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Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman

Series | An ongoing series paying tribute to the legendary director, producer and actor

ABOUT THE SERIES: 

Since starting in the movie business in the early 1950s, Roger Corman has directed more than 50 features and produced hundreds more; as impressive as the numbers are, they can’t quite capture the speed and intensity with which he put stories on screen. One of the greatest independent filmmakers ever, Corman grew from such low-budget quickies as the original LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS to more ambitious fare like MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (a highlight of his acclaimed Poe cycle) while remaining consistently successful at the box office.

Though he worked briefly at Columbia, major studios were too restrictive for Corman (“Every idea they had seemed too ordinary to me. Ordinary pictures don’t make money,” he later explained) and he founded his own studio in 1970, New World Pictures. There and at successor companies New Horizons and Concorde, Corman’s focus shifted to producing – a role that made him a mentor to much of what would eventually be known as “New Hollywood.” The list of filmmakers (including Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Joe Dante and Monte Hellman), writers (Robert Towne, John Sayles) and performers (Jack Nicholson, William Shatner) who got their big break working for Roger Corman is a long one.

Read More about THE TRIP
SAT OCT 12, 2024

1:00 PM

THE TRIP

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman, and Jon Davison.

Read More about HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
SAT SEP 21, 2024

4:00 PM

HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Egyptian Theatre | ‘Watch Local: Streets of Film’ and Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

Read More about HOUSE OF USHER
SAT APR 20, 2024

7:00 PM

HOUSE OF USHER

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman and Jon Davison

Read More about THE INTRUDER
SAT MAR 23, 2024

10:00 PM

THE INTRUDER

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

Print courtesy of the Joe Dante and Jon Davison Collection at the Academy Film Archive

Read More about THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
SAT FEB 24, 2024

7:00 PM

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

Read More about LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
SAT JAN 27, 2024

10:00 PM

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Print courtesy of the Joe Dante and Jon Davison Collection at the Academy FilmArchive 

‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

Read More about A BUCKET OF BLOOD
SAT DEC 9, 2023

7:30 PM

A BUCKET OF BLOOD

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman and Jon Davison 

Read More about PIT AND THE PENDULUM
SAT NOV 11, 2023

7:00 PM

PIT AND THE PENDULUM

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman and Jon Davison

Read More about X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES
FRI OCT 20, 2023

7:00 PM

X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | 60th Anniversary!  

New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman and Jon Davison 

Read More about HAIL TO THE KING: A CELEBRATION OF ROGER CORMAN
SAT SEP 30, 2023

10:30 AM

HAIL TO THE KING: A CELEBRATION OF ROGER CORMAN

$30.00

Aero Theatre sponsored by NEON | Beyond Fest 2023: Tribute to Roger Corman

4-Film Marathon followed by a Panel Discussion with filmmaker Roger Corman and filmmakers Allan Arkush, Joe Dante, Ron Howard, Amy Holden Jones and producer Jon Davison

Read More about THE WILD ANGELS
SAT MAY 18, 2024

10:00 PM

THE WILD ANGELS

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Hail to the King: A Celebration of Roger Corman’

New 35mm made by the Academy Film Archive with support from Roger Corman, Julie Corman and Jon Davison