- Allan Arkush was born on April 30, 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Heroes (2006), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) and Crossing Jordan (2001).
- Took an NYU course that was taught by Martin Scorsese.
- The son of a painter, Allan Arkush got his start in the film business by working in the trailer department of Roger Corman's New World Pictures.
- Bad movies don't start out as bad movies. They start out as everyone's working really hard, and what happens is sometimes they *go* bad.
- [about what's required for low-budget filmmaking] In order to do a movie for a really defined budget, a small budget, you can't wing it. You've got to come in with a real plan, 'cause you have so little time, so few hours, and your resources are so limited, that you really have to know exactly what you're doing.
- [about making Deathsport (1978)] When Roger Corman calls you up and says, "I want you to do something about those mutants", it boggles the mind.
- [on The Hot Box (1972)] Roger Corman will just say exploitation pictures don't need plots. They need sensational things like girls shooting Filipinos out of trees. That works.
- Deathsport (1978) - $450 per week
- Hollywood Boulevard (1976) - $85
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