As the head of the company Cinema 5, Rugoff also distributed the films of Truffaut, Godard, Nicolas Roeg, Costa-Gravas and Werner Herzog, introducing Americans to their work and befriending the artists. Later, he added the famed Cinema 1 and 2 to his stable as well as others. Born into the movie business by virtue of his father, who built and owned New York City movie theaters in the early part of the 20th century, Rugoff followed in the family business, owning the Sutton, Beekman, Plaza and Paris theaters. As it turns out, many of those movies were found, promoted and distributed in the 1960s and ’70s by a brilliant, difficult New York mover and shaker named Donald Rugoff. Rugoff,” director Ira Deutchman takes us on a journey back to the films, entertaining and enlightening, that have served as the cultural milestones of our lives.
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