George Hickenlooper

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Eleanor Coppola, George Hickenlooper

Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Corman's World

Alex Stapleton

Roger Corman, Gary J. Tunnicliffe

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

George Hickenlooper

Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

George Hickenlooper

Peter Bogdanovich, Antonia Bogdanovich

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

George Hickenlooper

Rodney Bingenheimer, Kim Fowley

A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer

The Man from Elysian Fields

George Hickenlooper

Энди Гарсия, Julianna Margulies

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

Factory Girl

George Hickenlooper

Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.

Casino Jack

George Hickenlooper

Kevin Spacey, Kelly Preston

Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.

The Low Life

George Hickenlooper

Rory Cochrane, Sean Astin

Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

The Real Edie

Danny Fields, Sam Green

A documentary about Edie Sedgwick, illustrated with photos of her and clips from "Factory Girl", narrated by her real-life friends and loved ones, including her brother Jonathan, cousin John Sedgewick, roommate Danny Fields, artists Richie Berlin and Gerard Malanga, photographer Nat Finkelstein, designer Betsey Johnson, and others.

Monte Hellman - American Auteur

George Hickenlooper

"This documentary persuasively positions cult figure Monte Hellman as emblematic of an entire generation of American directors. From UCLA film school and Roger Corman hireling to working with Jack Nicholson and independent filmmaking in the 1970s, to his subsequent retreat from directing, Hellman's career illustrates the ups and downs of an artist working in a medium where the lines between art and commerce are often blurred."

Dogtown

George Hickenlooper

Rory Cochrane, David Shackelford

Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a visit. There he is uniformally met like some kind of celebrity and movie star. He uses it to impress his (and everybody's) school love Dorothy, her life now a grey boring experience.

The Big Brass Ring

George Hickenlooper

William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.

Persons Unknown

George Hickenlooper

Joe Mantegna, Kelly Lynch

When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.

The Big Brass Ring

George Hickenlooper

George Hickenlooper filmed five pages (two scenes) from Orson Welles' screenplay of "The Big Brass Ring" in 1997 in the hope of attracting interest in the project. The feature film version was released in 1999.

Grey Knight

George Hickenlooper

Corbin Bernsen, Adrian Pasdar

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders. The entity possesses the dead bodies of both Union and Confederate soldiers creating an army of its own bent on conquest.