MIDNIGHT MOVIES

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• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Between 1970 and 1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch movies: The allegorical freak-out EL TOPO, the graphic horror of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, outrageous filth fest PINK FLAMINGOS, outlaw reggae's THE HARDER THEY COME, the phenomenal ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, and the darkly disturbing ERASERHEAD. In this acclaimed documentary, discover the surprising stories behind the movies that defied mainstream America to change the world of cinema forever, featuring startling clips, rare archival footage and revealing interviews with the films' directors, distributors, exhibitors and supporters, including JOHN WATERS, DAVID LYNCH, ROGER EBERT, GEORGE ROMERO, RICHARD O'BRIEN, ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY and many more.
• Cast: John Waters, Ben Barenholtz, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alan Douglas, J. Hoberman, Robert Shaye, George A. Romero, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Bill Quigley, Larry Jackson, Seth Willenson, Chuck Zlatkin, Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman, Lou Adler, Mick Rock, Peter Suschitzky, Sal Piro, David Lynch, Dan Aykroyd, Jeanne Bates, John Belushi, Barry Bostwick, David Bowie, Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cardille, Jimmy Cliff, Elizabeth Coffey, Charles Craig, Tim Curry, Matt Damon, Julián de Meriche, Divine, Marilyn Eastman, Roger Ebert, Britt Ekland, Peter Fonda, S. William Hinzman, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Hurley, Steve Hutsko, Brontis Jodorowsky, Duane Jones, Allen Joseph, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Allen Klein, George Kosana, José Legarreta, John Lennon, David Lochary, Mara Lorenzio, Charles Manson, Ignacio Martínez España, Edith Massey, Meat Loaf, Danny Mills, Jack Nance, Laurel Near, Judith O'Dea, Yoko Ono, Al Pacino, Mary Vivian Pearce, Vincent Price, Patricia Quinn, Judith Ridley, Paula Romo, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Eliseo Gardea Saucedo, Kyra Schon, Peter Sellers, Christian Slater, Charlotte Stewart, Mink Stole, Russell Streiner, Vincent D. Survinski, Paul Swift, Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Andy Warhol, Keith Wayne, Orson Welles, Stuart Samuels, Victor Kushmaniuk
• Director: Stuart Samuels
• Runtime: 1:26
• Company: Starz/Anchor Bay
• Media Format: Movie