Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1976
Running Times: 83 mins
Format: Metrocolour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: New World Entertainment
Executive Producer: Roger Corman
Producer: Jon Davison
Associate Producer / Production Manager: Teri Schwartz

SCRIPT
Script: Patrick Hobby (real name: Danny Opatoshu)

DIRECTION
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jamie Anderson
2nd Camera Operator: Eric Saarinen
Assistant Camera: Graham Bury, Kit Kalionzes, Peter Gleason
Gaffer: Brink Brydon
Best Boy: Gil Valle
Key Grip: Scott Spencer

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante, Amy Jones

MUSIC
Music: Andrew E. Stein

SOUND
Sound: Bob Haddonfield
Supervising Sound Editor: Richard L. Anderson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Jane Ruhm

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Jack De Wolf
Props: Jeff Bernini

MISCELLANEOUS
Assistant to Patrick Hobby: Dan Opatoshu
Robby the Robot Provided By: Bill Malone

STUNTS
Stunts: Harry Wowchuk

CAST
Candice Rialson (Candy Hope)
Mary Woronov (Mary McQueen)
Rita George (Bobbi Quackenbush)
Jeffrey Kramer (Patrick Hobby)
Dick Miller (Walter Paisley)
Richard Doran (P.G.)
Tara Strohmeier (Jill McBain)
Paul Bartel (Erich Von Leppe)
John Kramer (Duke Mantee)
Jonathan Kaplan (Scotty)
Commander Cody and His Lost Airmen (themselves)
George Wagner (cameraman)
W.L. Luckey (Rico Bandello)
David Boyle (obnoxious kid)
Glenn K. Shimada (ubiqutious Filipino)
Joseph McBride (drive-in rapist)
Barbara Pieters (drive-in mother)
Shawn Pieters (drive-in kid)
Sue Veneer (drive-in dyke)
Charles B. Griffith (Mark Dentine)
Miller Drake (1st mutant)
Godzina (herself)
Roberta Dean (1st reporter)
Milt Kahn (2nd reporter)
Todd McCarthy (author)
Forrest J Ackerman, Danny Opatoshu, Lewis Teague (party guests (uncredited))
Allan Arkush (sheriff with rifle (uncredited))
Joe Dante (party waiter (uncredited))
Jonathan Demme (Godzilla (uncredited))
Robby the Robot (himself (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

The work, troubles and dramas of the staff of Hollywood's smallest production company, Miracle Pictures ("If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle) whose steady diet of B-movies lampoons almost every movie genre imaginable.

AVAILABILITY

Germany
DVD Distributors: e-m-s new media

USA
Theatrical Distributors: New World Pictures
Video Distributors: Warner Home Video
DVD Distributors: New Concorde (20154)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 18 (cut by 44 seconds)

USA
Rating: R

West Germany
Rating: 16

TIMELINE

1976
April
25: USA – theatrical release

2001
April
24: USA - DVD release (New Concorde (20154))

2002
November
14: Germany - DVD release (e-m-s new media)

POSTER TAGS

The street where starlets are made!

Shamelessly loaded with sex and violence.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Esas locas del cine - Spanish title

LINKS

SEQUEL
Hollywood Boulevard II (1989)

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
The Terror (1963)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Not of This Earth (1988)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

SEE ALSO
Gojira (1954)
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

KEYWORDS

actors, actresses, film-making, hollywood, rape, robby the robot, robots

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009