อลิซ และแจ็ค โชคดีมากพอที่จะได้อาศัยอยู่ในชุมชนในฝันของใครหลายคนที่ชื่อว่า วิคตอรี่ หมู่บ้านขององค์กรหนึ่งที่ให้พนักงานชายผู้ร่วมโปรเจกต์ลับวิคตอรี่อาศัยอยู่กับครอบครัวของเขา มุมมองของโลกอันสวยงามในปี 1950 ริเริ่มโดย แฟรงค์ ผู้บริหาร ไลฟ์โค้ชผู้สร้างแรงบันดาลใจและวิสัยทัศน์ที่เท่าเทียมกัน โดยเขานั้นยึดทุกแง่มุมของชีวิตในดินแดนแห่งความฝันนั้นเป็นหลัก ในขณะทีสามีใช้เวลาทุกวันของเขาในฐานทัพหลักของโปรเจกต์วิคตอรี่เพื่อทำงานเกี่ยวกับการพัฒนาวัสดุเพื่อความก้าวหน้า เหล่าภรรยาของพวกเขา รวมถึง เชลลีย์ คู่รักคนงามของ แฟรงค์ ต่างก็ใช้เวลาเพลิดเพลินไปกับความสวยความงาม ความหรูหรา และแสงสีเสียงชวนมึนเมาในชุมชนของพวกเขา ชีวิตนั้นช่างสมบูรณ์แบบ แม้ว่าทุกครัวเรือนจะต้องเข้าพบองค์กรใหญ่อย่างสม่ำเสมอ และแลกกับการที่พวกเขาห้ามขัดขืน ห้ามตั้งข้อสงสัยใด ๆ เกี่ยวกับวิคตอรี่เด็ดขาด แต่เมื่อชีวิตแสนเพร์เฟกต์ของพวกเขาเริ่มมีรอยร้าว ร่องรอยความชั่วร้ายที่ซ่อนอยู่ภายใต้ความงดงามก็ปรากฏขึ้น อลิซอดสงสัยไม่ได้ว่าพวกเขาทำอะไรที่วิคตอรี่ พวกเขาทำไป
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
After moving to Palm Springs, a young married couple puts their love to the test when they discover that their neighbors are swingers.
A 30-year-old spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self.
Sexy couple Zack and Benji decide to have an “open” weekend to partake in the smorgasbord of available men on their vacation to a gay getaway in Palm Springs. When Zack runs into his ex-boyfriend Casey at the resort, they both do their best to look like they are having a good time. How could they not, when they are surrounded by cute, frisky guys with six-packs and very little clothing?
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first.
When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.
An engaged couple is forced to visit Palm Springs for a weekend to celebrate her parents’ 25th wedding vow renewal and discover the apparent secret to their happy marriage — threesomes. Determined to properly celebrate their own “re-engagement,” they set out on a wild night in search of a threesome of their own but the experience takes an intense turn, exposing deeper relationship problems and threatening their future together.
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint," in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps, smuggled from England. Wendy Barrie is the true heir to this treasure, and the Saint is engaged to protect her and the stamps. Our hero meets Barrie in a posh Palm Springs resort, where a gang of homicidal thieves have converged to relieve the girl of her inheritance. Three murders and one kidnapping attempt later, the villains are foiled by the Saint, with the aid of his onetime partner in crime Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle). The Saint in Palm Springs is the sixth in RKO's series of films based on the character created by Leslie Charteris.
Wry, cynical and full of off-beat humor, 'Apocalypse, CA' is the story of friends as they prepare for certain death at the hands of a massive asteroid, sex-inducing drugs, a three-hundred foot giant, and a horde of other absurd problems.
This documentary film goes beyond the walls and hedges of Mid-Century homes that were built in neighborhoods like Twin Palms, Vista Las Palmas and Racquet Club Estates. The film features interviews with noted architects James Harlan, author of The Alexanders. Watch as home owners in various Palm Springs neighborhoods speak directly to the pride that goes beyond home ownership as they tour us through their homes. They gladly accept that they are the stewards of these mid-Century monuments that they live with everyday.
Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of extraordinary midcentury modern homes, public buildings and commercial structures. Modern designers such as William F. Cody, Albert Frey, William Krisel, John Lautner, Richard Neutra, R.M. Schindler, Donald Wexler, E. Stewart Williams left their collective mark on this desert paradise. Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs traces the history of modern architecture in Palm Springs from the first bold forays into modernist design to the preservation challenges facing the region today. Director Jake Gorst’s film features rare archival images and footage as well as interviews with historians, homeowners and the architects who helped create this mecca of modernism.