The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998)
Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures have long been the spawning ground of today's and tomorrow's stars. They started the careers of Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone among many others, as well as now super star directors Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Ron Howard and James Cameron. The film examines the evolution of starry-eyed newcomers arriving in Hollywood and discovering the harsh reality of getting into pictures.
Director: Odette Springer
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Maria Ford as |
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Jon Kalina as Narrator |
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Ava Cadell as |
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Roger Corman as |
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Lisa Boyle as |
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Catherine Cyran as |
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Samuel Z. Arkoff as |
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Edward Albert as |
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Julie Strain as |
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Brinke Stevens as |
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Nancy Zala as Herself |
| Directing | Odette Springer | Director |