"The Queen of Versailles" started out to be a documentary about a billionaire family building the largest home in America, modeled after Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles near Paris.

Then the recession of 2008 hit. The home construction stopped. But the cameras kept rolling, capturing what happens to a family used to a very pampered, sheltered existence when harsh fiscal reality intervenes.

The movie's political implications, amid an election year in which tax cuts for the wealthy and bank bailouts are part of the debate, have not gone unnoticed.

David Siegel is president and chief executive officer of Westgate Resorts, one of the largest time-share vacation-home companies in the world. He built his empire on the inflated real estate bubble and easy credit for him and his customers.

His wife, Jacqueline, a former model and Mrs. Florida, met her hubby, 30 years her senior, when he was on the rebound from a 27-year marriage.