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Cinema 5 Distributing Movie Index. Find below a breakdown of all Cinema 5 Distributing movies by year and first letter. The table below lists the top-grossing Cinema 5 Distributing movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office).
Cinema 5 Distributing. Credits. Trailer (December 16, 1971-September 25, 1977) Visuals: On a blue screen is white text in Helvetica reading "FROM CINEMA 5". Technique: A still, printed image. Audios: Silent. Availability: It has appeared on old video-cassettes of A Special Day and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (which was in print into 2000).
How did era-defining art films like Z, GIMME SHELTER, and SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE find an audience in the U.S.? It was thanks in large part to a groundbreaking movie-theater chain and distribution company called Cinema 5, the brainchild of an inspired, often difficult impresario named Donald Rugoff.
Box Office History for Cinema 5 Distributing Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year
Cinema 5 Distributing (US) 1-50 of 58. Sort by Popularity. View full company info for Cinema 5 Distributing (US) 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 1975 1h 31m PG. 8.2 (563K) Rate. 91 Metascore. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
About this list: The incredible output of Cinema 5 under the leadership of Don Rugoff in the late 60s and 70s. The documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff explores the legacy of the distribution house and the man who led it.
Availability: Near extinction. It has appeared on old video-cassettes of A Special Day and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Can be found on the HBO DVD release of Pumping Iron, and the Columbia-TriStar Home Video DVD release of The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
