Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Aug 5 2005 TV-14 1h 28m
Documentary

From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.

Plot

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977). The documentary includes in-depth interviews with the directors, producers, writers and actors who were part of these low-budget, yet monumental productions, the exhibitors and distributors who played them, and the audiences who viewed them.

Written by

Victor Kushmaniuk, Stuart Samuels

Directed by

Stuart Samuels

Production Countries

United States of America, Canada

Production Companies

Stuart Samuels Productions

Languages

English

Awards

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1,743
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
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