Searching for Mr. Rugoff

Searching for Mr. Rugoff (2019)

Documentary

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.

Director: Ira Deutchman

Casts

	Donald S. Rugoff as Self (archive footage)
	Elyce Bonnell as Self
	Peter Broderick as Self
	Bea Brydson as Self
	Nat Chediak as Self
	Costa-Gavras as Self
	Ira Deutchman as Self
	Jean Donnelly as Self
	Robert Downey Sr. as Self
	Jerome Gary as Self
	John Goldstone as Self
	Jim Hudson as Self
	Annette Insdorf as Self
	Harlan Jacobson as Self
	Mary Kay Kammer as Self
	Larry Kardish as Self
	Sarah Kernochan as Self
	Wendy Keys as Self
	Steve Kutner as Self
	Warren Lieberfarb as Self
	Brian Lundquist as Self
	Stephanie Look-Teller as Self (voice)
	Todd McCarthy as Self
	Gary Meyer as Self
	Ted Pedas as Self
	Richard Pena as Self
	Evangeline Peterson as Self
	Tom Ropelewski as Self
	Edward Rugoff as Self
	Ralph Rugoff as Self
	Julian Schlossberg as Self
	Robert Shaye as Self
	Lisa Sherman as Self
	Paula Silver as Self
	Gary Springer as Self
	Bill Thompson as Self
	Hilary Wall as Self
	Lina Wertmüller as Self
	John Willis as Self
	Justin Wyatt as Self

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