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Ballyhoo Motion Pictures

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Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé poster
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A retrospective of director Roland Joffé’s first four films.

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

Dec 2022

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals poster
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Documentary about the 30-year long process of David Allen's The Primevals.

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

May 2024

Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness poster
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A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Alice Cooper, composer Alan Howarth, script supervisor Sandy King, visual effects supervisor Robert Grasmere, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, Carpenter biographer John Muir, film historian C. Courtney Joyner, music historian Daniel Schweiger and Producer Larry Carpenters.

Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness

Oct 2018

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune poster
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A brand new feature-length documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring the making of the film, featuring dozens of new and archive interviews with cast and crew.

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

Oct 2021

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' poster
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The feature-length documentary about the making of the cult film favourite, "Donnie Darko".

Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'

Dec 2016

American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal poster
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An all-new documentary about filmmaker Anthony Mann and his time making films for Universal Studios in the 1950's.

American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

Nov 2019

Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live poster
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A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Associate producer Sandy King, cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Robert Grasmere, composer Alan Howarth, stunt coordinator/Ghoul Jeff Imada, author Jonathan Letham, music historian Daniel Schweiger, Blumhouse editor Rebekah McKendry, and visual effects historian Justin Humphreys.

Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live

Oct 2018

Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School poster
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Retrospective documentary about Rock 'N' Roll High School.

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

Nov 2019

It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film poster
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Split into three parts and featuring interviews with the crew of SOUTHLAND TALES, including Richard Kelly, the story of how this film was made, screwed over in post-production and still technically is unfinished is told.

It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film

Jan 2021

Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' poster
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A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with writer Nick Castle, cinematographer Dean Cundey, composer Alan Howarth, production designer Joe Alves, special visual effects artist/model maker Gene Rizzardi, production assistant David De Coteau, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, Carpenter biographer John Muir, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys, and music historian Daniel Schweiger.

Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'

Nov 2018

Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood poster
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Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

Nov 2020

Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's 'The Fog' poster
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A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with cinematographer Dean Cundey, production designer/editor Tommy Lee Wallace, photographer Kim Gottleib-Walker, make-up effects artist Steve Johnson, Carpenter biographer John Muir, music historian Daniel Schweiger, visual effects historian Justin Humphreys and assistant Larry Franco

Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's 'The Fog'

Oct 2018

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf poster
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A newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with John Landis, David Naughton, Joe Dante and more

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

Oct 2019

That's Hicksploitation: The Origin of Southern Sinema poster
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Feature-legnth documentary on the various hicksploitation hitting drive-in screens during the 60s and 70s.

That's Hicksploitation: The Origin of Southern Sinema

Jun 2024

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! poster
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A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length, was screened in 2012.)

Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

Dec 2012

Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos poster
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Behind-the-scenes retrospective on the cult classic horror film.

Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos

Mar 2019

That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death poster
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This retrospective featurette includes words from filmmaker Jim Markovic, producer Terry Levene, screenwriter Ron Harvey, director Matthew Mallinson, and actors Ron Van Clief and Fred Williamson. Topics include the sordid history of Aquarius Releasing and their other Bruce Lee knock-offs, assembling the film from lukewarm leftovers, shooting new scenes, filming at Madison Square Garden, the "guest stars", script re-writes, Adolph Caesar, creating a fake news station, and more. (Blu-ray.com)

That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

May 2020

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey poster
Movie

A retrospective look back on the making of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey

Sep 2013

Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing poster
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An all-new feature length documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring the history of The Thing, from the original novella to John Carpenter's terrifying science fiction classic. Featuring new interviews with the cast and crew, as well as authors, historians, and critics.

Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing

Oct 2017

It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story poster
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Feature-length documentary about the early history of American International Pictures.

It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

Dec 2015

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