Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)

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88 min - Documentary - 5 August 2005 (USA)

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From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	George A. Romero	...	Himself (as George Romero)
	Alejandro Jodorowsky	...	Himself (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
	John Waters	...	Himself
	Perry Henzell	...	Himself
	David Lynch	...	Himself
	Richard O'Brien	...	Himself
	Roger Ebert	...	Himself
	J. Hoberman	...	Himself
	Jonathan Rosenbaum	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Lou Adler	...	Himself
	Ben Barenholtz	...	Himself
	Tim Curry	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Alan Douglas	...	Himself
	Larry Jackson	...	Himself
	Sal Piro	...	Himself (Rocky Horror Picture Show fan club president)

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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977). The documentary includes in-depth interviews with the directors, producers, writers and actors who were part of these low-budget, yet monumental productions, the exhibitors and distributors who played them, and the audiences who viewed them. Written by Steve Belgard

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