Released:
2001-05-01

Overview:
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.

Directors:
Eamon Harrington, John Watkin

Runtime:
1h 0min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Peter Bogdanovich
  as
  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Samuel Z. Arkoff
  as
  Self
• 
  Bob Burns
  as
  Self
• 
  Herman Cohen
  as
  Self
• 
  Roger Corman
  as
  Self