. >> in 1986, jose took a job with carolco pictures in los angeles.ompany that produced megahits like "basic instinct" and the rambo series. carolco had just bought a video distribution company from a man named noel bloom. and they gave jose the job of running it. >> so we think 1989 will be a tremendous year, we think we will be very happy with the growth of the company. >> that was the year, 1989, when robert rand, then a reporter for the miami herald, went to las vegas to cover a trade show for the home video business. and happened to meet jose menendez. >> what was your impression of the guy? >> talked to him for maybe two or three minutes. seemed professional, dynamic. >> a high powered career. a beautiful family. and finally the one missing piece of jose's american dream -- the perfect home. jose moved his family from calabasas, then pre-kardashian and a relatively unknown enclave outside of los angeles, to a more tony address. joan was with her sister the day the realtor called kitty. >> they had accepted jose's offer, and kitty, you got your z