Hollywood Rated 'R'

Overview

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-""Deep Throat"" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 19, 1997

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

France

Production

Canal+,Kalamazoo Films

Cast

Forrest J. Ackerman,Edward D. Wood Jr.,Charles Napier,Barbara Steele,Joe Dante,Bob Burns,Titus Moede,John Landis,Jack Hill,David F. Friedmanand 7 more

Director

Doug Headline,Dominique Cazenave

Writer

Doug Headline

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0179853