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

Director:

Alex Stapleton

Writer:

Alex Stapleton (by)

Release Date:

21 February 2012 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Movie Maker | Clip Show | Movie Reference | Hommage

Cast

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
Peter Fonda	...	Himself
Pam Grier	...	Herself
Jonathan Haze	...	Himself
George Hickenlooper	...	Himself
Ron Howard	...	Himself
Gale Anne Hurd	...	Herself
Irvin Kershner	...	Himself
Todd McCarthy	...	Himself
Dick Miller	...	Himself
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself
Polly Platt	...	Herself
Eli Roth	...	Himself
John Sayles	...	Himself
Jonathan Kaplan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself
William Shatner	...	Himself
Tom Sherak	...	Himself
Penelope Spheeris	...	Herself
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	...	Himself (as Gary Tunnicliffe)
Mary Woronov	...	Herself
Jim Wynorski	...	Himself
Ingmar Bergman	...	Himself (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Blaisdell	...	(archive footage)
Susan Cabot	...	(archive footage)
Antony Carbone	...	(archive footage)
Myrna Fahey	...	(archive footage)
Richard Garland	...	(archive footage)
Charles B. Griffith	...	Audrey Junior (voice) (archive footage)
Allison Hayes	...	(archive footage)
Betsy Jones-Moreland	...	(archive footage)
John Kerr	...	(archive footage)
Anne Kimbell	...	(archive footage)
Barboura Morris	...	(archive footage)
William Roerick	...	(archive footage)
Lee Van Cleef	...	(archive footage)
Stuart Wade	...	(archive footage)
Billy Barty	...	The Imp (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Bronson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Chakiris	...	Bernardo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Francis Ford Coppola	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Crosby	...	Himself (uncredited)
Mark Damon	...	Philip Winthrop (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Matt Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bjarni Gautur	...	The Toxic Avenger (uncredited)
Merv Griffin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tom Hanks	...	Himself (uncredited)
Catherine Hardwicke	...	Herself (uncredited)
Monte Hellman	...	Himself (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper	...	Max (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Howard	...	Himself (uncredited)
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Coley Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Karloff	...	Dr. Scarabus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lloyd Kaufman	...	Himself (uncredited)
Harvey Keitel	...	Charlie (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Letterman	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Lucas	...	Himself (uncredited)
Yvette Mimieux	...	Dinah Hunter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bryan Norton	...	Himself (uncredited)
Kevin O'Neill	...	Himself (uncredited)
Vincent Price	...	Various Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marky Ramone	...	Himself (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney	...	Andy Hardy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Scheider	...	Chief Martin Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Shaw	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself (uncredited)
Sylvester Stallone	...	Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan Taylor	...	Anne LeBeau (archive footage) (uncredited)
R.A. Thorburn	...	R.A. the Rugged Man (uncredited)
Mamie Van Doren	...	Moana (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Alex Stapleton

Writing credits
Alex Stapleton		(by)

Produced by
Gina Amador	....	post-production producer
Mickey Barold	....	producer
Christopher Brumder	....	co-executive producer
William Brumder	....	co-executive producer
Robert DeBitetto	....	executive producer
Stone Douglass	....	producer
Izabela Frank	....	producer
Jeff Frey	....	producer (as Jeffrey Frey)
Maggie Janes	....	associate producer
Josh Levin	....	executive producer (as Joshua Ray Levin)
Richard Lim	....	executive producer (as Rich Lim)
Gregory Locklear	....	associate producer
Taylor Materne	....	executive producer
Jared Moshe	....	executive producer
Polly Platt	....	executive producer
Robert Sharenow	....	executive producer
Alex Stapleton	....	producer
Leigh Stephenson	....	associate producer
Molly Thompson	....	executive producer
Antonio Von Hildebrand	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Air		(music by)

Cinematography by
Patrick Simpson

Film Editing by
Victor Livingston		(as Victor Livinston)
Philip Owens

Production Design by
Ben Hurand		(design)
Amanda Tsoukaneus		(design)

Art Direction by
Ben Hurand

Sound Department
Chris Adams	....	additional sound mixer
Luke Bechthold	....	re-recording mixer
Jeremy Brill	....	additional sound mixer
Gabriel Cyr	....	additional sound mixer
Brandon Kubisen	....	additional sound mixer
Scott Moore	....	additional sound mixer
Mark Patino	....	production sound mixer
Kyle Schember	....	supervising sound editor
Ryan Stuit	....	sound designer

Visual Effects by
Micah Gallo	....	digital intermediate executive producer
Bryan Halcott	....	animation
Tyler A. Hawes	....	digital intermediate colorist (as Tyler Hawes)
Ben Hurand	....	animation
Andrew Kinsler	....	animation
Gustavo Mendes	....	digital intermediate conform editor
Scott Purdy	....	digital intermediate producer
Amanda Tsoukaneus	....	animation

Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Finer	....	additional camera
Matthew J. Lloyd	....	additional camera
Seth Margolin	....	additional camera
Andar Sawyers	....	additional camera
Alex Stapleton	....	additional camera

Editorial Department
Anders Bramsen	....	additional editing
Alex Bushe	....	assistant editor
Seana Carroll	....	additional assistant editing
Sean M. Fawcett	....	assistant editor (as Sean Fawcett)
Chris Figler	....	co-editor
Brad Goodman	....	post-production consultant
Oliver Hecks	....	co-editor (as Oli Hecks)
Michael Melahouris	....	assistant editor
Fulvio Valsangiacomo	....	additional editing

Music Department
Peter Afterman	....	music consultant
Louis Arlette	....	score engineer
Christopher Brooks	....	additional music editor
Richard Henderson	....	music editor
Alison Litton	....	associate music supervisor
Bryon Rickerson	....	additional music editor
Margaret Yen	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Babatunde Akinloye	....	production assistant
Van Alpert	....	intern
Danny Alvarado	....	production assistant
Bas Beukema	....	production assistant
Graham Bowlin	....	production assistant
Bradford Brillowski	....	production assistant
Bob Burns	....	archive stills
Julie Corman	....	archive stills
Michael Donaldson	....	clearance counsel
Emily Fenster	....	production assistant
Brynne Filer	....	intern
Izabela Frank	....	additional interviews: Oscars
Ted Geddes	....	legal services
Rance Howard	....	archive stills
Maggie Janes	....	production coordinator
Cheryl L. Johnson	....	archival research (as Cheryl Johnson)
Kaipo Jones	....	end credits
Ray Katz	....	production assistant
Kevin Kirner	....	intern
Corbin Larson	....	intern
Stephen Monas	....	legal & business affairs
Annie Montgomery	....	intern
Ellen Mulligan	....	archival research assistant
Jack Price	....	intern
Irwin M. Rappaport	....	legal services
Donna Roth	....	archive stills
Leigh Stephenson	....	office coordinator
Jesse Threatt	....	production assistant
Adelle Walker	....	intern
Tom Weaver	....	archive stills
Lawrence I. Weinberg	....	legal services
Noah Weissman	....	intern
Juontel White	....	intern
Maxwell Williams	....	intern
Emei Willis	....	production assistant

Thanks
Lou Arkoff	....	thanks
Graydon Carter	....	thanks
Joe Dante	....	thanks
Stephen Dickstein	....	thanks
Tom Hanks	....	thanks
Frank Henenlotter	....	thanks (as Frank Hennonlotter)
Clint Howard	....	thanks
Rance Howard	....	thanks
Sally Kirkland	....	thanks
Traci Lords	....	thanks
Richard Matheson	....	thanks
Mark Thomas McGee	....	thanks
Bryan Norton	....	special thanks
Brett Ratner	....	thanks
Donna Roth	....	thanks
Talia Shire	....	thanks
Nancy Sinatra	....	thanks
James Wan	....	thanks
Tom Weaver	....	thanks
Leigh Whannell	....	thanks

Production Companies

• A&E IndieFilms (presents)
• Far Hills Pictures
• Stick 'N' Stone Productions (as Stick N Stone)
• Gallant Films (in association with)

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• B's International (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Eye Film Instituut (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A&E IndieFilms (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Arte (2012) (France) (TV)
• Arte (2012) (Germany) (TV)
• King Record Co. (2012) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Subtractive  post audio
• Lit Post  digital intermediate
• Allied Integrated Marketing  poster design (uncredited)
• Lit  digital intermediate and visual effects
• PES Payroll  payroll services
• Post Haste Sound  mixed at
• Prodigy Public Relations  publicity
• Stick 'N' Stone Productions  funding
• Tarhan Creative  poster design (uncredited)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent images, nudity and language

Runtime:

USA:95 min | Germany:86 min | France:125 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

A&E IndieFilms

Trivia:

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

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.

Movie Connections:

Features Jackson County Jail (1976)

Soundtrack:

Cirque du Macabre

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.