Searching for Mr. Rugoff [662342] Released: 2019-11-08 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 94 mins Popularity: 0.1118 Vote Average: 7 Vote Count: 3 Overview: The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff was a difficult (some would say impossible) person but was also the man who kicked art films into the mainstream with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business-from the studio classics divisions to the independent film movement to the rise of the Weinsteins-is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure. The story is told through the eyes of former employee Ira Deutchman, who sets out to find the truth about the man who had such a major impact on his life, and to understand how such an important figure could have disappeared so completely. Cast [40] Donald S. RugoffSelf Elyce BonnellSelf Peter BroderickSelf Bea BrydsonSelf Nat ChediakSelf Costa-GavrasSelf Ira DeutchmanSelf Jean DonnellySelf Robert Downey Sr.Self Jerome GarySelf John GoldstoneSelf Jim HudsonSelf Annette InsdorfSelf Harlan JacobsonSelf Mary Kay KammerSelf Larry KardishSelf Sarah KernochanSelf Wendy KeysSelf Steve KutnerSelf Warren LieberfarbSelf Brian LindquistSelf Stephanie Look-TellerSelf Todd McCarthySelf Gary MeyerSelf Ted PedasSelf Richard PenaSelf Evangeline PetersonSelf Tom RopelewskiSelf Edward RugoffSelf Ralph RugoffSelf Julian SchlossbergSelf Robert ShayeSelf Lisa ShermanSelf Paula SilverSelf Gary SpringerSelf Bill ThompsonSelf Hilary WallSelf Lina WertmüllerSelf John WillisSelf Justin WyattSelf Trailers Searching for Mr. Rugoff - Official Trailer