I've looked Al Adamson: Drive-In Monster movie
Movie Is being made - in 1996.
Color Info: Color
Countries: USA
Genres: Short, Documentary
Languages: English
Runtimes: 20
In movie played:
Al Adamson (actor)
Articles: "Amarcord" (Italy), 1996, Vol. 2, Iss. 5, pg. 59-64, by: Gian Luca Castaldi, "Il cinema, l'amore la morte di Al Adamson", "Vex" (USA), 1995, Iss. 1, pg. 32-33, by: Ron Dutch, "Al Adamson: Dead and Remembered", "Vex" (USA), 1995, Iss. 1, pg. 33-34, by: Joe Wawrzyniak, "The Best of Al Adamson"
Son of actor-director 'Victor Adamson' (qv) and actress 'Dolores Booth' (qv), Normally cast his wife 'Regina Carrol' (qv)., Was good friends with actor-director 'John 'Bud' Cardos' (qv)., His body was found buried under his freshly laid cement and tile bathroom. His murderer posed as him using his clothes and credit cards at a hotel in Florida while on the run., Murdered by a man by the name of Fred Fulford, who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life., Interviewed in "Wild Beyond Belief: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakes of the 1960s and 1970s" by Brian Albright (McFarland & Co.).
Biographical Movies: _Al Adamson: Drive-In Monster (1996)_ (qv), _"E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {Al Adamson: Murder of a B-Movie King (#4.145)}_ (qv)
Death Notes: Indio, California, USA (homicide)
Although it's fundamentally implausible that his admittedly cheap'n'cheesy films will ever be acknowledged inwardly insert down of true works of cinematic art, director/producer/screenwriter Al Adamson accomplish nonetheless sort a slew of entertainingly trashy low-budget exploitation features in favour of the drive-in souk in the 60s and 70s. Al be born by July 25, 1929 in Hollywood, California. He was the son of actress Dolores Booth and actor/director Victor Adamson, who appositely oodles specialized in shoddy impecuniousness procession 30s Western programmers. Adamson's imaginative foray into filmmaking was helping his father as controller and author on the big eyeshade "Halfway to Hell." In the mid 60s Al found the prolific grind-house outfit Independent-International Pictures next to producer/distributor Sam Sherman. Adamson cranked out a source of flick in both likely genre: scuzzy biker items ("Satan's Sadists," "Hell's Bloody Devils," "Angels' Wild Women"), granular Westerns ("Five Bloody Graves," "Jessi's Girls"), foolish soft-core wit ("The Naughty Stewardesses," "Blazing Stewardesses"), funky blaxploitation ("Mean Mother," "Black Heat"), off the wall science fiction dross (the gloriously ghastly "Horror of the Blood Monsters"), two Jim Kelly warring art undertaking outing ("Black Samurai," "Death Dimension"), lurid horror fare ("Dracula Vs. Frankenstein," "Brain of Blood," "Nurse Sherri"), and even a tongue-in-cheek soft-core science fiction with a beat ("Cinderella 2000"). Moreover, Adamson serve as a producer for both the elating Fred Williamson blaxploitation vehicle "Hammer" and the acclaimed made-for-TV amateur dramatics "Cry Rape." The cast of Adamson's pictures be made conscious of strange character, but deep amateurs and faded mark thespians who chronicle Kent Taylor, Russ Tamblyn, Lon Chaney, Jr. and the all-pervading John Carradine. Al habitually confer his wife Regina Carrol sizable parts in his films. Moreover, Adamson was a mentor for projected schlock facet director Greydon Clark and John "Bud" Cardos. Al was also instrumental in launching the art of ace cinematographer Gary Graver. In accumulation, Adamson kept fellow ridge cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond employed in their untimely salad days. Al Adamson's enthusiasm come to a brutal and hasty untimely washout at age 66 when he was murder by route of live-in contractor Fred Fulford on August 2, 1995.
Quotes: I think I'm a better action director than anything., [on making horror films] I like doing them. To me, it's fun. I don't take it seriously.
Birth Notes: Hollywood, California, USA
Books: David Konow. _Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson._
Birth Name: Jr., Albert Victor Adamson
Spouse: 'Regina Carrol' (qv) (1972 - 4 November 1992) (her death), 'Stevee Ashlock' (1 March 1993 - ?) (his death)
Death Date: 2 August 1995
Interviews: "Fangoria" (USA), August 1994, Iss. 135, pg. 64-69, by: John Wooley, "The Adamson Family", "Psychotronic Video" (USA), Winter 1994, Vol. 1, Iss. 19, pg. 44-53, by: David Konow, "Halfway to Hell with Al Adamson", "The Exploitation Journal" (USA), 1994, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, by: Keith J. Crocker & George R. Reis
Birth Date: 25 July 1929
John 'Bud' Cardos (actor)
Interviews: "Videoscope" (USA), 2009, Vol. 17, Iss. 69, pg. 48-49, by: Tom Weaver, "Waxing Eloquent: John 'Bud' Cardos & Martin Varno on 'Nightmare in Wax'", "Psychotronic Video" (USA), 1997, Iss. 24, pg. 34-42, by: Bob Plante, "John "Bud" Cardos"
Birth Notes: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Versatile and underrate B-movie Renaissance man John "Bud" Cardos be born inwardly 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri. His household personal out of the familiar roots in the entertainment industry: his cousin Spiros Cardos work at Twentieth Century Fox and his father and uncle manage the lavish Graumann's Egyptian and Chinese theaters. Cardos pole his lengthened and comprehensive indicate not easy career through mission of a infantile person entertainer in Hal Roach's 40s "Our Gang" wit. Cardos was a rodeo rider in his teen years. He worked as an animal wrangler and bird handler lying on Alfred Hitchcock's static to wages executioner animal classic "The Birds." Cardos achieve his upmost cult popularity acting in several entertainingly trashy exploitation features all for fabled Grade Z filmmaker Al Adamson: he's markedly impressive as Mohawk-sporting Native American biker Firewater in the fabulously sleazy "Satan's Sadists" and as nuts half-breed Joe Lightfoot in the granular Western "Five Bloody Graves." Among the films Cardos has perform stunts in be "Nightmare in Wax," the trippy hippie appreciate "Psych-Out," "The Savage Seven," "The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant," and "Jud." Cardos tackle second section administrator chores for Sam Peckinpah's famous signpost Western "The Wild Bunch." He was a harvest representing on tons cinema; they account the uncanny "Deathdream," "Killers Three," "Rebel Rousers," "Lash of Lust," "Hell's Bloody Devils," and "Deadwood." Cardos made his directorial debut beside the blaxploitation item "Soul Soldier;" his other directorial productiveness include the person in charge revolt-of-nature horror sensation "Kingdom of the Spiders," the not in part utilitarian sci-fi/horror opus "The Dark," and the nifty zombie flick "Mutant." Outside of his significant motion canvas tough grind, John "Bud" Cardos also do Western art.
Cousin of producer 'Spyros Skouras', His father and uncle managed the lavish Graumann's Egyptian and Chinese theaters in Los Angeles., Has twice replaced directors at the last minute on two movies: he took over for Tobe Hooper on "The Dark" (1979) and filled in for Mark Rosman on "Night Shadows" (1984).
Birth Date: 1929
Gary Graver (actor)
For many years directed porn movies under the name "Robert McCallum"., Father of 'Chris Graver (I)' (qv), 'Sean Graver' (qv)., Sued by 'Orson Welles' (qv)'s daughter 'Beatrice Welles' (qv) from auctioning Welles' Oscar for _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv) - believed to have been lost - which Graver claimed Welles gave to him as a gift. After an unsuccessful lawsuit by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to block its sale, Graver put the Oscar up for auction.
Death Notes: Rancho Mirage, California, USA (cancer)
Gary Graver be born and raise inwardly Portland, Oregon. In soaring college he produced and starred in his individual weekly radio express. Moving into acting, he studied and perform at the Portland Civic Theatre and Grant High School via diary of all right as man a youth circus slapstick comedian and conjuror. He build a theater in his burial spinal column, showing 16mm films and produce show business all for the neighborhood kids. At age 20 he moved to Hollywood to broadcast his scrutiny. He studied next to 'Jeff Corey (I)' (qv), 'Douglas Fowley' (qv), 'Lee J. Cobb' (qv) and 'Lucille Ball' (qv). Finding acting job intricate in the offing by, he switch to let go toil and produced and directed a stout envision and a fact. He was in a moment draft into the territorial army and ship out of the country, where on earth he become a applicant of the U.S. Navy Combat Camera Group. Not really being a cameraman, he go to all the camera rent house in Hollywood and picked wide open awake as by a long route desirability he could to make for his two-year outing of takings tariff in the Far East, plus Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines. After departure the military, he work in documentaries for a year once getting into feature production. After photograph such "classics" as _Satan's Sadists (1969)_ (qv) and _Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)_ (qv), he arranged to receiver against 'Orson Welles' (qv)--whom he overtake not know nor enjoy ever met--because he read that Welles was in town. Welles explain that isolated one other cameraman had only call him up and said he required to work with him--'Gregg Toland' (qv), who photograph _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv). Welles and Graver urgently embark on a predetermined of half-hour show for the Sears department sideboard affix. It was called "An Evening with Orson Welles". It consisted of six anecdote tell on film by Orson and consequently to be transfer to a dreamlike, promising medium--videotape. It was the germ of a rod feathers companionship and artistic filmmaking partnership. In 1970 Graver, Welles and his collaborator, 'Oja Kodar' (qv), started film a feature overhang, _The Other Side of the Wind (1972)_ (qv). The production of this big eyeshade was to help yourself to place completed a length of five years. Shooting was completed in Los Angeles in 1975 at the dwelling of 'Peter Bogdanovich' (qv), after a larger-than-life schedule that take the project to Arizona, France, Spain, Belgium, New York, Hollywood, Yugoslavia, Italy and England. Because of a series of endorsed entanglements the film was never bring through post-production, although Welles vanished an edited 45-minute interpretation and editing follow-up. During this period, in 1973, Welles, Kodar and Graver made a feature in Europe titled _Vérités et mensonges (1974)_ (qv). After that, Welles and Graver worked on oodles project, including _"Orson Welles Show, The" (1979)_ for TV syndication with 'Burt Reynolds (I)' (qv), 'Angie Dickinson' (qv) and 'The Muppets' (qv). Other projects built-in _Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) (TV)_ (qv) and the essay film, _Filming 'Othello' (1978)_ (qv). On the morning of Welles' death, he and Graver be to inaugurate filming "Julius Caesar" with Orson playing all of the parts himself. Two days previously the section had be pre-lit at the UCLA Theatre Arts Department. Between times, in the midst of all the Welles projects, Graver maintain his white-collar stature as a superlative Hollywood cinematographer and shot many feature films for 'Roger Corman' (qv): _Moonshine County Express (1977)_ (qv), _Deathsport (1978)_ (qv) with 'David Carradine' (qv) and _Grand Theft Auto (1977)_ (qv), directed by 'Ron Howard (I)' (qv). He also photographed _The Toolbox Murders (1978)_ (qv), _The Attic (1980)_ (qv) with 'Carrie Snodgress' (qv) and 'Ray Milland' (qv), _Mortuary (1983/I)_ (qv), _Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)_ (qv) and the remake of _Stagecoach (1986) (TV)_ (qv) with 'Willie Nelson' (qv), 'Johnny Cash (I)' (qv), 'Kris Kristofferson (I)' (qv) and 'Waylon Jennings' (qv). For Disney, Gary shot _Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) (TV)_ (qv) starring 'Timothy Bottoms' (qv), 'Patricia Neal' (qv), 'Eva Marie Saint' (qv), 'Ernest Borgnine' (qv), 'Ralph Bellamy' (qv) and 'Arthur Hill (I)' (qv). In 1981 he directed "The Boys" from his personal screenplay, starring 'Cameron Mitchell (I)' (qv) and his son, 'Cameron Mitchell Jr.' (qv). This film was subsequently dashed by the creator and vending works. The not clear, hard-hitting performing, as originally shot using the director's screenplay, emerge as a brainless hilarity released by Film Ventures International as _Texas Lightning (1981)_ (qv). In 1982 Graver write, produced and directed a film called _Trick or Treats (1982)_ (qv). It feature his son 'Chris Graver (I)' (qv) along with David Carradine, Carrie Snodgress, 'Steve Railsback' (qv), 'Jacqueline Giroux (II)' (qv), 'Paul Bartel (I)' (qv) and 'Jillian Kesner' (qv). In the 1980s Gary photographed five TV "movies of the week" starring 'Gary Coleman (I)' (qv) for NBC. In 1986 he photographed _Party Camp (1987)_ (qv) for Vestron, which had a encoded staged unshackle before going to video. The subsequent year was spent predominantly on direct, photographing and editing _Moon in Scorpio (1987)_ (qv) for Trans World Entertainment. This mysterious thriller set on the high sea with a vampire and astrological plan involving several decadent characters was re-edited many times by the producers and then released only on video, where it made investments. Graver directed 'John Phillip Law' (qv), 'Britt Ekland' (qv), 'William Smith (I)' (qv), 'Lewis Van Bergen' (qv), Jillian Kesner and 'April Wayne' (qv). In 1988 he directed a comedy farce, _Nerds of a Feather (1990)_ (qv), feature comedian 'Pat McCormick (I)' (qv) and womanly impersonator 'Charles B. Pierce (I)' (qv), producer 'Mario Milano' (qv) and a approach of midgets. Following this he produced and photographed _Jaded (1989)_ (qv). Set in Venice, California, this offbeat psycho-drama was documented and directed by 'Oja Kodar' (qv). It starred Jillian Kesner and 'Elisabeth Brooks (I)'. Welles also appear in a cameo from the unseen fastener of "Merchant of Venice", playing Shylock. Also in 1988, Graver photographed _B.O.R.N. (1988)_ (qv), "Deadly Revenge" (1988), _Night Children (1989)_ (qv), _Alienator (1990)_ (qv), _L.A. Bounty (1989)_ (qv) and _Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)_ (qv). After photographing many shorts, TV films, commercial and documentaries (on 'Billy Wilder' (qv), 'Douglas Sirk' (qv), NASA, _The Carradines Together (1979)_ (qv), the 'Harlem Globetrotters' (qv), among others) and music video (Kool and the Gang, 'The Gap Band' (qv), Warlock, Hiroshima, and others) Gary motivated on burgeoning his own projects for production and be planning to comprehensive the imperfect Welles film, "The Other Side of the Wind".
Birth Notes: Portland, Oregon, USA
Books: Gary Graver. _Making Movies with Orson Welles: A Memoir._ Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
David Konow (actor)
Samuel M. Sherman (actor)
Chad Sisneros (director)
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