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Arkoff</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg/220px-Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg/330px-Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg/440px-Samuel_Arkoff_2000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1463" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Arkoff in 2000</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Samuel Zachary Arkoff</div><br />June 12, 1918<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa" title="Fort Dodge, Iowa">Fort Dodge, Iowa</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 16, 2001<span style="display:none">(2001-09-16)</span> (aged 83)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Sinai_Memorial_Park_Cemetery" title="Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery">Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Film producer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">co-founder of <a href="/wiki/American_International_Pictures" title="American International Pictures">American International Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Hilda Rusoff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Arkoff" title="Lou Arkoff">Louis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donna_Arkoff_Roth" title="Donna Arkoff Roth">Donna</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel Zachary Arkoff</b> (June 12, 1918 – September 16, 2001) was an American <a href="/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">film producer</a>, known as the co-founder of <a href="/wiki/American_International_Pictures" title="American International Pictures">American International Pictures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmetz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmetz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Z._Arkoff&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arkoff was born in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa" title="Fort Dodge, Iowa">Fort Dodge, Iowa</a>, to <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia" title="History of the Jews in Russia">Russian Jewish</a> parents. He was the son of Helen (Lurie) and Louis Arkoff, who ran his Louis Clothing Co.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arkoff first studied to be a lawyer. He began his career in Hollywood as a producer of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hank_McCune_Show" title="The Hank McCune Show">The Hank McCune Show</a></i>, a seminal sitcom produced in 1951. </p><p>In 1954, <a href="/wiki/James_H._Nicholson" title="James H. Nicholson">James H. Nicholson</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/American_International_Pictures" title="American International Pictures">American Releasing Corporation</a>, which later became known as <a href="/wiki/American_International_Pictures" title="American International Pictures">American International Pictures</a>, and made Arkoff the vice-president. AIP films were mostly low-budget, with production completed in a few days, though nearly all of them became profitable. Along with business partner <a href="/wiki/James_H._Nicholson" title="James H. Nicholson">James H. Nicholson</a> and producer-director <a href="/wiki/Roger_Corman" title="Roger Corman">Roger Corman</a>, he produced eighteen films. </p><p>Arkoff is also credited with starting a few genres, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Beach_Party_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Beach Party film">Beach Party</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_biker" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw biker">outlaw biker</a> movies, and his company played a substantial part in bringing the horror film genre to a novel level with successes such as <i><a href="/wiki/Blacula" title="Blacula">Blacula</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/I_Was_a_Teenage_Werewolf" title="I Was a Teenage Werewolf">I Was a Teenage Werewolf</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thing_with_Two_Heads" title="The Thing with Two Heads">The Thing with Two Heads</a></i>. American International Pictures movies starred many established actors in principal or cameo roles, such as <a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff" title="Boris Karloff">Boris Karloff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester">Elsa Lanchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lorre" title="Peter Lorre">Peter Lorre</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Price" title="Vincent Price">Vincent Price</a>, as well as others who later became household names, including <a href="/wiki/Don_Johnson" title="Don Johnson">Don Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Nolte" title="Nick Nolte">Nick Nolte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Ladd" title="Diane Ladd">Diane Ladd</a>, and most notably <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicholson" title="Jack Nicholson">Jack Nicholson</a>. A number of actors shunned or overlooked by most of Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s, such as <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Dern" title="Bruce Dern">Bruce Dern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hopper" title="Dennis Hopper">Dennis Hopper</a>, also found work in one or more of Arkoff's productions. Arkoff's most financially successful film was the 1979 adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Jay_Anson" title="Jay Anson">Jay Anson</a>'s book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror" title="The Amityville Horror">The Amityville Horror</a></i>. </p><p>Following the sale of AIP to <a href="/wiki/Filmways" title="Filmways">Filmways</a> in 1979 for $30 million, Arkoff was unhappy with the direction of the company and resigned in December 1979 to set up his own production company, <a href="/wiki/Arkoff_International_Pictures" title="Arkoff International Pictures">Arkoff International Pictures</a>.,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving a payout worth $1.4 million.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arkoff's 1992 autobiography was titled <i>Flying Through Hollywood by the Seat of my Pants: From the Man who Brought You I was a Teenage Werewolf and Muscle Beach Party</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Arkoff was featured alongside former collaborators including <a href="/wiki/Roger_Corman" title="Roger Corman">Roger Corman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Miller" title="Dick Miller">Dick Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bogdanovich" title="Peter Bogdanovich">Peter Bogdanovich</a> in the documentary <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=SCHLOCK!_The_Secret_History_of_American_Movies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SCHLOCK! The Secret History of American Movies (page does not exist)">SCHLOCK! The Secret History of American Movies</a></i>, a film about the rise and fall of American exploitation cinema. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Z._Arkoff&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was married to Hilda Rusoff until her death in July 2001. They had two children: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Arkoff" title="Lou Arkoff">Louis "Lou" Arkoff</a>, who was also his producing partner; and <a href="/wiki/Donna_Arkoff_Roth" title="Donna Arkoff Roth">Donna Roth</a>, who is a movie producer married to the former chairman of Walt Disney Studios <a href="/wiki/Joe_Roth" title="Joe Roth">Joe Roth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmetz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmetz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also had five grandchildren and a great-grandson. </p><p>Arkoff died in <a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank, California</a>, on September 16, 2001, at the age of 83.<sup id="cite_ref-Harmetz_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harmetz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_"ARKOFF_Formula""><span id="The_.22ARKOFF_Formula.22"></span>The "ARKOFF Formula"</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Z._Arkoff&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The "ARKOFF Formula""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a 1980s television talk show appearance, Arkoff shared with viewers his "ARKOFF Formula" for making successful, memorable films.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The formula—or, more accurately, the checklist—forms an <a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a> of his surname, and it identifies the content elements that should be considered and included in a movie, especially in a low-budget production:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>A</b>ction (exciting, entertaining drama)</li> <li><b>R</b>evolution (novel or controversial themes and ideas)</li> <li><b>K</b>illing (a modicum of violence)</li> <li><b>O</b>ratory (notable dialogue and speeches)</li> <li><b>F</b>antasy (acted-out fantasies common to the audience)</li> <li><b>F</b>ornication (<a href="/wiki/Sexual_attraction" title="Sexual attraction">sex appeal</a>, for young adults)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Z._Arkoff&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Harmetz-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Harmetz_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harmetz_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harmetz_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAljean_Harmetz2001" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Aljean_Harmetz" title="Aljean Harmetz">Aljean Harmetz</a> (September 19, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/19/arts/samuel-z-arkoff-maker-of-drive-in-thrillers-dies-at-83.html">"Samuel Z. Arkoff, Maker of Drive-In Thrillers, Dies at 83"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Samuel+Z.+Arkoff%2C+Maker+of+Drive-In+Thrillers%2C+Dies+at+83&rft.date=2001-09-19&rft.au=Aljean+Harmetz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2001%2F09%2F19%2Farts%2Fsamuel-z-arkoff-maker-of-drive-in-thrillers-dies-at-83.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Z.+Arkoff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/samuel-arkoff">Samuel Arkoff</a> desmoinesregister.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDMT-RCK">"FamilySearch.org"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/FamilySearch" title="FamilySearch">FamilySearch</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=FamilySearch&rft.atitle=FamilySearch.org&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMDMT-RCK&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Z.+Arkoff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLawrence_Van_Gelder1987" class="citation news cs1">Lawrence Van Gelder (October 2, 1987). "At the Movies: 'Beach Party' man is producing films again, after a pause 'Beverly Hills Cop II' premiere in Britain Richard Gere explores brotherhood on a farm 105th movie for Lillian Gish New from Louis Malle Japanese festival, U.S. films". <i>New York Times</i>. p. C8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=At+the+Movies%3A+%27Beach+Party%27+man+is+producing+films+again%2C+after+a+pause+%27Beverly+Hills+Cop+II%27+premiere+in+Britain+Richard+Gere+explores+brotherhood+on+a+farm+105th+movie+for+Lillian+Gish+New+from+Louis+Malle+Japanese+festival%2C+U.S.+films&rft.pages=C8&rft.date=1987-10-02&rft.au=Lawrence+Van+Gelder&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Z.+Arkoff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"President of Filmways' American International Pictures Resigns Post". <i>Wall Street Journal</i>. 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July 8, 1980. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Filmways+Inc.+Pays+Ex-Aide+%241.4+Million&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1980-07-08&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Z.+Arkoff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArkoffTrubo1992" class="citation book cs1">Arkoff, Samuel Z.; Trubo, Richard (April 1, 1992). <i>Flying Through Hollywood by the Seat of my Pants: From the Man who Brought You I was a Teenage Werewolf and Muscle Beach Party</i>. Birch Lane Press. p. 304. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55972-107-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-55972-107-3"><bdi>1-55972-107-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flying+Through+Hollywood+by+the+Seat+of+my+Pants%3A+From+the+Man+who+Brought+You+I+was+a+Teenage+Werewolf+and+Muscle+Beach+Party&rft.pages=304&rft.pub=Birch+Lane+Press&rft.date=1992-04-01&rft.isbn=1-55972-107-3&rft.aulast=Arkoff&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Z.&rft.au=Trubo%2C+Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASamuel+Z.+Arkoff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sam-arkoff/flying-through-hollywood-by-the-seat-of-my-pants/">"Flying Through Hollywood by the Seat of my Pants"</a>. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>. 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