A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
Direction
Stapleton packs 60 years into 91 minutes without whiplash.
Production
Archival footage of Corman's sets: chaotic, cheap, somehow magical.
Acting
Coppola, Scorsese, Nicholson—literally everyone shows up to pay respects.
Director
Alex Stapleton
Roger Corman
Self - Filmmaker
Julie Corman
Self - Corman's Wife - Producer
David Carradine
Self - Actor
John Sayles
Self - Filmmaker
Eric Balfour
Self - Actor
Robert De Niro
Self - Actor
Paul W. S. Anderson
Self - Filmmaker
Martin Scorsese
Self - Filmmaker
Jonathan Haze
Self - Actor
Jack Nicholson
Self - Actor
Dick Miller
Self - Actor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Corman's production company still holds the record for most films produced without a single box office bomb—profitability was his religion.
The documentary accidentally maps the entire New Hollywood revolution: every major 70s director either apprenticed under Corman or competed against his distribution model.
US
