Cast of
Searching for Mr. Rugoff

About Searching for Mr. Rugoff

  • Released on November 08, 2019

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.

Full Cast of Searching for Mr. Rugoff

Donald S. Rugoff
plays Self (archive footage)

Elyce Bonnell
plays Self

Peter Broderick
plays Self

Bea Brydson
plays Self

Nat Chediak
plays Self

Costa-Gavras
plays Self

Ira Deutchman
plays Self

Jean Donnelly
plays Self

Robert Downey Sr.
plays Self

Jerome Gary
plays Self

John Goldstone
plays Self

Jim Hudson
plays Self

Annette Insdorf
plays Self

Harlan Jacobson
plays Self

Mary Kay Kammer
plays Self

Larry Kardish
plays Self

Sarah Kernochan
plays Self

Wendy Keys
plays Self

Steve Kutner
plays Self

Warren Lieberfarb
plays Self

Brian Lindquist
plays Self

Stephanie Look-Teller
plays Self (voice)

Todd McCarthy
plays Self

Gary Meyer
plays Self

Ted Pedas
plays Self

Richard Pena
plays Self

Tom Ropelewski
plays Self

Edward Rugoff
plays Self

Ralph Rugoff
plays Self

Julian Schlossberg
plays Self

Robert Shaye
plays Self

Robert Shaye as Self

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Lisa Sherman
plays Self

Paula Silver
plays Self

Gary Springer
plays Self

Bill Thompson
plays Self

Hilary Wall
plays Self

Lina Wertmüller
plays Self

John Willis
plays Self

Justin Wyatt
plays Self


Crew of Searching for Mr. Rugoff

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