That Guy Dick Miller (2014)

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries.

Director:

Elijah Drenner

Writer:

Elijah Drenner

Stars:

Dick Miller, Lainie Miller, Gilbert Adler

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dick Miller	...	Himself
Lainie Miller	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gilbert Adler	...	Himself
Allan Arkush	...	Himself
Meiert Avis	...	Himself
Belinda Balaski	...	Herself
Ira Steven Behr	...	Himself
Kent Beyda	...	Himself
Steve Carver	...	Himself
Julie Corman	...	Herself
Roger Corman	...	Himself
Joe Dante	...	Himself
Jon Davison	...	Himself
Fred Dekker	...	Himself
David Del Valle	...	Himself

Storyline

Dick Miller is the last of the great American character actors. Whether sharing the screen with Nicholson, DeNiro, Schwarzenegger or The Ramones, Dick has been stealing scenes since his screen debut in 1955. He has worked with some of the great directors: Scorsese, Corman, Fuller, Dante, Cameron, Demme and more. Every moviegoer knows his face, but few know his name and even fewer know his story - an aspiring writer turned accidental actor. For the first time, Dick Miller has allowed filmmakers incredible access to his life and home for this funny and unexpected story. Joining him are the directors, producers, co-stars and friends who have helped make him Hollywood's leading "that guy".

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Plot Keywords:

documentary subject's name in title | 

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Taglines:

After this movie, you'll know Dick.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 2014 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Autumn Rose Productions, End Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The budget for this film was funded by an online campaign on the Kickstarter website.

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Connections

Features Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

User Reviews

Fun and charming film doc about a cult hero

Like the title of this documentary picks up on, Dick Miller is an actor that loads of people say 'hey it's that guy, from…something else'. Most people don't know his name but sure as hell know his face. That's because he appeared in loads and loads of films, mostly in smaller parts and tended to make an impression because he was always good value. Well, the good news is that now we have this film, so no one has any excuse for not knowing what this guy's name is again!

Miller started out acting for Roger Corman in the 50's, starring in cult classics like A Bucket of Blood, he carried on appearing in an array of exploitation flicks throughout the 70's, hit the mainstream in the 80's in the films of Joe Dante and has continued knocking them out until the present day. This good natured documentary recounts Miller's career and includes lots of clips from the films he starred in. It also focuses on the many people he worked with too. The clips are a lot of fun and showcase the variety of flicks Miller was involved in, his body of work is bound to include a several films you will have seen before and it certainly will also have a few you haven't even heard of. Miller himself is a great guy and someone who is a lot of fun to spend a little time with, he is accompanied mostly by his long term wife Lainie Miller, who I was shocked to discover played the stunningly gorgeous stripper in The Graduate…oh yes indeed. On top of this we have several contributions from an array of other folks such as Corey Feldman, Fred Olen Ray and Mary Woronov, amongst many others. Overall, this is a fun, charming film biography. Even if you don't know much about Dick himself, give it a whirl anyway, you'll have a good time. Who's that guy? It's Dick Miller of course.