Roger Corman at 80.

On Monday, Tim Lucas, announcing "Roger Week" at his Video Watchblog, called for a Blog-a-Thon to celebrate the 80th birthday of Roger Corman. Which is today. Of course, that left "about as much time as Roger had to make The Little Shop of Horrors." But!

It's the least we can all do for a man who has given us 50 years of entertainment... the man who infused exploitation with social commentary... the man who kept Vincent Price and Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre working when no one else would... the man who discovered everybody from Jack Nicholson to James Cameron to Jennifer Love Hewitt... the man who made Dick Miller a star... the man who sent Angie Dickinson the script for Big Bad Mama... the man, when all is said and done, who changed the face of Hollywood.

Well, you wouldn't believe the turnout. Sixteen participants last time I checked, and counting, all on such short notice and all the names and links and such gathered, with a little help from Dennis Cozzalio, right here.

Related: "What They Learned From Roger Corman," Beverly Gray in MovieMaker; "Roger Corman on New World Pictures: An Interview from 1974," Gary Morris in Bright Lights Film Journal; "Roger Corman," Wheeler Winston Dixon in Senses of Cinema; and a profile in Salon by Greg Villepique.

Posted by dwhudson at April 5, 2006 10:55 AM