Roger Corman (TEENAGE CAVEMAN)---RIP

[dragon53]

LINK: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I read on FB they were selling a lot of his movie rights off like Carnosaur.

[Newt]

RIP Roger. Honestly, I didn't know he was still living. 

I just recently watched one of his 60s efforts, a bizarre film called The Planet of Prehistoric Women involving an apparently all-female race of telepathic sirens who worship a pterosaur lookalike. They sort-of encounter an (all-male) crew of explorers from Earth, accompanied by a clunky robot. The astronauts and sirens are never seen in the same shot, for the simple reason that the footage of the astronauts cosmonauts was stolen from a Soviet film released a few years previously.

Roger's punk-rock approach to filmmaking would never make it into theaters today, which is a shame. He was constantly on the lookout for fresh, cheap talent, and helped launch the careers of many actors, writers, and especially directors, including such big names as Coppola, Scorsese, and Cameron. 

[Roselaar]

Very sorry to hear this, RIP Mr. Corman...
I had the pleasure of meeting this interesting man at a film festival back in 2006, he had some fascinating stories to tell in his masterclass. I shall treasure my signed copy of Day the World Ended till the day the world ends!

[Torvosaurus]

I recently saw his very first movie, "Creature from the Ocean Floor". It was a typical Roger Corman, Grade B movie, the kind you gotta love. A lotta actors and directors/producers got their start with him. RIP, Roger.

Torvo

[HD-man]

Coincidentally, I only recently watched Dino Diego's Carnosaur retrospective: