About this movie
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 1:30:02
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- 2011
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Roger Corman
- Martin Scorsese
- Robert De Niro
- Quentin Tarantino
- Jack Nicholson
- Ron Howard
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Polly Platt
- Joe Dante
- Eli Roth
- Peter Fonda
- Jonathan Demme
- William Shatner
Directors
- Alex Stapleton
Producers
- Mickey Barold
- Stone Douglass
- Izabela Frank
- Jeff Frey
- Alex Stapleton
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Corman's World
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The director of more than fifty films and producer of over 300 more, prolific B-movie maven Roger Corman is profiled in this biographical documentary from filmmaker Alex Stapleton. From Little Shop of Horrors to Rock and Roll High School, the documentary explores the wide variety of films that encompass Corman's prolific and enduring career.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
91%
percent positive reviews
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Like many of the 400-odd movies Roger Corman has produced and/or directed, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel has a title that sizzles over content that merely simmers.
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Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
A supremely watchable documentary-tribute to the exploitation king Roger Corman.
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Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The results are solid and educative.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Alex Stapleton's lively, engrossing and enlightening documentary about a career that can be described as surprising on multiple counts.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, NPR
To fresh eyes, Corman's World may feel more like a meal; to the rest of us, it's merely a glance at the menu.
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
The funniest thing about Corman -- it's a joke he's in on -- is the disparity between the movies he makes and the precise, polite, almost scholarly demeanor he projects.
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