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Line 1: {{~~trope~~creator}} [[File:Roger_Corman_1553.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''"Well, that's it, we're doomed."''\|Crow, on seeing Roger Corman's name come up in the credits, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]: [[The Undead (~~Film~~film)\|The Undead]]''}} '''Roger Corman''' is(April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was a movie producer and director sometimes known as "King of the [[B-Movie]]". He ~~has~~ directed ~~over 50~~55 movies and produced ~~over 300~~385, every single one of them having been created on time and under budget. Most of them are low-brow shameless [[Exploitation Film~~\|exploitation films~~]]s of various types that have become "classic" examples of [[So Bad It's Good]] and are as far from [[True Art]] as it is possible to get. Corman did have his shining moment of artistic legitimacy when he directed a series of Gothic [[Horror~~\|horrors~~]]s based on the works of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. These eight films --— all released between 1960 and 1964, and all but one starring [[Vincent Price]] --— are noticeably uneven, but the standouts ''really'' stand out. These include ''[[House Of Usher]]'', featuring a legendary performance from Price, and ''[[The Haunted Palace]]'', which was the first [[Lovecraft Onon Film\|screen adaptation]] of an ~[[H.P. Lovecraft~]] story, [[Dolled-Up Installment\|dolled up]] for the Poe series. Also directed ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' in 1960; it was filmed in exactly two days, a world record. In addition to his knack for the financial aspects of ~~moviemaking~~movie-making, Roger Corman also ~~has~~had a keen eye for talent. Many famous directors, including [[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[James Cameron]], [[Ron Howard]], [[Joe Dante]], and [[Martin Scorsese]], started out directing films that Roger Corman produced. A number of actors --— notably [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Robert Vaughn]] --— also had their start under Corman. Corman ~~recieved~~received the [[Academy Award\|Academy Honorary Award]] in 2009. {{creatortropes}} ~~=== Tropes That Apply To This Filmmaker: ===~~ * [[Badass]]: Say what you will about the quality of his films, the sheer number of careers he launched and financially-successful projects he helmed definitely qualify him for this trope. * [[Celebrity Endorsement]]: Has a lot of fans in the industry, including [[Quentin Tarantino]]. * [[The Cameo]]: During the '70s, '80s and '90s, he often showed up in his proteges' movies, including such respected films as ''[[~~The Godfather (Film)\|~~The Godfather]] Part II'', ''[[Philadelphia (~~Film~~film)\|Philadelphia]]'' and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''. * [[Cool Old Guy]] * [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Corman has always disliked being called "King of the B's", as the double feature was fading out by the time he made his movies. Line 26: * [[The Smart Guy]] {{tropelist\|page=Corman's movies}} ~~=== Corman's Movies Contain Examples Of: ===~~ * [[Action Girl]]. Usually Beverly Garland. Corman was a filmmaker who did not believe in the [[Neutral Female]] - he had female protagonists who were tough, intelligent and resourceful. A good example is when Beverly Garland's character in ''[[It Conquered the World]]'' ''grabs a shotgun'' when her idiot husband is mesmerized by the alien, and gives it a memorable [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], then growls: "You think you're gonna make a slave of the world... [[Precision F-Strike\|I'll see you in Hell first!]]" Keep in mind, Garland was delivering this to a walking ''carrot'' and made it ''believable''. ** Heck, she's why it looks like a carrot in the first place. (The original character design was very squat, as Corman and creature designer Paul Blaisdell figured it was from a high-gravity planet. Bev walked up to it, said "So you're gonna conquer the world, huh? ''Ha!''" and ''kicked it.'' It was quickly decided that the creature would have to be taller than her. Given the usual time and budget restraints of Corman, this translated to "Give it a big tall conehead.") Line 39: * [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: A nurses union wrote to Corman to complain about one of his films which had an exploitative view of Night Call Nurses. Corman realized he had the title of his next flick. * [[The Mockbuster]]: Did some of these. * [[No Budget]]: Legendary for this~~, and is still going at it~~. * [[Padding]] * [[Stock Footage]]: Some of his early films had to do this to stay within budget. He actually wanted to avoid this in his remake of ''[[Tower Of London]]'', but [[Executive Meddling]] wouldn't let him. ** He also used to buy quality Soviet sci-fi productions, re-edit them with added scenes, dub them in English and he'd have a cheapie sci-fi movie with quality special effects. * [[Stripperiffic]]: Mainly his output from the '70s and onward. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Illusion Arts~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Roger Corman~~Directors]]▼ [[Category:Producers]] ~~[[Category:Marvel Universe]]~~ ▲[[Category:Roger Corman]]