Searching for Mr. Rugoff

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Donald S. Rugoff

Self (archive footage)

Age : 62 | Popularity : 0%

Elyce Bonnell

Self

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Peter Broderick

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Bea Brydson

Self

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Nat Chediak

Self

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Costa-Gavras

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Ira Deutchman

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Jean Donnelly

Self

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ira Deutchman
Editing	Editor	Brian Gersten
Production	Producer	Ira Deutchman
	Associate Producer	Brian Gersten
	Executive Producer	Susan Lacy Beth Krieger Peter Gilbert
Sound	Original Music Composer	Leo Sidran
	Sound	Ashley Foy Eliott Taylor
Camera	Director of Photography	Peter Gilbert
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