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Cinema 5 Distributing Movie Index. Find below a breakdown of all Cinema 5 Distributing movies by year and first letter. The table below lists the top-grossing Cinema 5 Distributing movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office).
The Cinema 5 Story. How did era-defining art films like Z, GIMME SHELTER, and SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE find an audience in the U.S.? It was thanks in large part to a groundbreaking movie-theater chain and distribution company called Cinema 5, the brainchild of an inspired, often difficult impresario named Donald Rugoff.
- The Origins of Cinema V
- The Difference of Cinema V: Image Management
- The Difference of Cinema V: The Showmanship of A “Wild Genius”
- The Difference of Cinema V: Exhibition as The Key Asset
- Erasing Independence: Assimilating Art Cinema
- Bibliography
The art cinema developed in urban centers of post–World War II America with a renewed national interest in foreign nations, and, for some, a desire to view film as akin to the high arts of literature, music, and drama. Viewed as one potential way to combat the diminished theatrical attendance postwar, the art film benefited from the decreased produ...
Rugoff created a distinct identity for Cinema V through two strategic means: attention to the brand image of Cinema V releases and a flair for showmanship, leading to much publicity and “free marketing” for both the Cinema V releases and the Cinema V theaters. The vast majority of art house cinema to that time had depended on minimal graphics and, ...
Cinema V’s striking visual marketing was aided considerably by Rugoff’s expertise as a publicist and entrepreneur. His ability to highlight events, scandals, and “media moments” through Cinema V product was a key corollary to the paid marketing. At the time of his death in 1989, Rugoff was widely credited as the arbiter of both art cinema showmansh...
Rugoff’s unique marketing and image management efforts were facilitated by controlling the key commercial aspect of exhibition. Rugoff benefited considerably by basing his distribution efforts with Cinema V on his chain of upscale, New York City East Side movie theaters. Labeled the “Tiffany’s of American movie exhibition,” Rugoff’s Cinema V theate...
Although Rugoff was one of the key figures involved in establishing and maintaining art cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, the Cinema V tale ultimately is a cautionary one. The lessons from Cinema V extend from the days of 1950s art cinema up through the 1980s and 1990s incarnations of “independent film” characterized by filmmaking outside the domain o...
Andrew, David. Theorizing Art Cinemas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014.Balio, Tino. The Foreign Film Renaissance on American Screens: 1946-1973. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010.Bass, Jennifer, and Pat Kirkham. Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design. New York: Laurence King, 2011.Byron, Stuart. “Don Rugoff: Ballyhoo with a Harvard Education.” Film Comment, May–June 1975, 20–27.- Justin Wyatt
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Mar 19, 2024 · Cinema 5 Distributing. Credits. Trailer (December 16, 1971-September 25, 1977) Visuals: On a blue screen is white text in Helvetica reading "FROM CINEMA 5". Technique: A still, printed image. Audios: Silent. Availability: It has appeared on old video-cassettes of A Special Day and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (which was in print into 2000).
A list of 75 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Heavens Above! (1963), The Cool World (1963), The Hours of Love (1963), Girl in the Headlines (1963) and Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964). About this list: The incredible output of Cinema 5 under the leadership of Don Rugoff in the late 60s and 70s.
View full company info for Cinema 5 Distributing (US) 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 1975 1h 31m PG. 8.2 (563K) Rate. 91 Metascore.
Sep 5, 2022 · Image via Cinema 5 Distributing. September brings Autumn, which means cooler weather for many, and consistently cool programming from The Criterion Channel. There are collections in tribute...
