American Cinema Releasing

This episode, we take a look back at the short-lived production and distribution company American Cinema Releasing, pioneers of two ways of finding financing for independent films and releasing them into theatres, and the company responsible for making Chuck Norris a star. ----more---- Movies discussed on this episode include: Beatlemania (1981, Joseph Manduke) Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981, Clive Donner) Cheaper to Keep Her (1981, Ken Annakin) Dirt (1979, Eric Karson) The Entity (1983, Sidney J. Furie) Fade to Black (1980, Vernon Zimmerman) A Force of One (1979, Paul Aaron) Force: Five (1981, Robert Clouse) Good Guys Wear Black (1978, Ted Post) High Risk (1981, Stewart Raffill) I, the Jury (1982, Richard T. Heffron) The Late, Great Planet Earth (1978, Robert Amram and Rolf Forsberg) The Octagon (1980, Eric Karson) Silent Scream (1979, Denny Harris) Tough Enough (1983, Richard Fleischer)