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| Release Date: August 13, 2021
Summary: 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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Runtime: 94 min
Rating: Not Rated
Production: Deutchman Company
Genres: Documentary
Country: US
Language: English
Director Credit
Ira Deutchman Director
Principal Cast Credit
Bea Brydson Self
Costa-Gavras Self
Elyce Bonnell Self
Ira Deutchman Self
Jean Donnelly Self
Jerome Gary Self
John Goldstone Self
Nat Chediak Self
Peter Broderick Self
Robert Downey Sr. Self
Cast Credit
Annette Insdorf Self
Harlan Jacobson Self
Jim Hudson Self
Larry Kardish Self
Mary Kay Kammer Self
Producer Credit
Beth Krieger Executive Producer
Brian Gersten Associate Producer
Ira Deutchman Producer
Peter Gilbert Executive Producer
Susan Lacy Executive Producer