The new poverty row : independent filmmakers as distributors / by Fred Olen Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Fred Olen, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--Distribution.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--United States.

Motion picture industry.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [1991]

Summary:

Since cinema's earliest beginnings, there has been friction between producers and directors. Shady accounting practices, which favored the distributors at the expense of the filmmakers, were all too common, causing many filmmakers to form independent companies to make and distribute their own product. This book examines six such low-budget exploitation companies -- Associated Distributors Productions, Filmgroup, Hemisphere Pictures, American General Pictures, Independent-International Pictures, Dimension Pictures, and the author's own American-Independent Productions. A brief history of each company, laced with quotes from the company's principals, is presented, followed by a filmography that lists all known credits for that company.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 213) and index.

ISBN:

0899506283

OCLC:

23941159