The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998)

Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures have long been the spawning ground of today's and tomorrow's stars. They started the careers of Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone among many others, as well as now super star directors Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Ron Howard and James Cameron. The film examines the evolution of starry-eyed newcomers arriving in Hollywood and discovering the harsh reality of getting into pictures.

Cast (11)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Maria Ford

J

Jon Kalina

Narrator

Ava Cadell

Roger Corman

Lisa Boyle

Catherine Cyran

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Edward Albert

Julie Strain

Brinke Stevens

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Nancy Zala

Herself

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