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‘Scarface’ House in California Lists for $39.995 Million

  • March 7, 2022
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“El Fureidis,” a Mediterranean Revival-style estate known for its starring role in the Al Pacino film “Scarface,” is coming on the market for $39.995 million.

Exteriors of the Montecito, Calif., property were featured in the 1983 film as the sprawling estate where Mr. Pacino’s character, drug lord Tony Montana, is killed by assassins. 

The roughly 10-acre property includes a four-bedroom mansion designed in the early 1900s by architect Bertram Goodhue for wealthy New Yorker James Waldron Gillespie, The Wall Street Journal has reported. It incorporates Roman and Middle Eastern influences, including a Byzantine-style “conversation room” with a fountain and a high-domed ceiling. A dining room has a barreled ceiling painted in 24-karat gold leaf and depicting a scene of Alexander the Great conquering Persepolis. There is also a roof deck with views of the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands, as well as two guest cottages with an additional three bedrooms, according to lead listing agent Dina Landi.

The seller is a company controlled by Houston-based businessman Pradeep Yohanne Gupta, CEO of private investment bank IQ Holdings, and his family. Mr. Gupta, 64, bought the property in 2015 for just $12.26 million, significantly less than its onetime $35 million asking price.

Mr. Gupta said he and his wife, Linda Gupta, had owned property in the Montecito area—an enclave known for its high-profile celebrity residents such as Ellen DeGeneres and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—for more than a decade, but had been looking for a house with more land and more gravitas. As an architecture buff, Mr. Gupta said he revered Mr. Bertram as being “pretty close to God.”

He had not seen “Scarface” at the time, but has since watched it and found it “cheesy.” He noted that the interior of El Fureidis looks nothing like the carpeted décor of Tony Montana’s house in the film.

Mr. Gupta said the home is a tranquil place to be. In the conversation room, “you can listen to the gentle drops of water and totally meditate and relax,” he said. His wife especially loves the extensive gardens, where they pick apples, peaches and figs and observe sparrows and woodpeckers. 

The Guptas originally planned to spend much of their time in Montecito, but Mr. Gupta said the pandemic prevented them from getting to Montecito for more than a year. The couple’s center of gravity has also shifted back toward Texas for business reasons. As such, they have decided it makes sense to sell.

Article Source: Mansion Global

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