References in Popular Culture
- The Don Cesar is featured in a full-color two-page spread in a 1982 issue of National Geographic.
- Parts of the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America are filmed at the Don Cesar.
- Comedian Ron White talks about his stay at the Don Cesar in the movie Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road.
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers filmed a music video at the Don Cesar in 1985.
- Robert Altman's film Health was largely filmed in the hotel.
- The Don Cesar has a long list of famous guests and has hosted every president since Gerald Ford (excluding Ronald Reagan) and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Thunder in Paradise pilot movie was filmed around Don CeSar during April 1993.
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