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American Grindhouse

  • 2010
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  • 1h 20m
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American Grindhouse (2010)
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A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.

  • Director
    • Elijah Drenner
  • Writers
    • Elijah Drenner
    • Calum Waddell
  • Stars
    • Robert Forster
    • Eric Schaefer
    • Eddie Muller
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    2.5K
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    • Director
      • Elijah Drenner
    • Writers
      • Elijah Drenner
      • Calum Waddell
    • Stars
      • Robert Forster
      • Eric Schaefer
      • Eddie Muller
    • 19User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Eric Schaefer
    • Self - Film Historian
    Eddie Muller
    • Self - Film Historian
    John Landis
    John Landis
    • Self - Director, 'Animal House'
    Kim Morgan
    Kim Morgan
    • Self - Film Historian
    Fred Olen Ray
    Fred Olen Ray
    • Self - Director, 'Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers'
    Allison Anders
    Allison Anders
    • Self - Director, 'Mi Vida Loca'
    Joe Dante
    Joe Dante
    • Self - Director, 'Gremlins'
    Herschell Gordon Lewis
    Herschell Gordon Lewis
    • Self - Director, 'Scum of the Earth'
    Jeremy Kasten
    Jeremy Kasten
    • Self - Director, 'Wizard of Gore'
    William Lustig
    William Lustig
    • Self - Director, 'Maniac Cop'
    Lewis Teague
    Lewis Teague
    • Self - Director, 'Cujo'
    David Hess
    David Hess
    • Self - Actor, 'The Last House on the Left'
    Bob Minor
    Bob Minor
    • Self - Actor, 'Foxy Brown'
    Jack Hill
    Jack Hill
    • Self - Director, 'Coffy' and ''Foxy Brown'
    Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson
    • Self - Actor, 'Three the Hard Way'
    Larry Cohen
    Larry Cohen
    • Self - Director, 'Black Caesar'
    Jonathan Kaplan
    Jonathan Kaplan
    • Self - Director, 'Truck Turner'
    • Director
      • Elijah Drenner
    • Writers
      • Elijah Drenner
      • Calum Waddell
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      John Amero, Pam Grier, and Harry H. Novak were all approached to be interviewed in this documentary, but they all declined.
    • Connections
      Features Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894)
    • Soundtracks
      The Thieving Magpie Overture
      composed by Gioachino Rossini

    User reviews19

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    7/10
    Open-Ended Interviews Quickly Lose Sight of Their Original Subject
    About as interesting as a loosely-related series of sparse conversations with cult-favorite directors is likely to get. The goal seems to have been the assembly of a "straight from the horse's mouth" oral history of exploitation at large in cinema, but none of the subjects could really nail down the outer limits of what the term meant. So, instead, it became a crash-course history of underground film, decorated at all corners with vaguely familiar old men reminiscing about their glory days. The narrative jumps all over the place, sometimes floating from the '20s to the '90s over the course of a single sentence - that's OK, though, because the sheer breadth of knowledge and a shared recollection of the crazy promotional stunts each film undertook to get noticed makes the journey worthwhile. It's also one hell of a Netflix recommendation engine.
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    • Release date
      • March 13, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Американский грайндхаус
    • Filming locations
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lux Digital Pictures
      • End Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,529
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,529
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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