Allan Arkush

Allan Arkush

1948-04-30 Jersey City, New Jersey, USA 31 Credits

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Allan Arkush (born April 30, 1948) is an American director and producer of films, television and videos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Arkush, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

2021

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary on the life of legendary filmmaker Roger Corman, often referred to as the "Pope of Pop Cinema"

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020

as Self

6.4
Acting

The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking ...

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

2019

Acting

Retrospective documentary about Rock 'N' Roll High School.

That Guy Dick Miller

That Guy Dick Miller

2014

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu...

Christmas with Holly

Christmas with Holly

2012

Director

6.3
Directing

After being dumped at the alter on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark ...

Corman's World

Corman's World

2011

as Self - Filmmaker

7.1
Acting

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film in...

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010

as Self

6.7
Acting

In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

2009

as Self

Acting

In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces alo...

Prince Charming

Prince Charming

2001

Director

6.9
Directing

After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a mai...

Elvis Meets Nixon

Elvis Meets Nixon

1997

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1995

Director

Directing

A matriarch of three generations born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, discovers that her recently-deceased husband has lost their bar and home to a...

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1994

Director

5.8
Directing

In 1950s America, teenage rebellion comes easy when something like rock 'n' roll is viewed as sinful. Looking to have a good time while they're young,...

XXX's & OOO's

XXX's & OOO's

1994

Director

6.0
Directing

Four ex-wives become friends bonding through their shared experiences as ex-wives of country music singers.

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

1991

Characters

4.3

Those rambunctious kids are back in school and back in trouble in a smash sequel to the 1978 worldwide hit. Corey Feldman leads a rock and roll rally ...

Caddyshack II

Caddyshack II

1988

Director

4.1
Directing

When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a...

Get Crazy

Get Crazy

1983

as Concert Audience Member (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie L...

Get Crazy

Get Crazy

1983

Director

6.3
Directing

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie L...

Heartbeeps

Heartbeeps

1981

Director

4.0
Directing

Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979

Director, Story

6.3
Directing Writing

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

1978

as Self

7.4
Acting

Documentary examining the life and career of producer/director Roger Corman. Clips from his films and interviews with actors and crew members who have...

Deathsport

Deathsport

1978

Director, Associate Editor

3.9
Directing

1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Rang...

Thunder and Lightning

Thunder and Lightning

1977

as Snack Stand Operator at Beach (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation...

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto

1977

as Clown (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of rewar...

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto

1977

Second Unit Director, Additional Editor

5.3
Directing

A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of rewar...

Cannonball

Cannonball

1976

as Panama

5.5
Acting

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which ther...

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1976

as Sheriff (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes...

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1976

Editor, Director

5.5
Directing

A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes...

Septuagenarian Substitute Ball

Septuagenarian Substitute Ball

1970

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Fame is too heavy for Ralph McCartney (John Ford Noonan) when he becomes an accidental rock star. Shot in New York, premiered June 1970. Winner: Third...