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Searching for Mr. Rugoff

11/08/2019

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1hr 34min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Donald S. Rugoff
  • Elyce Bonnell
  • Peter Broderick
  • Bea Brydson
  • Nat Chediak

    Directors

  • Susan Lacy
  • Christina Yoon
  • Richard Brauer
  • Chithra Jeyaram
  • Marco Ricci

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Deutchman Company

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Elyce Bonnell

    Self

    Bea Brydson

    Self

    Nat Chediak

    Self

    Jean Donnelly

    Self

    Jim Hudson

    Self

    Annette Insdorf

    Self

    Harlan Jacobson

    Self

    Mary Kay Kammer

    Self

    Larry Kardish

    Self

    Steve Kutner

    Self

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