Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
Actors
Arshin Abdi-Moghaddam , King Abdul Halim , Judy Judefind Agnew , Spiro Agnew , Assadollah Alam , Abdolreza Ansari , Ali Ansari , Elizabeth Antébi , Sultanah Bahiyah , Abolhassan Bani Sadr
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Story
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object - a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially created oasis. The world's top restaurant at the time, Maxim's, closed its doors for two weeks to cater the event, a five-course banquet served to over sixty of the world's kings, queens and presidents, and washed down with some of the rarest wines known to man. Over a decadent five-day period, guests were treated to a pageant of thousands of soldiers dressed in ancient Persian costume, a 'son et Lumiere' at the foot of Darius the Great's temple, and the opening of the Azadi Tower in Tehran, designed to honour the Shah himself. Every party leaves a few hangovers. This one left a country reeling, never to recover. It crystallised the opposition, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini. More than any other event, this party marked the break between the king ...
