Roger Corman To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Film icon Roger Corman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, organizers of the show announced today. Corman will receive the recognition during the Awards Show on Tuesday, July 11th at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.

"Roger Corman has had a tremendous impact on the entertainment industry," said Bo Andersen, President of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA). "His contributions to popular culture are as profound as the works of other distinctive filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Takashi Miike, & Quentin Tarantino."

Having produced more than 300 films & directed more than 50, Roger Corman is one of the most prolific writer-director-producers in Hollywood. Dubbed the "King of the B's," Corman's unique vision elevated genre films to "A" status. Some of his most popular films include "The Little Shop Of Horrors" & adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's "House Of Usher," "The Pit And The Pendulum," & "The Raven" in which he collaborated with Vincent Price. In addition to his staggering body of work, Roger Corman provided early work & inspiration for acclaimed filmmakers Peter Bogdanovich, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, & Martin Scorsese.

In September 2005 Buena Vista Home Entertainment acquired the distribution rights to the vast library owned by Roger Corman's Concorde-New Horizons film company. Coming to video stores everywhere are new re-issues of Roger Corman's distinctive movies for existing fans & new audiences alike. Also, a remake of the classic Corman film "Death Race 2000," titled "Death Race 3000," is slated to be in movie theaters in 2008.

VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, presented by EMA, brings together retailers, distributors, & suppliers of DVDs & video & computer gamesto learn about upcoming releases & industry developments & to celebrate the $32 billion home entertainment industry. For more info about VSDA's Home Entertainment 2006, please see Home Entertainment.