Adam Rifkin
Biography: Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public access television to Hollywood. Adam Rifkin is a writer/director/producer/actor whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty urban dramas. Rifkin is best known in Hollywood circles for writing family-friendly comedies like Mousehunt and 2007's Underdog. Most recently Rifkin wrote, executive produced and directed all 11 episodes of Look for Showtime. Based on his award winning film of the same name, LOOK is a drama that takes the viewer into the foreboding world of hidden cameras. Armed with the knowledge that Americans are captured on surveillance cameras more than 300 times a day, the topical series, like the film, tells its story exclusively through the eyes of the security cameras, web cams, and cell phone cameras Americans live in front of everyday, bringing to light the realities of what it means to be watched in a camera consumed culture.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 31, 1966
Deathday: N/A
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Sixteen Candles
1984-05-04
Sixteen Candles
Overview: With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-04
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The Flesh Merchant
1993-01-01
The Flesh Merchant
Overview: A team of L.A. detectives hunt down the ringleaders of a sex-slave operation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Psycho Cop Returns
1993-11-08
Psycho Cop Returns
Overview: A group of office workers decide to have a party in the office building. Among other things, they want to have some drugs there. Their conversation on the subject is overheard by Joe Vickers, which is rather unfortunate for them, since Joe Vickers is a policeman. Even more unfortunate is the fact that Vickers is also an undead psychotic satanist, and instead of arresting them, he will make sure that nobody leaves the party alive...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-08
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The Dark Backward
1991-07-26
The Dark Backward
Overview: A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Homo Erectus
2007-07-10
Homo Erectus
Overview: Ishbo is a caveman living in the prehistoric age who thinks there's more to life than hunting and gathering. He tries to better the lives of those in his tribe by inventing things like spoons and the toothbrush, which leave everyone, including his parents, unimpressed. He also has a thing for cavewoman Fardart, but she only has eyes for his brother Thudnik. Can Ishbo prove his worth when a rival clan attacks?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-10
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Tales from the Script
2009-01-10
Tales from the Script
Overview: Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries. They also reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest screenplays ever written, describing their adventures with luminaries including Harrison Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. The film was produced in tandem with the upcoming HarperCollins book of the same name.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-10
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Bikini Squad
1993-01-01
Bikini Squad
Overview: A woman director is hired to finish the season of "Bikini Squad", a popular TV series about California beach lifeguards. A more than obvious lack of talent and basic intelligence among the crew make her contemplate leaving the set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Never on Tuesday
1989-04-13
Never on Tuesday
Overview: Matt and Eddie are two young men from the mid-west travelling to California to see the sights - primarily semi-clad women on beaches. They hop into their car and head off through the desert...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-13
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Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001-01-20
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
Overview: Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy offers audiences a penetrating look inside the world of Ron Jeremy, America's most unlikely sex star and hero to millions. With nearly 25 years in the adult film industry and over 1,600 films to his credit, Ron Jeremy is huge. In his world, Ron reigns supreme-he's made millions of dollars and slept with thousands of beautiful women, and is indisputably the industry's biggest star. And everyone who's anyone knows Ron-a pop icon to millions, he is a beacon of hope for many American male, since he stands as living proof that pretty much anyone can get some. So how did such a classically unhandsome, big and hairy guy ever get to be suchia super stud? In one of the most fascinating and entertaining comedies of the last year, audiences finally get a chance to get inside the life and times of Ron Jeremy, and find out what's really behind the hardest working man in show business.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-20
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020-05-19
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Overview: The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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Chillerama
2011-10-14
Chillerama
Overview: It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was a Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-14
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Sharksploitation
2024-10-12
Sharksploitation
Overview: The ultimate deep dive into the world of shark cinema: filmmakers, critics, scholars and conservationists explore the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and audiences' undying fascination with these misunderstood creatures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-12
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Fast, Cheap and Out of Sight: Making 'The Invisible Maniac'
2022-11-25
Fast, Cheap and Out of Sight: Making 'The Invisible Maniac'
Overview: a making-of documentary featuring interviews with writer/director Adam Rifkin, executive producer Cassian Elwes, composer Marc David Decker, actress Stephanie Blake, actress Debra Lamb, actor Rod Sweitzer and crew member Dan Povenmire.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-25
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Susan's Plan
1998-10-29
Susan's Plan
Overview: Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-29
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Without Charlie
2001-01-01
Without Charlie
Overview: A young woman deals with her first heartbreak after a relationship ends.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020-04-21
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Overview: From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the birth of the midnight movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-21
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Welcome to Hollywood
1998-10-01
Welcome to Hollywood
Overview: A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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The Demon Dog
The Demon Dog
Overview: A dog is turned violent.
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Original Language: en
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Murder Can Kill You
Murder Can Kill You
Overview: Police track a murderer.
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Original Language: en
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Director's Cut
2016-07-19
Director's Cut
Overview: Herbert Blount is a crowdfunding contributor for the new Adam Rifkin feature KNOCKED OFF. Unhappy with the film, he steals the footage and kidnaps actress Missi Pyle to star in his own "director's cut!"
Genres: Horror Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-19
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Going Overboard
1989-05-11
Going Overboard
Overview: A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-11
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X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
2016-10-28
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
Overview: Documentary sequel that offers a close-up look into the personal lives of the legendary porn stars who've survived the test of time and influenced popular culture. Blends rare interviews with erotic clips and additional appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Soderbergh and a host of adult stars, directors and trendsetters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-28
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Detroit Rock City
1999-08-13
Detroit Rock City
Overview: In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-13
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Shooting the Warwicks
2015-08-04
Shooting the Warwicks
Overview: The Warwick family are unknowingly being filmed for a new reality show. Problem is, they're boring. So the producer must add conflict and drama to their lives. Their lives begin to unravel with shocking consequences.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-04
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Denial
1998-05-21
Denial
Overview: Couples split up after a comment at an LA dinner party sets up arguments about how truthful partners are in their relationships.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-21
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Bikini Island
1991-07-26
Bikini Island
Overview: "Swimwear Illustrated" is approaching its fifteenth anniversary issue. From a group of eager and beautiful young women, five are chosen for a photo shoot on an island off the California coast. One of the five will be the cover girl, and she'll get an extra $100,000. On the island, the group stays at an isolated inn, staffed by the odd Frab. There's him, the five models, and four magazine staff: photographer, make-up man, ambitious assistant Anesa, and Jack Denton, the playboy in charge of production. One by one, models and staff disappear.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Last Dance
1992-08-16
Last Dance
Overview: Someone is killing off contestants of a skimpy dance off.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-16
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To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017-08-26
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Overview: To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying in Sparks, Nevada. After surviving a near-death burn accident, he worked his way up through Hollywood, leading to his ultimate rise as Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series and making countless moviegoers forever terrified of hockey masks and summer camp. Featuring interviews with cinema legends, including Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark), To Hell and Back peels off the mask of Kane Hodder, cinema's most prolific killer, in a gut-wrenching, but inspiring, documentary. After decades of watching Kane Hodder on screen, get ready to meet the man behind the mask in To Hell and Back - an uniquely human story about one of cinema's most vicious monsters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-26
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A Taboo Identity
2017-08-01
A Taboo Identity
Overview: Sociologist David W. Wahl explores the identity work involved in Kay Parker shifting from being a legend of the adult film industry to her current occupation as a metaphysical counselor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-01
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Disturbed
1990-11-16
Disturbed
Overview: 10 years ago the perverse Dr. Russell couldn't resist the beauty of a young patient in his mental clinic and raped her one night. When she plunged herself from the roof shortly after, he described it as consequence of her heavy depressions. Now the same urge overcomes him with his new patient Sandy. He doesn't know that she's the daughter of his previous victim and that she's come for revenge.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-16
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Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'
2017-04-25
Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'
Overview: Retrospective documentary on the making of the low-budget horror slasher film Psycho Cop Returns (1993).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-25
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Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008-07-29
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Overview: From the moment Shakespeare wrote his first fart joke, audiences have loved gross-out humor. In this 'Starz Inside' documentary, take a trip through the history of taboo-busting comedy that began with slapstick and led to the most notorious Internet video in history, with stops at every infamous penis, poo, puke and pie gag in-between. It’s a totally uncensored look at the scenes that make you want to look away.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-07-29
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The Intervention
2018-10-27
The Intervention
Overview: All good things must come to an end. Or do they? Adam Green comes face to face(s) with one of his worst nightmares in the 20th annual ArieScope Halloween short film.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-27
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I Am Burt Reynolds
2020-12-17
I Am Burt Reynolds
Overview: Friends and family of the late actor Burt Reynolds remember his life and career, accompanied by clips of his most beloved films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-17
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BFFs
BFFs
Overview: Two best friends play practical jokes on each other until things get out of hand.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
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