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Aug 12, 2021 · Not every documentary features its director calling his subject “kind of a terrible person.”. But Ira Deutchman’s “Searching for Mr. Rugoff” happily looks at the man in full: Donald S ...
Aug 13, 2021 · According to the numerous former associates and acquaintances Deutchman interviews, Rugoff was a character with a capital C, a brutal boss who commanded both terror and devotion, a consummate vulgarian who would wolf down deli sandwiches that left trails of mustard running down his shirts.
Edward Rugoff is known for Mannequin (1987), Mannequin: On the Move (1991) and Smart People (2008).
Sep 30, 2022 · Rugoff, turbulent and troubled, hiring and firing on a whim (he gave Deutchman, a prominent distributor, his start, in 1975), turned his chaotic office into a hive of cinephilic passion.
Nov 23, 2019 · An enthralling movie-love doc unearths the tale of Don Rugoff, the New York exhibitor-distributor who should be a legend instead of a ghost.
Edward Rugoff is known for Mannequin (1987), Mannequin: On the Move (1991) and Smart People (2008).
Aug 18, 2021 · Rugoff inherited a chain of New York movie theatres from his father Edward, who died in 1952 at a time when television was beginning to draw audiences away from the big screen. It was a bad time for theater owners.
