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Author Topic: AIP founder passes away Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 09-17-2001 11:41 AM                     Samuel Z. Arkoff, co-founder of American International Pictures, has died at age 83. Shed a tear for this unsung giant of the big screen. May every drive-in have a monument in his memory.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-17-2001 12:43 PM                        Having worked as a drive-in movie projectionist during the late 1960's, I thank Mr. Arkoff for many busy summer nights: Samuel Z. Arkoff IMDB Listing ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 09-18-2001 10:08 AM                     As one who ran most of the AIP library on TV, I will miss him and his vision. We need more like him today. Even though they were silly by todays standards, they were entertainment! Todays standards are why I rarely see any new films! Mr. Arkoff will go down in history as a legend of the industry.  |  IP: Logged

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