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Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98
Variety ^ | May 11, 2024 | By Richard Natale, Tim Gray

Posted on 05/12/2024 3:13:48 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie

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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Impossible to overstate his impact on cinema. Between perfect the exploitation flick (which took over “mainstream” with Jaws and has yet to release its grip) and giving so many directors their first job. Over 50 years of movie history was written by Corman. The world was a funnier place knowing he was in it.


21 posted on 05/12/2024 6:18:53 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

As a Lovecraft fan since 1961 I never got a chance to see my favorite story on film, THE DUNWITCH HORROR(1970). When I did a few years ago it was so bad I wanted two hours of my life back. There was no horror in his movie. It just sat there.


22 posted on 05/12/2024 6:35:49 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Rummyfan

David Carradine as well.


23 posted on 05/12/2024 6:41:50 AM PDT by pingman (It's a Clown World, and we're paying for it.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

One of the few actual good guys in Hollywood, and probably the last. RIP.


24 posted on 05/12/2024 7:15:31 AM PDT by Orosius (“Wake America Up Again )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Battle Beyond the Stars, a 1980 outer space remake of The Magnificent Seven. It is a decent low budget movie.

He got Robert Vaughn, who played Lee in The Magnificent Seven, to play essentially the same character in Battle beyond the Stars.

You can see it on demand streaming services like Tubi and Pluto.


25 posted on 05/12/2024 8:33:13 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Lots of naked women in his films : )


26 posted on 05/13/2024 4:44:30 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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