American Grindhouse
7 /10 1 Votes
Director Elijah Drenner Initial DVD release July 26, 2011 Duration Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Music director Jason Brandt Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 13, 2010 (2010-03-13) (SXSW) Writer Elijah Drenner, Calum Waddell Screenplay Elijah Drenner, Calum Waddell Cast (Himself - Narrator), (Herself), (Himself), Kim Morgan (Herself), (Himself), (Himself)Similar movies Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies , Knock Knock , I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine , Straight Outta Compton , The Help , Saving Mr. Banks Tagline Giving Audiences What They Want Since the Dawn of Motion Pictures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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American Grindhouse is a 2010 documentary directed and produced by Elijah Drenner. The film made its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas on March 13, 2010.
Contents
Overview
The documentary chronicles the history of the American exploitation film from the days of Thomas Edison to contemporary films of the 21st century. The film features interviews with John Landis, Joe Dante, Jack Hill, Don Edmonds, Fred Williamson, Allison Anders, James Gordon White, Larry Cohen, William Lustig, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Judy Brown, Jeremy Kasten, Jonathan Kaplan, Bob Minor, Lewis Teague, David Hess and Fred Olen Ray. The documentary also features film historians Eddie Muller, Kim Morgan and Eric Schaefer. Robert Forster narrates.
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregator, gave the film an 86%.
References
American Grindhouse WikipediaAmerican Grindhouse IMDb American Grindhouse themoviedb.org