Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.

Director:

Alex Stapleton

Writer:

Alex Stapleton (by)

Stars:

Paul W.S. Anderson, Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul W.S. Anderson	...	Himself
Allan Arkush	...	Himself
Eric Balfour	...	Himself
Paul Bartel	...	Himself (archive footage)
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Himself
Bob Burns	...	Himself
David Carradine	...	Himself
Gene Corman	...	Himself
Julie Corman	...	Herself
Roger Corman	...	Himself
Joe Dante	...	Himself
Jonathan Demme	...	Himself
Robert De Niro	...	Himself
Bruce Dern	...	Himself
Frances Doel	...	Herself

Storyline

A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.

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Plot Keywords:

interview | movie maker | clip show | movie reference | hommage | 

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Taglines:

Some men dream of conquering the world. Roger Corman created his own.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violent images, nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Untitled Roger Corman Documentary

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$6,468 (USA) (16 December 2011)

Gross:

$6,468 (USA) (16 December 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&E IndieFilms, Far Hills Pictures, Stick 'N' Stone Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min 125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jack Nicholson openly wept for his mentor Roger Corman during filming of this documentary.

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Quotes

Allan Arkush: [Discussing film 'Hot Box' 1972] Roger will just say exploitation pictures don't need plots. They need sensational things like girls shooting Filipinos out of trees. That works.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits are shown over stills from Corman's movies with each set of credits being in a different font.

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Connections

Features The Final Countdown (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Do You Wanna Dance?"
By Ramones

User Reviews

good insight

definitely enjoyed the DVD however if you are looking at it to try and come up with some good ideas for which old school grindhouse movies to watch then it might not offer a whole lot of suggestions. What it does do however is offer a very informative view on how roger corman came to be. Its more of a biography concerning his film career opposed to concentrating on his filmography. I'd say i developed more of a respect for roger corman after seeing how he struggled and pulled all his resources together to slowly build up his huge body of work, especially after my respect for him seemed to be recently faltering do his garbage additions to the sci fi channel (im looking at you sharktopus). With that said i did come away with a few new movies to add to my watch list ie, wild angels, big bird cage(i know i know i should have seen this by now), bloody mama, and the trip. All in all it was very informative and entertaining and held my attention throughout. Nothing much in the way of special features though, i guess the whole movie is basically one big special feature.