American International Pictures was and will ALWAYS be the GREATEST studio in movie history. I know that is probably only my opinion, but I dare anyone to name another studio that came out with consistant classic films.
I have never in movie watching experience ever seen a bad film from them. This documentary was made in 2001 and a lot of the people that appear in this have since passed away, but what a great way to spend an hour.
Sam Arkoff and James Nicholson started the company in the mid 1950's and with the help of Roger Corman it rocketed to the top of the picture making business. AIP turned out such films as "PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES, "DAY THE WORLD ENDED", "INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN", "I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF", "I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN", "tERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000" and hundreds more from just about every genre you could name.
During the 60's they changed gears and made such films as "THE WILD ANGELS", "THE TRIP" and all the "Beach Party" films with Frankie Avavlon and Anette Funicello.
During the 70's Arkoff took over the company after Nicholson passed away from a brain tumor. He took the company in the direction of "blaxploitation" films such as "BLACULA", "COFFY", "FOXY BROWN" and many others.
I have seen every AIP film ever made I believe and not one disappointed me in any way. There will never be another like it and the studio legacy will live forever.
If you're a fan of 50's sci-fi and horror then please check out the documentarty made for American Movie Classics before that brand was destroyed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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