Famous Monster is a documentary of Forrest J Ackerman the world's most famous fan of science fiction and horror. Through the use of archival footage film clips and interviews with Ackerman and the fans and film-makers he inspired Famous Monster shows the journey Ackerman took as he grew up from being a kid reading Amazing Stories magazine and watching movies like Metropolis and Phantom of The Opera to a literary agent to the biggest names in fantasy writing to the editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland a magazine that inspired generations of film-makers.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The entertaining story of science-fiction&39;s greatest fan Forrest J Ackerman is told in the feature-length documentary FAMOUS MONSTER Featuring a wealth of archive footage interviews and movie nostalgia the film charts Forrest&39;s journey from excitable child to the man who made sci-fi fandom the phenomenon it is today
A Canadian television tribute to Forrest J. Ackerman, sci-fi and horror's greatest fan and founder of long-running fanzine 'Famous Monsters of Filmland', who died in 2008. The film focuses on the 90-year life of the inimitable editor/agent/collector, who at one time possessed the world's large collection of fantasy film memorabilia. Known as 'Uncle Forry' to his fans, Ackerman is credited with coining the term 'sci-fi', and has been cited as a major inspiration by writers and filmmakers including Stephen King, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
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