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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001
Directed byEamon Harrington
1h 0m

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.

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Peter BogdanovichNarrator (voice)Samuel Z. ArkoffSelf
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
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6.8

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