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Ben Barenholtz (October 5, 1935 – June 27, 2019) was a Polish-born American film producer, exhibitor, and distributor with a significant presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s. In 1968 Barenholtz opened The Elgin Cinema in New York City which was known for its experimental midnight screenings of new filmmakers.
Ben Barenholtz in 2019. Ben Barenholtz was born on October 5th 1935 in Kovel in what was then Poland to a Jewish family. He spent his childhood in Kupychiv ( Купичів) in Volhynia where his father had been working for a Polish landowner as an administrator, overseeing the works in the forest.
Jul 3, 2019 · Barenholtz — who in later years revealed that he was a Holocaust survivor — was remembered today at his funeral in Prague. Friends Tom Prassis, Nancy King, Eamonn Bowles and Arnie Sawyer wrote the following eulogy, which was read, and I’m sharing it here with their permission:
Jul 5, 2019 · Ben Barenholtz, who began the midnight-movie phenomenon at his Manhattan theater in the 1970s and nurtured the movie careers of David Lynch and the Coen brothers, died on June 27 at a hospital...
Jan 6, 2024 · He is [the] grandfather of midnight films. He put Eraserhead in theatres. Many people came at midnight. Ben saved my life in films. To oversee getting a good print, Ben gave me a room in his house. He gave me money to get food. He said I only ate McDonalds and only drank coffee. Thank you, Ben.”
Jun 27, 2019 · Ben Barenholtz, the grandfather of midnight movie programming, has sadly passed away after a short illness on June 26, 2019, reports IndieWire. He was 83. “You can’t make a midnight movie; the audiences make a midnight movie.” —Ben Barenholtz.
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Jul 10, 2019 · Film producer and distributor Ben Barenholtz, who spent his youth hiding from Nazis in the Ukrainian woods and grew up to popularize midnight movie screenings, died June 27 at a Prague hospital.
