2011·Documentary·1h 31m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Alex Stapleton
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1970s
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1980s
1950s
1960s
1990s
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portrait of an artist
portrait of a filmmaker
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Cast
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
Allan Arkush
Self - Filmmaker
Crew
Alex Stapleton
Director
Alex Stapleton
Writer
Nicolas Godin
Original Music Composer
Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Original Music Composer
Alex Stapleton
Producer
Molly Thompson
Executive Producer
Jared Moshé
Executive Producer
Polly Platt
Executive Producer
Joe Dante
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Popular Reviews
8 reviews
Aedan
10.0★ · 12/31/25
Sharktopus and piranhaconda are the reason I want to make movies. Thank you king corman
Sharktopus and piranhaconda are the reason I want to make movies. Thank you king corman
Ryan Duckworth
7.3★ · 04/07/25
I still pop a lot at the Tarantino part of the ending. This was weirdly comforting to watch again. Something about knowing how Corman’s career goes makes this more enjoyable the second time. I somehow liked it more and less the second time at the same time
I still pop a lot at the Tarantino part of the ending. This was weirdly comforting to watch again. Something about knowing how Corman’s career goes makes this more enjoyable the second time. I somehow liked it more and less the second time at the same time
Ryan Duckworth
7.0★ · 09/26/24
Roger Corman has lived an incredible life and this documentary really showed the extent that the industry has grabbed from him.
I would like to say that I popped at them not mentioning Quentin Tarantino the entire documentary as a student but then at the end he acts like he’s been there the entire time
I would like to say that I popped at them not mentioning Quentin Tarantino the entire documentary as a student but then at the end he acts like he’s been there the entire time
Roger Corman has lived an incredible life and this documentary really showed the extent that the industry has grabbed from him.
I would like to say that I popped at them not mentioning Quentin Tarantino the entire documentary as a student but then at the end he acts like he’s been there the entire time
I would like to say that I popped at them not mentioning Quentin Tarantino the entire documentary as a student but then at the end he acts like he’s been there the entire time
Connor McCreesh
8.0★ · 05/15/24
A fun, often sweet doc on the late, great producer-director. Corman's importance in film history can't be understated, for both starting the career of countless legendary filmmakers, and for directing and producing some horror and exploitation classics in their own right; not to mention championing foreign and arthouse flicks while he was at it! I would have loved to see more interviews with and about Corman, which would have come with a longer runtime, but a fun time nonetheless. Also, I could listen to Jack Nicholson talk about smoking weed with Peter Fonda all day.
RIP Roger Corman.
RIP Roger Corman.
A fun, often sweet doc on the late, great producer-director. Corman's importance in film history can't be understated, for both starting the career of countless legendary filmmakers, and for directing and producing some horror and exploitation classics in their own right; not to mention championing foreign and arthouse flicks while he was at it! I would have loved to see more interviews with and about Corman, which would have come with a longer runtime, but a fun time nonetheless. Also, I could listen to Jack Nicholson talk about smoking weed with Peter Fonda all day.
RIP Roger Corman.
RIP Roger Corman.
Manny
“Keep gambling, keep taking chances” - Corman
I love learning about film history, this was one of those stories that’s really adding to my perspective on the art form entirely. Helped soo many people it’s insane. Coppola, Scorsese, Demme, Dinero, Jack Nicholson, the list doesn’t end for real.
“…the movie lovers of the planet earth thank you” - Tarantino
I love learning about film history, this was one of those stories that’s really adding to my perspective on the art form entirely. Helped soo many people it’s insane. Coppola, Scorsese, Demme, Dinero, Jack Nicholson, the list doesn’t end for real.
“…the movie lovers of the planet earth thank you” - Tarantino
“Keep gambling, keep taking chances” - Corman
I love learning about film history, this was one of those stories that’s really adding to my perspective on the art form entirely. Helped soo many people it’s insane. Coppola, Scorsese, Demme, Dinero, Jack Nicholson, the list doesn’t end for real.
“…the movie lovers of the planet earth thank you” - Tarantino
I love learning about film history, this was one of those stories that’s really adding to my perspective on the art form entirely. Helped soo many people it’s insane. Coppola, Scorsese, Demme, Dinero, Jack Nicholson, the list doesn’t end for real.
“…the movie lovers of the planet earth thank you” - Tarantino