I Was A Teenage Movie Maker: The Amateur Films Of Don Glut

Starring: Don Glut, Bob Burns, Glen Strange, et al.

From 1953 to1969, Don Glut (best known for his novelization of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and now a professional screen writer/director) made 41 amateur films, most of them in the horror and science fiction genres. Shot on 16mm film, thanks to coverage in magazines like FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, these movies became famous world-wide. The I WAS A TEENAGE MOVIE MAKER feature-lengh documentary includes interviews with Forrest J Ackerman, Bob Burns, Randal Kleiser, Jim Harmon, Bilkl Warren, Scott Shaw!, Paul Davids and others. Extras include all 41 of Don's amateur films, plus hours of bonus features, including behind-the scenes footage, stills galleries and more!

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 810044710977
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Leomark Studios
• Director: Don Glut
• Starring: Don Glut, Bob Burns, Glen Strange, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan, Fred Stuthman, Jim Harmon
• Runtime: 8 hours
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.3" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

I Was A Teenage Moviemaker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies.

When watching most documentaries on experimental movie makers and their experiments, they are too technical or artsy-fartsy. You can take about fifteen minutes, and then it is dullsville. This, however, is a great documentary watching his 41 films in chronological order from the perspective view of Don Glut as he grows from a kid with a 16mm camera to whatever he is today. We learn with Don as he does all the exotic movie-making experiments that we wish we could have done in our lifetime. I have seen both the streaming version and the DVD. The advantage of the two DVD presentations is that you get all the DVD extras, including a more in-depth look at his early movie attempts. The advantage of streaming is subtitling. I especially like the fact that he almost got expelled from UCLA Film School because he made movies with comic book characters, as no one wants to see that sort of thing. After watching this documentary, you want to go out and do it yourself.