A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.
Pam Grier
SelfBruce Dern
SelfBeverly Garland
SelfWalt Disney
Self (archive footage)Mark Thomas McGee
SelfRoger Corman
SelfJ. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)Peter Bogdanovich
Narrator (voice)