Roger Corman: Hollywood’s Wild Angel

1978 / 57 min. / color
Directed by Christian Blackwood

Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Peter Fonda, David Carradine, Paul Bartel, Allen Arkush, Joe Dante, Peter Bogdanovich

Known as “The B-Movie King”, Roger Corman’s filmography has paved ways for genre films, igniting the screen with his rambunctious exploitation cinema. This portrait, made by Christain Blackwood who at the time was an aspiring filmmaker himself, takes a closer look at Corman’s plentiful career. Corman’s early casts and crews were oftentimes bursting with young talent such as Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and David Carradine. His horror-comedy hits were made in such fast succession that the opportunities for emerging directors were countless and though the pay was low many of them feel they were very much compensated in experience and recognition. Through his low production budgets and high box office revenues, Corman built a B-movie empire that continues to thrill, inspire and endlessly entertain. 

Directed by Christian Blackwood

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Koszarski … (narration) (as Richard Kozarski)
Elliott Stein … (writer)

Cast
Allan Arkush … Self
Paul Bartel … Self
David Carradine … Self
Roger Corman … Self
Joe Dante … Self
Jonathan Demme … Self
Peter Fonda … Self
Ron Howard … Self
Jonathan Kaplan … Self
Martin Scorsese … Self
Harry von Zell … Self
Michael Wager … Narrator (voice)
Produced by Christian Blackwood … producer

Cinematography by Christian Blackwood

Film Editing by
Christian Blackwood
Harvey Greenstein

Sound Department
Morning Slayter … sound mixer (as Morning Pastorok) / sound recordist (as Morning Pastorok)

IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0163354

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