It has been said by a number of people that “Eyes Wide Shut” was a peak into the real underworld of Hollywood
At least one of Bill Cosby’s alleged rapes took place at the Playboy Mansion.
http://people.com/crime/bill-cosby-civil-suit-allegedly-molested-teen-playboy-mansion/
Documentary about the A-list/B-list celebs who went to the high dollar swinger club where people had public sex (Plato’s Retreat)
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/29/entertainment/ca-swing29
Levenson’s decidedly heterosexual club became an international destination after its 1977 opening in the basement of the Upper West Side’s ornate Ansonia Hotel (and the former site of the gay Continental Baths). A quick tour of the adult playground would include a maze of walled-off “private” areas, a party-sized Jacuzzi, swimming pool, dance floor and, for the orgy set, the infamous “mattress room.” There was also a hot-and-cold food buffet for, well, sustenance.
The clientele, a mix of participants and observers — with couples preferred — included workaday bridge-and-tunnel types as well as fast-lane Manhattanites. Celebrities such as Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Dreyfuss, Buck Henry and the cast of “Saturday Night Live” would drop by to check out the action. If the celebrities participated, Hart noted, “it was behind closed doors.”
...Convinced the Levenson-Plato’s saga would make a “fabulous, fascinating portrait of historical New York,” Kaufman spent a year — and $50,000 in life savings — working with Hart on a “sales tape” to help advance a potential documentary. The reel eventually caught the eye of HDNet Films’ Mark Cuban, who provided funding for the full-length feature which, according to the filmmakers, came in at under $500,000...
...The Plato’s experience didn’t take hold in Los Angeles when, in 1979, Levenson opened Plato’s West as part of a failed attempt at franchising.
“It didn’t really translate well to the beautiful crowd in L.A.,” Kaufman explained. “Swingers in general aren’t the most beautiful people.” The Ivar Street club was raided multiple times and, after six months, “was basically harassed out of business,” he said...