MIDNIGHT MOVIES: FROM THE MARGIN TO THE MAINSTREAM

Out of Competition

Directed by :: Stuart SAMUELS

Country:: CANADA

Duration:: 88.00 minutes

Synopsis

MIDNIGHT MOVIES: FROM THE MARGIN TO THE MAINSTREAM is a feature documentary that tells the hidden history of these classic MIDNIGHT MOVIES of the 1970's-- El Topo , Night of the Living Dead, The Harder the Come, Pink Flamingos, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Eraserhead.

Between 1970 and 1977 these 6 low budget films, shown at midnight, transformed the way we make and watch movies, films that re-invented the medium while pushing the boundaries of “bad taste” and “social taboos.”

Attending “midnight movies” became a social identifier, a badge of one's intellect, a mark of a person's cinematic sensibilities and cultural allegiance, a rite of passage for a whole youth generation in crisis.

Appearing in the documentary are original interviews with directors John Waters (Pink Flamingos), David Lynch (Eraserhead), George Romero (Night of the Living Dead), A. Jodorowsky (El Topo), Perry Henzell (The Harder They Come) and Richard O'Brien (creator and star of Rocky Horror Picture Show).

Stuart SAMUELS

Credits

Stuart SAMUELS - Director
Stuart SAMUELS - Screenplay
Richard FOX - Cinematography
Eric CADESKY - Music
Nick DYER - Music

Actors

Contacts and useful links

Production

STUART SAMUELS PRODUCTIONS INC. - Stuart Samuels - 68 Scollard St. Suite 301 Toronto, Ontario,CANADA M5R 1G2 - T : 416-968-9362 - F : 416-968-9870 - Stusamuels@aol.com

French press

Viviana Andriani - T : 01 42 66 36 35 - F : 01 42 66 36 35 - viviana.andriani@wanadoo.fr

International press

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Foreign sales

MENEMSHA FILMS - T : 1-310-452-1775 - F : 1-310-452-3470 - neilf@menemshafilms.com