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.
Bruce Dern
SelfPeter Bogdanovich
Narrator (voice)Beverly Garland
SelfHerman Cohen
SelfPam Grier
SelfWalt Disney
Self (archive footage)Joe Dante
SelfDick Miller
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