(0 votes, average: 0.00/10)- Country: USA
- Genres: Documentary
- Release: 2021-08-13
- Director: Ira Deutchman
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English | Italian
- Stars: Elyce Bonnell , Peter Broderick , Bea Brydson
- Runtime: 94 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Searching for Mr. Rugoff (United States of America) , Searching for Mr. Rugoff
- Plot: The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff was a difficult (some would say impossible) person but was also the man who kicked art films into the mainstream with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business-from the studio classics divisions to the independent film movement to the rise of the Weinsteins-is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure. The story is told through the eyes of former employee Ira Deutchman, who sets out to find the truth about the man who had such a major impact on his life, and to understand how such an important figure could have disappeared so completely.
- IMDB:tt11233002
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Searching for Mr. Rugoff Cast · · · ALL
Ira Deutchman
Director
Donald S. Rugoff
Self (archive footage)
Peter Broderick
Self
Costa-Gavras
Self
Ira Deutchman
Self
Robert Downey Sr.
Self
Jerome Gary
Self
John Goldstone
Self
Annette Insdorf
Self
Sarah Kernochan
Self
Todd McCarthy
Self
Ted Pedas
Self
Tom Ropelewski
Self
Edward Rugoff
Self
Ralph Rugoff
Self
Julian Schlossberg
Self
Robert Shaye
Self
Gary Springer
Self
Lina Wertmüller
Self
