94 minutos
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.
Donald S. Rugoff
Self (archive footage)
Elyce Bonnell
Self
Peter Broderick
Self
Bea Brydson
Self
Nat Chediak
Self
Costa-Gavras
Self
Ira Deutchman
Self
Jean Donnelly
Self
Robert Downey Sr.
Self
Jerome Gary
Self
John Goldstone
Self
Jim Hudson
Self
Annette Insdorf
Self
Harlan Jacobson
Self
Mary Kay Kammer
Self
Larry Kardish
Self
Sarah Kernochan
Self
Wendy Keys
Self
Steve Kutner
Self
Warren Lieberfarb
Self
Brian Lindquist
Self
Stephanie Look-Teller
Self (voice)
Todd McCarthy
Self
Gary Meyer
Self
Ted Pedas
Self
Richard Pena
Self
Tom Ropelewski
Self
Edward Rugoff
Self
Ralph Rugoff
Self
Julian Schlossberg
Self
Robert Shaye
Self
Lisa Sherman
Self
Paula Silver
Self
Gary Springer
Self
Bill Thompson
Self
Hilary Wall
Self
Lina Wertmüller
Self
John Willis
Self
Justin Wyatt
Self
