be a story there.
I just had to drive
all the way to Idaho
to get it.
- Jean Harlow had it.
Marilyn had it.
Carrie Grant had it.
And Angelyne, she has it,
you know?
It's a special something
that... it sets them apart.
It makes them different
from everyone else,
you know what I mean?
Like, you and I,
we don't have it.
- Yeah, but those people
all had...
Right, we don't have it.
- I mean, she taught me things
you just can't learn on a job.
- Wait, you don't consider
working for Angelyne a job?
- No, it's so much more
than that.
I mean, sometimes it is work.
But, uh,
no, we're more like family.
It's... there are
some people in this world
that you can count on
no matter what,
people who are never
gonna betray your secrets.
I said they're never
gonna betray your secrets!
Okay.
Yes, it's me.
Oh, she wants to talk to you.
- Angelyne?
- Maxi, have you started
filming Rick's interview yet?
- No, I'm just...
- Oh, good.
Because you need to give Rick
$300 for his time.
And he owed 200
from back in March,
but you could write that
on a separate check
and I'll pay you back.
And Maxi,
I've decided to give you
access to my full archives.
The interviews,
the footage, everything.
Maybe you can help re-edit
some of the stuff
Rick put together?
Say that last part out loud.
- Huh?
- The part about
re-editing Rick's footage.
Say that back to me.
- Re-editing Rick's footage.
- Good.
Good boy.
We'll talk about it
when you get back.
When is that exactly?
- I'm not sure.
I just...
Hel... hello?
- She's giving you access
to my footage?
- I guess.
Hey, do you think
she ever turns it off?
You know, like,
when she's home alone,
she's not always dressed up
like... like Angelyne, right?
- Who else would
she be dressed like?
She is Angelyne.
Honestly, I don't even
understand that question.
Come on.
- Rick, can I...
Come on.
- I think I drove
all the way to Idaho
just to deliver a message.
But next,
she made it seem like
I was finally
gonna meet Harold,
so I went along with it.
- I've a to-go order
for Angelyne?
- Yes.
- You're the new one.
- New one?
No, I am not an assistant.
I'm actually a filmmaker.
I'm doing a documentary
on Angelyne.
- Oh, she even has you wearing
one of her little T-shirts.
That's so cute.
- Come on.
- Harold can't see you today.
- What? Why?
- Because he lives
in a very exclusive place
for ultra-phenomenal people,
and they are very particular
about his time.
- What kind of place?
- It's just a place
that he's at during the day,
and in the evenings.
- So it's like
a retirement home
for old people?
- No, it's nothing like that.
- Well, can I see him
another time?
- Maybe.
- Because I've been doing
all this research to prepare,
so maybe I could just go...
- You need to accept
what I tell you
and not concern yourself
with things
that are outside of your...
whatever.
If I want you
to find something out,
I will tell you that thing,
and then you won't have to go
looking for that thing
because it'll be right there.
- Why can't you just admit
that he's in a home?
- Because it's not true.
- Oh, my God.
I can't even talk to you!
- I think
you should be a good boy
and go interview my optometrist
tomorrow instead.
I told him you were coming.
It's all set up.
- No.
- Give him a kiss for me,
will you? And $300.
- I said...
- Nobody says no to me.
You wanna fight?
I'm feisty.
I like to fight.
- So I told her no.
And that was it.
I was done.
I said no!
- You can't bring that
negativity into my spaceship.
It can't exist in my airspace.
There's no oxygen for it here.
Fuck!
I was done.
I wasn't gonna let her
control me anymore.
But the truth is, I needed her.
It was a documentary
about Angelyne.
What was I supposed to do?
Hey, Angelyne.
It's me.
Listen, about earlier,
I think...
I think I might have
overreacted a little bit,
so give me a call back, okay?
Angelyne,
it's Maximillian again.
Look, I'm... I'm sorry.
I... I messed up, okay?
Let's talk about this.
Call me back.
Hey, it's Max.
Listen, I wanna keep going.
But it's not
a bottomless well, okay?
Call me back.
So I sent a check
to your optometrist,
you know, in good faith
against a future interview.
Call me back.
- I just write people off
who say no to me.
But he came crawling back.
So I took pity on him.
- After the eighth message,
she finally picked up.
She suggested that we meet up
to work it out,
and I foolishly thought
everything was gonna be okay.
Rick.
- Max.
- Uh, what are you doing here?
- Well, like I said,
there are people in this world
you can count on,
and then
there are other people.
- I don't have all day, Max.
- Oh, um, right. Sorry.
Well, like I said
in the voicemails,
I'm really sorry.
- I don't believe in sorry.
Sorry doesn't mean anything.
- Look, we have both invested
a lot in this project,
and I think that we should
figure out a way to finish it.
- I don't know, Max.
I'm starting
to have real concern
that you have what it takes
to finish this.
I think you're plagued
by self-doubt,
and I don't like doubters.
But I am willing to give you
one more chance...
- To screw it up
or get it right.
- Uh, what is this?
- I've made you a list
of stipulations
and financial assurances
to show me you are taking
this project seriously
and help me feel safe.
- Um, the purchase
of one original painting.
2 grand?
- Mm-hmm.
- You want me to buy
another painting?
- You can choose
whichever you like.
- 5 grand to interview Rick?
I already interviewed him.
I interviewed you.
- You didn't ask
any good questions.
- You have 24 hours.
- So I told her
I would think about it.
I just wanted
to finish my movie.
Hey, this is Max.
Leave a message
after the beep.
- Max, I haven't
heard anything from you.
You're lollygagging.
What's it going to be?
Are you in or out?
Max, you are
holding up production.
This is exactly
what I was afraid of, okay?
Come on, man.
Maxi?
This is my third message,
and three's a charm.
If you don't answer me
in one hour,
I am going to charge you
an extra $100
for being unprofessional
and treating this project
like it's a hobby, okay?
And I don't want
to be part of a hobby.
- And that's a cut.
Great.
Thank you so much.
That was very helpful.
I loved hearing your stories.
- Listen, Maxi,
my lawyer is suggesting
that there be some kind
of a time restraint
or constraint or some kind
of "-straint" on this thing.
I mean, he says you could take
forever to make this movie,
but you are only allowed
to bother me for 12 months
after we sign this thing.
Otherwise, you could
just carry on
just needing me forever.
I told him that you have
my best interest at heart,
which is shocking,
but I know it's true. Bye.
- Harold?
- Yeah.
- Hi. I'm ready.
- Hi. Thank you.
- Come on.
- She promised me Harold.
I just fulfilled
that promise myself.
She was only gone 20 minutes...
10 minutes there,
10 minutes back...
so I visited
every retirement home
within a 10-minute radius
of that Denny's
until I found the one
that Harold was living at.
And then, I volunteered there
for three months
until our paths crossed.
And that's when I met Harold.
So, Harold.
- Ooh.
- I'm Max.
- Ooh.
Hi, Max.
- Hi.
Right. So you can talk
about whatever you like,
or I can ask you questions,
help us get started.
- I have one for you.
How old are you?
- I'm 23.
- 23.
You're young.
See, I'm 86,
but I still think I'm young.
That's my problem.
- Hey, Harold, you and I
actually have a common friend.
- Well, most of my friends
are dead, so...
- It's Angelyne.
That's our common friend.
- Ooh?
- Mm-hmm.
- How is Angelyne?
- You know, I actually haven't
talked to her in a while.
I should probably
give her a call.
What about you?
When was the last time
that you saw Angelyne?
♪ ♪
- Excuse me,
you can't go in there.
His family has
explicitly stated
he's not to leave the premises.
Ma'am.
- Come on.
Let's zoom.
- Angelyne has a force
that brings about miracles.
We can't just leave.
- Says who?
- ♪ Beneath the stars ♪
- All right.
- You don't need that thing.
No.
Hold on to me.
Wanna go for a ride?
- If you give her something,
something will come to you
that's good.
This... this never fails.
- ♪ My heart will dance ♪
- Of course, eventually,
I wanted to retire,
and she...
Eh, she took it well. Yeah.
Harold?
Where is he?
- Shit.
- Hmm?
- I don't know.
He was here, but he might be
making some calls right now.
Um, can I get you something?
- Hi, I was just...
- Who is Doug?
- Uh, Doug is a lovely man.
He's lovely.
- He called to say
he's excited to work with me.
- He is excited, yeah.
- You're passing me off?
- Passing you... no, no.
- Oh, so... so he's not
taking over the printing?
- Well, yes.
- And the billboards?
- Well, yes.
Everything, in fact.
But that is why
he is so excited.
I mean, who wouldn't be?
- Me!
I am not excited.
- Angelyne.
Angelyne... all right.
Come on.
No, that's not funny.
That's not funny.
Angelyne! Angelyne!
So I found a guy,
a printer I know up in Reno.
I introduced him,
kinda like her band manager
did it with me.
- Her band manager?
You mean Cory, right?
- Oh, was that his name?
I can't...
I did his band... the posters...
but then he disappeared.
- Sure, sure. And what...
What happened with them?
With her and Cory?
- Well, you'd have to
ask him that.
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- Did anybody follow you?
- I don't think so.
No, I wasn't followed.
- You can't be too careful.
You're looking for Angelyne,
somebody's looking for me.
We're all out there, looking.
Good news, though, I found her.
It wasn't hard.
She drives
a fucking pink Corvette, man.
- No, no, no, I'm not looking
for Angelyne.
I'm looking for information
on Angelyne, who she is really.
- Well, that part's
a bit trickier,
'cause Angelyne with a Y,
Angeline with an I,
Angel Lynne,
Angel Allyn,
Goldman, Simms.
There's eight names,
six civil cases,
four social security numbers,
and two driver's licenses.
It's all right there
in the report,
but there's nothing on her
before 1978.
- Okay, okay.
What about the guy
that I mentioned, Cory Hunt?
Is there anything
on him in here?
- The boyfriend?
- Yeah.
- Not much.
- Well, can you
find him for me?
- Sure, for an additional fee.
- Okay.
Okay, fine.
Cory, then.
I'll just keep looking
into Angelyne myself.
- Why would he request
my driving record?
This is an invasion
of privacy, right?
Can we call the police?
- I got his voicemail.
Hey, why would you request
Angelyne's driving records?
You need help, Max.
You're sick!
Please call me back.
This is Rick Krauss.
- He tried
to steal my identity.
- I can't make a documentary
without information.
♪ ♪
- Found Cory Hunt.
Wasn't hard.
He still plays in a bunch
of bands under that name.
Bad news is,
he's in upstate New York.
- Hmm.
- How long
has she been out there?
- About an hour.
- You should get some rest.
You don't look so hot.
- I wasn't sleeping.
I lost a bunch of weight.
I know I should have quit but
instead, I flew to New York
to see Cory.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Wild thing ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You make my heart sing ♪
- I had a billboard
for this song.
- Cool.
- ♪ You make everything sexy ♪
- So that's how we left it:
me in the hospital,
and her just walking away.
Of course, I still talk to her.
Our paths are connected, man.
That will never change.
- And what about
before all of that?
Prior to 1978?
- That didn't matter.
- Okay.
There are all these stories,
and they don't add up.
She never had a mother.
Her mother was her best friend.
She was raised
by maids and nannies.
She was an only child.
She had an older sister.
She grew up in Idaho.
She grew up in Ohio.
She grew up in Iowa.
She was beamed down
from a fucking spaceship.
I mean, is any of it true?
- All right.
Well, she does have a sister.
- She does?
- Yeah.
Leah.
- ♪ While I'm far away
from you, my baby ♪
- She's never
gonna talk to you.
Hey, man.
Look at you, man.
Are you listening to me?
You gotta stop this shit, man.
Let it go.
Believe me.
I've been where you are.
- ♪ Because it's hard for me,
my baby ♪
- Listen, Max,
I have spoken
to some people
that you've interviewed,
and I know you've been asking
inappropriate questions.
I'm willing to give you
one more chance,
but it's going to be $5,000...
- ♪ Each night before you go
to bed, my baby ♪
♪ Whisper a little prayer
for me, my baby ♪
♪ And tell ♪
♪ All the stars above ♪
Leah's name was the key.
Of course, Cory was right.
She wasn't gonna talk to me,
but I didn't need her to.
Facts don't lie.
Documents don't lie.
♪ ♪
Hey, man, right here,
you should probably
put in some supportive graphics
to explain on this,
'cause it's actually
pretty complicated
how I figured it all out.
All the information was public.
I just had to know
where to look.
I searched for the name "Leah,"
plus every last name that
I'd previously come across,
and that led me to her father,
Eli Goldman.
And that's when I found Rachel
and everything
that came along with it.
I found where she lived
as a kid in Los Angeles.
I found her schools
and her high school yearbooks.
So many photographs of the way
that she used to look.
I went through county records,
and I found overdue bills
and lawsuits.
I went all the way to Poland,
where she was born, okay?
I found it all.
In the end, I'm not sure
it matters so much,
because either way,
she is still uniquely,
defiantly Angelyne.
And that's why we love her.
♪ ♪
I wanted her to know
that I did it.
That I found out
who she really was.
That there was nothing
she could hide from me.
I wanted all of the pieces
of the puzzle.
I guess I felt like
she owed me that.
- She owed you?
- Yeah.
After everything I spent,
Angelyne was extorting money
from me
the whole time just
to keep the project moving.
- Extorting? Please.
- Let me show you what I mean.
♪ ♪
- This individual
is clearly obsessed with me.
Who buys this much stuff
unless they're obsessed?
- I can't afford to start over
with another subject.
I need to be able
to tell this story.
- My story.
- At this point,
I know so much about you,
I might know you better
than you know yourself.
- Hey, let's lower our voice...
- No, it's true.
- I try to see
the best in people.
I try to inspire them.
Some people just
don't have what it takes.
It's sad, really.
I guess I was wrong.
You are not a filmmaker.
- Okay.
Maybe it's time
we took a break.
- I think I can put an end
to this, if you'll let me.
Just ask her
some simple questions,
establish a baseline fact.
- She won't answer them.
- Exactly.
She won't tell the truth, Max.
She will lie.
And all we have to do
is catch her in a lie, any lie,
and everything she says
from that point on is suspect.
We both know
she will lie about this.
- Okay. Do it.
Angelyne, I...
I just want to go back
and establish a few things
for the record, just to...
just to clear it up.
- I thought he knew
everything about me.
- Well, he certainly
found out quite a lot.
But... well,
this is a birth certificate
for a person named
Rachel Goldman,
born in Poland, hmm?
Now, Rachel Goldman
was the daughter
of Eli and Rivka Goldman,
who met during World War II
in the Chmielnik ghetto
before being sent to a series
of concentration camps,
first together to Skarzysko,
and then separately
to Buchenwald, Birkenau,
Flossenburg, and Dachau.
After the war, the two reunited
in the Bergen-Belsen
Displaced Persons camp.
They were married.
The Goldmans had
two children in Poland
before settling outside
of Tel Aviv,
where they lived
until Rachel was nine years old
and her sister, Leah,
was seven.
The family then left
for America,
aboard a cruise ship
called the S.S. Israel.
Upon arriving in the U.S.
via New York,
the family settled
in California.
And then,
when Rachel was only 14,
her mother died.
And by 17, she was married
to a man named Danny Katz,
but less than a year later,
they divorced.
And then,
Rachel Goldman disappeared...
until 2016,
when Rachel Goldman
legally changed her name
to Angelyne L'Lyne, stating,
"This is my stage name
that I use
and have used since 1978."
It's your name.
So I'll ask you,
for the record,
are you Rachel Goldman?
- Angelyne.
Please,
answer the question truthfully.
You have to maintain
your credibility or we'll lose.
♪ ♪
- Angelyne,
please answer the question.
- Just tell the truth for once.
- Answer the question,
and it all goes away.
- She actually told the truth.
I couldn't believe it.
- I never said any such thing.
That did not happen.
The man's a proven liar.
He can't help himself.
♪ ♪
Hey!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Okay, so months later,
the arbitrator emailed me
and he said that she didn't
technically do anything wrong,
I didn't technically
do anything wrong,
but we should get back together
if anyone technically
does anything wrong.
But it's not like...
it's not like
I can't work on the film.
I mean, I can finish it
if I want to,
or I can do something else
with it.
I can, and I might.
I just have to...
I have to work on it with her.
- I suppose, technically,
this individual can continue
to work on his documentary
if I agree to participate,
which I didn't.
And I don't.
And I won't, so...
Look, I really want him
to be able
to make whatever story
he's trying to make, I do,
as long as it doesn't interfere
with the story
you're trying to tell
or with the story
I'm trying to tell,
which is my story.
So that was the end of it:
that legally, technically,
there is no end.
♪ ♪
Hello?
- Angelyne?
Jeff Glasner,
"The Hollywood Reporter."
It's been a while.
How are you?
How did you get this number?
- I'm calling because...
we're gonna run
another story on you.
The title is "Angelyne's Real
Identity is Finally Solved."
Would you like to comment?
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- In the end, I'm not sure
it matters so much,
because either way,
she's still uniquely,
defiantly Angelyne.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
And that's why we love her.
That's why we love her.
My name is Max Allen,
and I made a documentary
about Angelyne in 2012.
Well, I shot one anyway.
It did not go well.
♪ ♪
I wasn't the first person to
make a documentary on Angelyne,
and I clearly wasn't the last...
good luck with that...
but as far as I know,
the only one who actually
managed to complete
a documentary on Angelyne
was this weird, short,
black-and-white one
made in the mid-'90s.
- I joined the fan club
in April '88.
Sweden is the second country
where she's big in Europe.
Uh, last Christmas,
she sent me
a piece of her hair
together with
a signed photograph
that I put inside of a frame.
- You can find it online still.
It's on YouTube.
- A lot of people have tried
to capture Angelyne on film,
and they've failed.
Max, he's just
one of many who tried.
Look, look, it takes...
takes a lot of heat
to create a gem.
Not everyone
can handle that, right?
It can burn you up.
- Thanks for coming today.
I know the theater isn't
the most traditional setting
for an arbitration,
but I'm not a judge.
This is not a court proceeding.
The goal here is to cut down
on the he said, she said
and get to the truth
so you can both move forward.
Plus, there's a performance
of "A Lie of the Mind" tonight,
so we gotta be
out of here by 6:00.
All right.
We're here because
both parties claim the other
violated the terms
of what they agreed to
when they set out
to make this...student film.
- It was never a student film.
- Wasn't it?
- Now, that's a good example
of what led us here.
- Well, I had just graduated
from USC,
and my parents weren't exactly
thrilled with my job prospects.
So I needed a project
that could prove to them
I could really do this,
and I thought,
"Hey, I'll make a real
documentary about Angelyne."
I couldn't believe
that there wasn't one already.
She was still at it.
She's still at it now.
- So I have a white T-shirt.
I have a black T-shirt.
- She peaked in the '80s;
and the '90s hit,
and she was doing
the same exact thing.
- The '90s were go, go, go.
There was another wall.
All of the art shows.
I got the key
to West Hollywood.
I had my own magazine,
"Hot Pink," self-published.
I had more billboards
in the '90s than ever,
and that's including
the one that blew up.
There's nothing more powerful
than being on fire.
In 2003, I even ran
for governor of California.
It was a crazy time.
- ♪ I'm in love,
I'm in love ♪
♪ I'm in love
with a strict machine ♪
- Meanwhile,
Paris Hilton was out there
making millions
doing Angelyne 2.0,
and this was
before the Kardashians
and their billions.
The world was going digital,
but Angelyne,
she stayed analog.
Then in the aughts,
even her billboards dried up.
- I don't really care
if there are billboards of me
because I know who I am.
And I like the mystery
of being this pink thing
on top of the world in a cloud.
- And that's where she was at
when I met her.
I just called her up,
met her in her office
to discuss the terms.
I had no interest
in looking into anything
that she wasn't comfortable
with me looking into.
I...
I just told her to show me
whatever she wanted to show me.
- This was Sunset and Fairfax,
Pico and La Brea.
I hope your camera
is calibrated for pink.
You'll want to get these, hmm?
- Whoa. It's so smart
that you put the year first.
- Uh, I'm a little OCDC.
- Oh, sorry.
I just... I would love
to get going on all these.
- We are in the process
of digitizing the archives.
It's a big to-do.
There's always something
going on around here.
- Oh, is that Harold Wallach?
On the phone, you mentioned
me sitting down
and talking with him?
- I can arrange that.
No. No, no, no.
You cannot film that.
It's in a closet.
- Cool.
That's the dress from
"Earth Girls Are Easy," right?
1988?
- Bonhams is sending somebody
to pick it up.
It's gonna be in an exhibit
of Hollywood memorabilia.
- Bonhams' auction house?
You're selling it?
- Mm-hmm.
- Wow.
It must be hard to part with.
- Have you heard
of symbiosis, Max?
- Yeah.
- It means a harmony
in the universe,
a mutually propitious
working together.
Like, if somebody throws
their garbage away
and another person comes along
and uses it for something else.
Or in the deep sea,
when a crab carries
a sea urchin on its back,
The crab gets
to hide from predators,
and the sea urchin
gets a free ride.
Symbiosis.
- Well, your stuff is
certainly not garbage.
Who said garbage?
What is he doing?
I didn't say garbage.
- No, I just...
I meant that they're iconic.
You're iconic.
You are very smart, Maxi.
You can talk to Rick about
getting access to the archives
when he's back from vacation.
- Some might say vacation,
some might say taking a break.
It's very tough in Hollywood.
It's very easy
to get in trouble.
I just decided to go home
and take a rest.
That's what I was doing
when Max approached Angelyne
about doing a documentary.
I should have been there.
- When is Rick coming back?
'Cause I would love to start
talking with him.
- Soon. Soon.
In the meantime,
I've made you a list of people
who are ready to rock and roll.
- Great.
Ken Berger?
- My dentist.
- Ariel?
- My astrologist.
Very important.
I should have her
do your chart.
Oh, excuse you.
Where are you going?
Mm-mm, mm-mm,
you cannot be filming in there.
That's a bathroom.
- No, it's okay.
We'll shoot a bunch of footage,
and then we'll edit it down.
- I'm trying to show you
what I mean to people,
to this city.
The essence.
The inspiration.
That is the story.
That's all the me
you need to see.
Ooh.
- Yeah.
Yeah, but I mean, eventually,
I do get to interview you,
though, right?
- After we discuss
compensation.
- What?
- Actors and writers get paid
for their talent, right?
- Right.
- The people that
you're interviewing
are essentially your actors.
Don't they deserve
a little gratuity?
And as for me, I am the writer.
I write my reality every day.
- Yes, I know...
And you are the filmmaker.
Right.
- Right.
See? We're in sync already.
This is the story
that is going to launch
the rocket ship of your destiny
as the great filmmaker
that you are,
just like the billboard
launched mine.
Say it.
- Say what?
- I am a great...
- I am...
- Be the thing, Maximillian.
If you are a filmmaker,
then say you are.
If you say you are,
then you are.
Who is to say you're not?
Go ahead.
- Oh, you're waiting
for me to...
- Mm-hmm.
I'm waiting.
- Okay.
- I'm still waiting.
Waiting.
- I'm a great filmmaker.
I'm a great filmmaker.
- Yes, you are.
There you go.
- Okay. I guess I could
ask my parents for more money.
- In hindsight, the photo
should have been a warning.
All of those men had left her.
Rick seemed to be
on permanent vacation.
Harold hadn't worked there
since the '90s.
She wouldn't talk
about Freddy.
They were all gone.
- Freddy, um...
Freddy took
my first billboard photos.
Freddy stayed by my side.
He truly believed in me
and my career.
He knew I was only here
to do good in the world.
What would you do
to make Hollywood better?
- The only thing I can think of
to make Hollywood better
is for people to get along...
and to be peaceful
and love one another.
I know it sounds silly,
but when people
love each other,
they can overcome anything,
even an act of God.
- That's cool.
Get up and walk to the ocean.
I don't like to say
somebody died.
I like to say they graduated.
I miss him very much,
but I feel he's all around.
Hold on.
- She told me that she likes
working with young people
because she can control them.
And I was fine with that
in the beginning,
but I was depending on her
to be an active participant.
I didn't realize
that every time with her
was a brand-new negotiation
or everything from the past
just never happened.
So when she wouldn't let me
talk to anyone important,
I had no choice
but to do my own research,
and she didn't like that.
♪ ♪
Huh.
Oh, please, Mr. Bear.
I didn't mean to fall asleep
in your big, cozy bed.
I was so tired.
- What are you going
to do to me?
- I'm going to eat you!
- Oh, brother.
Don't you just
wanna fuck instead?
That's not me.
- What?
That's your voice
and your face.
- Max, the internet is a dark
and scary place, okay?
Full of life-threatening
misinformation and fakery.
- It was posted
by the Angelyne fan club.
Yes, and sometimes people
see what they want to see.
You can't be so gullible.
- Well, if it's not you,
we should email them
and have them take it down.
- Oh, let... let's
leave it up for now.
I don't even know
why you were looking at this.
Are you looking into things
you should not be looking into?
- What? No, it just...
it comes up when I Google you.
- Then don't Google me.
It's a documentary.
Okay.
- She's a person
that everybody reacts to
in one way or another.
She draws people.
She attracts people.
- Hello?
- He said
you haven't called him yet.
- I... I'm sorry?
- Roger at Chevrolet.
Are you asleep?
It's 4:00 in the morning.
That's not a strange thing
to be doing right now.
- Do you not wanna
make this movie anymore?
- No. No, no, no.
I just...
Did you need something?
- I had a strange dream.
- So you called me?
- Mm-hmm.
I knew you would understand.
You're very intuitive.
- Yeah.
What was the dream about?
- I was wandering
through an Egyptian pyramid
made by aliens
holding a flaming torch,
and all the drawings
looked like me
but not like me, you know?
- Do you believe in aliens?
- Rick saw
a flying saucer once.
You could ask him about it?
- Yeah, I... I will if I ever
get the chance to talk to him.
- Maximillian,
you have exclusive rights
to this documentary.
No one has ever done that
before, you know?
You have to be patient.
- Okay.
Um, can I ask you something?
- Mm-hmm.
- So when this project's over
and you're no longer
in the physical world...
- You mean when I'm dead? Ooh.
- Yes, when that happens.
- Max, you can't even say it?
- Okay, fine.
When you're dead...
- Yeah?
- What do you want this film
to say about you?
- That when I died,
my spirit opened
a portal of white light
and formed a path for it to
escape the awful pain of life.
That's what I want it to say
about me: that I escaped.
Even when I was here.
And that
I helped others escape too.
Max, can I trust you?
- Can you trust me?
♪ ♪
Always.
- Then I'll let you
talk to Rick.
Sweet dreams,
gods and fairies.
- Wow. Yes!
- I always knew
he was a fucking liar,
and I never say that word.
- I finally got
my first real interview.
Rick, her right-hand man.
There had to be a story there.
I just had to drive
all the way to Idaho
to get it.
- Jean Harlow had it.
Marilyn had it.
Carrie Grant had it.
And Angelyne, she has it,
you know?
It's a special something
that... it sets them apart.
It makes them different
from everyone else,
you know what I mean?
Like, you and I,
we don't have it.
- Yeah, but those people
all had...
Right, we don't have it.
- I mean, she taught me things
you just can't learn on a job.
- Wait, you don't consider
working for Angelyne a job?
- No, it's so much more
than that.
I mean, sometimes it is work.
But, uh,
no, we're more like family.
It's... there are
some people in this world
that you can count on
no matter what,
people who are never
gonna betray your secrets.
I said they're never
gonna betray your secrets!
Okay.
Yes, it's me.
Oh, she wants to talk to you.
- Angelyne?
- Maxi, have you started
filming Rick's interview yet?
- No, I'm just...
- Oh, good.
Because you need to give Rick
$300 for his time.
And he owed 200
from back in March,
but you could write that
on a separate check
and I'll pay you back.
And Maxi,
I've decided to give you
access to my full archives.
The interviews,
the footage, everything.
Maybe you can help re-edit
some of the stuff
Rick put together?
Say that last part out loud.
- Huh?
- The part about
re-editing Rick's footage.
Say that back to me.
- Re-editing Rick's footage.
- Good.
Good boy.
We'll talk about it
when you get back.
When is that exactly?
- I'm not sure.
I just...
Hel... hello?
- She's giving you access
to my footage?
- I guess.
Hey, do you think
she ever turns it off?
You know, like,
when she's home alone,
she's not always dressed up
like... like Angelyne, right?
- Who else would
she be dressed like?
She is Angelyne.
Honestly, I don't even
understand that question.
Come on.
- Rick, can I...
Come on.
- I think I drove
all the way to Idaho
just to deliver a message.
But next,
she made it seem like
I was finally
gonna meet Harold,
so I went along with it.
- I've a to-go order
for Angelyne?
- Yes.
- You're the new one.
- New one?
No, I am not an assistant.
I'm actually a filmmaker.
I'm doing a documentary
on Angelyne.
- Oh, she even has you wearing
one of her little T-shirts.
That's so cute.
- Come on.
- Harold can't see you today.
- What? Why?
- Because he lives
in a very exclusive place
for ultra-phenomenal people,
and they are very particular
about his time.
- What kind of place?
- It's just a place
that he's at during the day,
and in the evenings.
- So it's like
a retirement home
for old people?
- No, it's nothing like that.
- Well, can I see him
another time?
- Maybe.
- Because I've been doing
all this research to prepare,
so maybe I could just go...
- You need to accept
what I tell you
and not concern yourself
with things
that are outside of your...
whatever.
If I want you
to find something out,
I will tell you that thing,
and then you won't have to go
looking for that thing
because it'll be right there.
- Why can't you just admit
that he's in a home?
- Because it's not true.
- Oh, my God.
I can't even talk to you!
- I think
you should be a good boy
and go interview my optometrist
tomorrow instead.
I told him you were coming.
It's all set up.
- No.
- Give him a kiss for me,
will you? And $300.
- I said...
- Nobody says no to me.
You wanna fight?
I'm feisty.
I like to fight.
- So I told her no.
And that was it.
I was done.
I said no!
- You can't bring that
negativity into my spaceship.
It can't exist in my airspace.
There's no oxygen for it here.
Fuck!
I was done.
I wasn't gonna let her
control me anymore.
But the truth is, I needed her.
It was a documentary
about Angelyne.
What was I supposed to do?
Hey, Angelyne.
It's me.
Listen, about earlier,
I think...
I think I might have
overreacted a little bit,
so give me a call back, okay?
Angelyne,
it's Maximillian again.
Look, I'm... I'm sorry.
I... I messed up, okay?
Let's talk about this.
Call me back.
Hey, it's Max.
Listen, I wanna keep going.
But it's not
a bottomless well, okay?
Call me back.
So I sent a check
to your optometrist,
you know, in good faith
against a future interview.
Call me back.
- I just write people off
who say no to me.
But he came crawling back.
So I took pity on him.
- After the eighth message,
she finally picked up.
She suggested that we meet up
to work it out,
and I foolishly thought
everything was gonna be okay.
Rick.
- Max.
- Uh, what are you doing here?
- Well, like I said,
there are people in this world
you can count on,
and then
there are other people.
- I don't have all day, Max.
- Oh, um, right. Sorry.
Well, like I said
in the voicemails,
I'm really sorry.
- I don't believe in sorry.
Sorry doesn't mean anything.
- Look, we have both invested
a lot in this project,
and I think that we should
figure out a way to finish it.
- I don't know, Max.
I'm starting
to have real concern
that you have what it takes
to finish this.
I think you're plagued
by self-doubt,
and I don't like doubters.
But I am willing to give you
one more chance...
- To screw it up
or get it right.
- Uh, what is this?
- I've made you a list
of stipulations
and financial assurances
to show me you are taking
this project seriously
and help me feel safe.
- Um, the purchase
of one original painting.
2 grand?
- Mm-hmm.
- You want me to buy
another painting?
- You can choose
whichever you like.
- 5 grand to interview Rick?
I already interviewed him.
I interviewed you.
- You didn't ask
any good questions.
- You have 24 hours.
- So I told her
I would think about it.
I just wanted
to finish my movie.
Hey, this is Max.
Leave a message
after the beep.
- Max, I haven't
heard anything from you.
You're lollygagging.
What's it going to be?
Are you in or out?
Max, you are
holding up production.
This is exactly
what I was afraid of, okay?
Come on, man.
Maxi?
This is my third message,
and three's a charm.
If you don't answer me
in one hour,
I am going to charge you
an extra $100
for being unprofessional
and treating this project
like it's a hobby, okay?
And I don't want
to be part of a hobby.
- And that's a cut.
Great.
Thank you so much.
That was very helpful.
I loved hearing your stories.
- Listen, Maxi,
my lawyer is suggesting
that there be some kind
of a time restraint
or constraint or some kind
of "-straint" on this thing.
I mean, he says you could take
forever to make this movie,
but you are only allowed
to bother me for 12 months
after we sign this thing.
Otherwise, you could
just carry on
just needing me forever.
I told him that you have
my best interest at heart,
which is shocking,
but I know it's true. Bye.
- Harold?
- Yeah.
- Hi. I'm ready.
- Hi. Thank you.
- Come on.
- She promised me Harold.
I just fulfilled
that promise myself.
She was only gone 20 minutes...
10 minutes there,
10 minutes back...
so I visited
every retirement home
within a 10-minute radius
of that Denny's
until I found the one
that Harold was living at.
And then, I volunteered there
for three months
until our paths crossed.
And that's when I met Harold.
So, Harold.
- Ooh.
- I'm Max.
- Ooh.
Hi, Max.
- Hi.
Right. So you can talk
about whatever you like,
or I can ask you questions,
help us get started.
- I have one for you.
How old are you?
- I'm 23.
- 23.
You're young.
See, I'm 86,
but I still think I'm young.
That's my problem.
- Hey, Harold, you and I
actually have a common friend.
- Well, most of my friends
are dead, so...
- It's Angelyne.
That's our common friend.
- Ooh?
- Mm-hmm.
- How is Angelyne?
- You know, I actually haven't
talked to her in a while.
I should probably
give her a call.
What about you?
When was the last time
that you saw Angelyne?
♪ ♪
- Excuse me,
you can't go in there.
His family has
explicitly stated
he's not to leave the premises.
Ma'am.
- Come on.
Let's zoom.
- Angelyne has a force
that brings about miracles.
We can't just leave.
- Says who?
- ♪ Beneath the stars ♪
- All right.
- You don't need that thing.
No.
Hold on to me.
Wanna go for a ride?
- If you give her something,
something will come to you
that's good.
This... this never fails.
- ♪ My heart will dance ♪
- Of course, eventually,
I wanted to retire,
and she...
Eh, she took it well. Yeah.
Harold?
Where is he?
- Shit.
- Hmm?
- I don't know.
He was here, but he might be
making some calls right now.
Um, can I get you something?
- Hi, I was just...
- Who is Doug?
- Uh, Doug is a lovely man.
He's lovely.
- He called to say
he's excited to work with me.
- He is excited, yeah.
- You're passing me off?
- Passing you... no, no.
- Oh, so... so he's not
taking over the printing?
- Well, yes.
- And the billboards?
- Well, yes.
Everything, in fact.
But that is why
he is so excited.
I mean, who wouldn't be?
- Me!
I am not excited.
- Angelyne.
Angelyne... all right.
Come on.
No, that's not funny.
That's not funny.
Angelyne! Angelyne!
So I found a guy,
a printer I know up in Reno.
I introduced him,
kinda like her band manager
did it with me.
- Her band manager?
You mean Cory, right?
- Oh, was that his name?
I can't...
I did his band... the posters...
but then he disappeared.
- Sure, sure. And what...
What happened with them?
With her and Cory?
- Well, you'd have to
ask him that.
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- Did anybody follow you?
- I don't think so.
No, I wasn't followed.
- You can't be too careful.
You're looking for Angelyne,
somebody's looking for me.
We're all out there, looking.
Good news, though, I found her.
It wasn't hard.
She drives
a fucking pink Corvette, man.
- No, no, no, I'm not looking
for Angelyne.
I'm looking for information
on Angelyne, who she is really.
- Well, that part's
a bit trickier,
'cause Angelyne with a Y,
Angeline with an I,
Angel Lynne,
Angel Allyn,
Goldman, Simms.
There's eight names,
six civil cases,
four social security numbers,
and two driver's licenses.
It's all right there
in the report,
but there's nothing on her
before 1978.
- Okay, okay.
What about the guy
that I mentioned, Cory Hunt?
Is there anything
on him in here?
- The boyfriend?
- Yeah.
- Not much.
- Well, can you
find him for me?
- Sure, for an additional fee.
- Okay.
Okay, fine.
Cory, then.
I'll just keep looking
into Angelyne myself.
- Why would he request
my driving record?
This is an invasion
of privacy, right?
Can we call the police?
- I got his voicemail.
Hey, why would you request
Angelyne's driving records?
You need help, Max.
You're sick!
Please call me back.
This is Rick Krauss.
- He tried
to steal my identity.
- I can't make a documentary
without information.
♪ ♪
- Found Cory Hunt.
Wasn't hard.
He still plays in a bunch
of bands under that name.
Bad news is,
he's in upstate New York.
- Hmm.
- How long
has she been out there?
- About an hour.
- You should get some rest.
You don't look so hot.
- I wasn't sleeping.
I lost a bunch of weight.
I know I should have quit but
instead, I flew to New York
to see Cory.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Wild thing ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You make my heart sing ♪
- I had a billboard
for this song.
- Cool.
- ♪ You make everything sexy ♪
- So that's how we left it:
me in the hospital,
and her just walking away.
Of course, I still talk to her.
Our paths are connected, man.
That will never change.
- And what about
before all of that?
Prior to 1978?
- That didn't matter.
- Okay.
There are all these stories,
and they don't add up.
She never had a mother.
Her mother was her best friend.
She was raised
by maids and nannies.
She was an only child.
She had an older sister.
She grew up in Idaho.
She grew up in Ohio.
She grew up in Iowa.
She was beamed down
from a fucking spaceship.
I mean, is any of it true?
- All right.
Well, she does have a sister.
- She does?
- Yeah.
Leah.
- ♪ While I'm far away
from you, my baby ♪
- She's never
gonna talk to you.
Hey, man.
Look at you, man.
Are you listening to me?
You gotta stop this shit, man.
Let it go.
Believe me.
I've been where you are.
- ♪ Because it's hard for me,
my baby ♪
- Listen, Max,
I have spoken
to some people
that you've interviewed,
and I know you've been asking
inappropriate questions.
I'm willing to give you
one more chance,
but it's going to be $5,000...
- ♪ Each night before you go
to bed, my baby ♪
♪ Whisper a little prayer
for me, my baby ♪
♪ And tell ♪
♪ All the stars above ♪
Leah's name was the key.
Of course, Cory was right.
She wasn't gonna talk to me,
but I didn't need her to.
Facts don't lie.
Documents don't lie.
♪ ♪
Hey, man, right here,
you should probably
put in some supportive graphics
to explain on this,
'cause it's actually
pretty complicated
how I figured it all out.
All the information was public.
I just had to know
where to look.
I searched for the name "Leah,"
plus every last name that
I'd previously come across,
and that led me to her father,
Eli Goldman.
And that's when I found Rachel
and everything
that came along with it.
I found where she lived
as a kid in Los Angeles.
I found her schools
and her high school yearbooks.
So many photographs of the way
that she used to look.
I went through county records,
and I found overdue bills
and lawsuits.
I went all the way to Poland,
where she was born, okay?
I found it all.
In the end, I'm not sure
it matters so much,
because either way,
she is still uniquely,
defiantly Angelyne.
And that's why we love her.
♪ ♪
I wanted her to know
that I did it.
That I found out
who she really was.
That there was nothing
she could hide from me.
I wanted all of the pieces
of the puzzle.
I guess I felt like
she owed me that.
- She owed you?
- Yeah.
After everything I spent,
Angelyne was extorting money
from me
the whole time just
to keep the project moving.
- Extorting? Please.
- Let me show you what I mean.
♪ ♪
- This individual
is clearly obsessed with me.
Who buys this much stuff
unless they're obsessed?
- I can't afford to start over
with another subject.
I need to be able
to tell this story.
- My story.
- At this point,
I know so much about you,
I might know you better
than you know yourself.
- Hey, let's lower our voice...
- No, it's true.
- I try to see
the best in people.
I try to inspire them.
Some people just
don't have what it takes.
It's sad, really.
I guess I was wrong.
You are not a filmmaker.
- Okay.
Maybe it's time
we took a break.
- I think I can put an end
to this, if you'll let me.
Just ask her
some simple questions,
establish a baseline fact.
- She won't answer them.
- Exactly.
She won't tell the truth, Max.
She will lie.
And all we have to do
is catch her in a lie, any lie,
and everything she says
from that point on is suspect.
We both know
she will lie about this.
- Okay. Do it.
Angelyne, I...
I just want to go back
and establish a few things
for the record, just to...
just to clear it up.
- I thought he knew
everything about me.
- Well, he certainly
found out quite a lot.
But... well,
this is a birth certificate
for a person named
Rachel Goldman,
born in Poland, hmm?
Now, Rachel Goldman
was the daughter
of Eli and Rivka Goldman,
who met during World War II
in the Chmielnik ghetto
before being sent to a series
of concentration camps,
first together to Skarzysko,
and then separately
to Buchenwald, Birkenau,
Flossenburg, and Dachau.
After the war, the two reunited
in the Bergen-Belsen
Displaced Persons camp.
They were married.
The Goldmans had
two children in Poland
before settling outside
of Tel Aviv,
where they lived
until Rachel was nine years old
and her sister, Leah,
was seven.
The family then left
for America,
aboard a cruise ship
called the S.S. Israel.
Upon arriving in the U.S.
via New York,
the family settled
in California.
And then,
when Rachel was only 14,
her mother died.
And by 17, she was married
to a man named Danny Katz,
but less than a year later,
they divorced.
And then,
Rachel Goldman disappeared...
until 2016,
when Rachel Goldman
legally changed her name
to Angelyne L'Lyne, stating,
"This is my stage name
that I use
and have used since 1978."
It's your name.
So I'll ask you,
for the record,
are you Rachel Goldman?
- Angelyne.
Please,
answer the question truthfully.
You have to maintain
your credibility or we'll lose.
♪ ♪
- Angelyne,
please answer the question.
- Just tell the truth for once.
- Answer the question,
and it all goes away.
- She actually told the truth.
I couldn't believe it.
- I never said any such thing.
That did not happen.
The man's a proven liar.
He can't help himself.
♪ ♪
Hey!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- Okay, so months later,
the arbitrator emailed me
and he said that she didn't
technically do anything wrong,
I didn't technically
do anything wrong,
but we should get back together
if anyone technically
does anything wrong.
But it's not like...
it's not like
I can't work on the film.
I mean, I can finish it
if I want to,
or I can do something else
with it.
I can, and I might.
I just have to...
I have to work on it with her.
- I suppose, technically,
this individual can continue
to work on his documentary
if I agree to participate,
which I didn't.
And I don't.
And I won't, so...
Look, I really want him
to be able
to make whatever story
he's trying to make, I do,
as long as it doesn't interfere
with the story
you're trying to tell
or with the story
I'm trying to tell,
which is my story.
So that was the end of it:
that legally, technically,
there is no end.
♪ ♪
Hello?
- Angelyne?
Jeff Glasner,
"The Hollywood Reporter."
It's been a while.
How are you?
How did you get this number?
- I'm calling because...
we're gonna run
another story on you.
The title is "Angelyne's Real
Identity is Finally Solved."
Would you like to comment?
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