Filmmaker Recalls Wacky Ways of John Paul Getty III

In the wake of the death this past weekend in England of John Paul Getty III (pictured), West Hollywood filmmaker Phillippe Mora today shares via WeHoNews.com a wonderful ode to the man’s very well-heeled spirit.

Mora first hired Getty in 1978, as a favor to David Puttnam, to help with a documentary project. Soon enough, Mora was being driven around town by Getty in a Porsche, witnessing the opening of doors that he “never knew existed.” The pair then journeyed to New York to pitch Andy Warhol.

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