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:

Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino

2 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

movie director | film director | filmmaker | interview | 2010s | 

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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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Certificate:

R16

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Jack Nicholson was being interviewed about his association with Roger Corman, he was so overcome with emotion recalling how much Corman had done for his career during Nicholson's early days in Hollywood that he broke down and began crying.

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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

References Da (1988)

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Soundtracks

Coco de los santos
Written by Marcel Frank
Courtesy of Valentino/Bug Music

User Reviews

He Conquered The World Of B-Movies

Now 90 years old, Roger Corman (aka. King of the B-Movies) has been in the film-making business for close to 60 years now.

Through film clips, stills, and interviews with colleagues, relatives, etc., etc., this 90-minute documentary gives the viewer a fairly realistic look at the overall history of Roger Corman's career, first as a low-budget film director, then as a low-budget film producer.

Throughout his many years in the business Corman has given struggling, young actors (such as William Shatner and Robert De Niro) and budding, young directors (such as Martin Scorsese and James Cameron) a big, helping hand in their chosen field of work.

Needless to say - Corman is one man who is certainly owed a helluva lot of thanks in gratitude from countless people who went on to notable success in the movie business as either actors, producers and directors.

All-in-all - I think this documentary was quite entertaining, especially from the standpoint of getting to see some hilarious film clips from a number of Corman's cheesier horror movies and brutally bad, teen exploitation pictures which were all standard Drive-In fare from the 1950s and 60s.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Des ovnis, des monstres et du sexe - Le cinéma selon Roger Corman

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,000, 18 December 2011

Gross USA:

$7,000

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1