It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001

60 min

6.8

Ends at

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

John Watkin

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Peter Bogdanovich

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Bob Burns

Herman Cohen

Roger Corman

Dick Dale

Joe Dante

David Del Valle

Bruce Dern

Walt Disney

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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.

  • Peter Bogdanovich

  • Samuel Z. Arkoff

  • Bob Burns

  • Herman Cohen

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