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.
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Ira Deutchman
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Elyce Bonnell
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Peter Broderick
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Bea Brydson
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Nat Chediak
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Costa-Gavras
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Ira Deutchman
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Jean Donnelly
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Robert Downey Sr.
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Jerome Gary
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John Goldstone
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Jim Hudson
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Annette Insdorf
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Harlan Jacobson
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Mary Kay Kammer
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Larry Kardish
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Sarah Kernochan
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Wendy Keys
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Steve Kutner
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Mr. Rugoff, a movie distributor, founded cinema 5, which included cinema I, and II, the paris theatre, the sutton and beekman tneaters in nyc. In the 1970's, cinema 1 an 2 were the premier theaters in nyc. It's where important films opened first and played for ever. Rocky, the exorcist, swept away, etc. The lines were around the block, rain or shine or snow. No waiting inside. Apparently mr. Rugoff was a difficult man to deal with. At one point he is compared to harvey weinstein. Not my words. Anyway, as a big moive buff i thought i would enjoy this story. The fact it, it's boring. You get the gist of his personality early on and that's about it. There is a mystery, but i won't spoil it for you.
source: Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Mr. Rugoff, a movie distributor, founded cinema 5, which included cinema I, and II, the paris theatre, the sutton and beekman tneaters in nyc. In the 1970's, cinema 1 an 2 were the premier theaters in nyc. It's where important films opened first and played for ever. Rocky, the exorcist, swept away, etc. The lines were around the block, rain or shine or snow. No waiting inside. Apparently mr. Rugoff was a difficult man to deal with. At one point he is compared to harvey weinstein. Not my words. Anyway, as a big moive buff i thought i would enjoy this story. The fact it, it's boring. You get the gist of his personality early on and that's about it. There is a mystery, but i won't spoil it for you.