Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011)
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Critic Reviews: 12
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Blue jeans, sock-hops and drive-in movies: the Fifties were America's age of innocence. But stalking the depths of its post-nuclear bliss, mass paranoia became fuel for Joseph McCarthy's brand of Red Scare terror propaganda. Bomb shelters were a deluxe feature in every American home, government-sponsored educational reels promised an imminent nuclear threat from across the Atlantic, and Hollywood, Babylon of the western world, hung on the brink of collapse. It was here, in the last-ditch
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Cast
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Roger Corman
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Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich -
Polly Platt
Polly Platt -
Joe Dante
Joe Dante -
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson -
Eli Roth
Eli Roth -
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese -
Peter Fonda
Peter Fonda -
Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme -
William Shatner
William Shatner -
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino -
Pam Grier
Pam Grier -
Ron Howard
Ron Howard -
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro -
Jonathan Kaplan
Jonathan Kaplan -
Paul W.S. Anderson
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Allan Arkush
Allan Arkush -
Eric Balfour
Eric Balfour -
Paul Bartel
Paul Bartel -
Bob Burns
Bob Burns -
David Carradine
David Carradine -
Gene Corman
Gene Corman -
Julie Corman
Julie Corman -
Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern -
Frances Doel
Frances Doel -
Jonathan Haze
Jonathan Haze -
George Hickenlooper
George Hickenlooper -
Gale Anne Hurd
Gale Anne Hurd -
Irvin Kershner
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Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy -
Dick Miller
Dick Miller -
John Sayles
John Sayles -
Tom Sherak
Tom Sherak -
Penelope Spheeris
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Gary J. Tunnicliffe
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Mary Woronov
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Jim Wynorski
Jim Wynorski
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All Critics (48) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (4) | DVD (6)
Like many of the 400-odd movies Roger Corman has produced and/or directed, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel has a title that sizzles over content that merely simmers.
Top CriticThe results are solid and educative.
Alex Stapleton's lively, engrossing and enlightening documentary about a career that can be described as surprising on multiple counts.
To fresh eyes, Corman's World may feel more like a meal; to the rest of us, it's merely a glance at the menu.
The funniest thing about Corman -- it's a joke he's in on -- is the disparity between the movies he makes and the precise, polite, almost scholarly demeanor he projects.
An excellent introduction to a director equally adept at following his own vision and nurturing those of others.
[I]f it doesn't offer anything new to our understanding of Corman, as filmmaker, producer, or person, it nicely encapsulates his legacy...
At one point in this joyful documentary, Jack Nicholson discusses the countless cheapies produced by Roger Corman and cracks, "By mistake, he actually made a good picture every once in a while."
Along the way this documentary interviews the likes of Nicholson, Ron Howard and (of course) Corman himself. Add some scarce footage and you've got a winner that is sure to please die-hard fans as well as newbies.
A solid transfer of an affectionate, surprisingly moving ode to an increasingly neglected pioneer of American cinema.
Almost any documentary on Roger Corman would be fascinating, and Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, directed by Alex Stapleton, is certainly that.
...you could populate a hall of fame with the people who credit Corman with giving them their start, or the boost they needed to get their young career going.
Entertaining and informative, whetting the appetite for a more in-depth exploration of Corman's body of work.
A well-earned and affectionate spotlight on a man who, let's face it, is one of the most impressive film producers who ever lived.
Great clips and interviews with, among others including Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and William Shatner.
None of it gets us anywhere truly close to the beating heart of an essentially retiring figure.
It records the ingenuity, daring and innovation that went into his productions and drove him to create his own studio and distribution company and to take his career into his own hands.
A frustrating documentary about a frustrating man.
A movie buff's delight.
A supremely watchable documentary-tribute to the exploitation king Roger Corman.
A comprehensive look at the extraordinary career of legendary writer-director-producer Roger Corman, told through the contributions of a dazzling array of talking heads.
Stapleton's structure is fairly by-the-numbers, but with a subject as fascinating (and archival clips as entertaining) as this, the quality is onscreen as soon as you turn on the camera.
Audience Reviews for Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel
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A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
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- Ron Howard: After Grand Theft Auto premiered on television Roger said to me 'This makes your 7.5% look really good. And my 92.5% look damn wonderful!'
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