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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)
Director: Steve Mitchell
Cast: Larry Cohen, Martin Scorsese, Eric Roberts, Tara Reid
7.5
100%Runtime110 min
Rating18A
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A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," "It's Alive," "God Told Me To," "Q," "The Stuff," and many more.
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Fans of insightful documentaries about influential but unconventional filmmakers will find much to appreciate in King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen. Director Steve Mitchell's 2018 film provides a compelling, in-depth look at the eclectic career of maverick director Larry Cohen, known for genre-blending cult classics like Black Caesar, It's Alive, and The Stuff.
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Lawrence George Cohen was an American filmmaker. He originally emerged as the writer of blaxploitation films such as Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem, before becoming known as an author of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s. His directorial works include It's Alive (1974) and its sequels, God Told Me To (1976), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987).
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