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If you've ever wanted to roam around the largest house in the country, you may soon get the chance: The Queen of Versailles debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this year and has just been picked up by Magnolia Pictures. Directed by Lauren Greenfield, the film chronicles the drama surrounding the construction and ultimate failure of a massive estate in Windermere, Fla., which was cooked up by billionaire developer David Siegel and his wife, Jackie, as their ultimate dream home. By the time the couple accounted for an endless list of features and amenities—including 10 kitchens, mind you—plans had grown to 90,000 square feet. In 2008, the recession hit and the project was stalled; now, after having poured $50M into it, they're asking $100M (finished) or $75M (unfinished). Calling the film "the ultimate 'Real Housewives' tale," Hollywood.com has this assessment: "You won't feel bad that Jackie and David never got a chance to live in their real life palace, but when their marriage hits a breaking point, their children drift away and the future as they know it looks grim, you'll relate." (Unsurprisingly, Siegel is now suing both Sundance and the filmmakers.) Watch a very short clip from the piece below.
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The parade of cheesy, corny, tired, and downright bad Christmas movies that occupy the airwaves during the holiday season can be mentally exhausting. So in the hopes of saving you the trouble, we've culled these stills from some lesser-known films that feature some inspiringly tasteful—or at least ever-compelling and wildly extravagant—holiday decorations. The photogallery above depicts the gamut, but yes, of course we included the gold standard of holiday-decorating blunders, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Who doesn't love an '80s Chevy Chase?