xvii, 326 pages : 26 cm

The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry is a collection of essays by leading scholars that examines the state of the U.S. film industry, from the l980s to present day. Includes important discussions of the industry s labour and star systems, as well as intellectual property and state relations Considers the role of independent producers, the global marketplace for Hollywood product, corporate changes, and various new media windows, including video, DVD to cable, satellite, and online channels of delivery Brings together an international team of leading film scholars Offers a balanced and fresh approach to this important contemporary period in Hollywood

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : The new contours of the Hollywood film industry / Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko -- Part I: The structure of the industry -- The studio system and conglomerate Hollywood / Tom Schatz -- Financing and production : creating the Hollywood film commodity / Janet Wasko -- Distribution and marketing in contemporary Hollywood / Philip Drake -- Theatrical exhibition : accelerated cinema / Charles R. Acland -- Ancillary markets -- Television : from challenge to safe haven / Eileen R. Meehan -- Ancillary markets -- Video and DVD : Hollywood retools / Frederick Wasser -- Ancillary markets -- Video games : promises and challenges of an emerging industry / Randy Nichols -- Ancillary markets -- Recorded music : charting the rise and fall of the soundtrack album / Jeff Smith -- Part II: Industry dynamics -- Labor : the effects of media concentration on the film and television workforce / Susan Christopherson -- The star system : the production of Hollywood stardom in the post-studio era / Paul McDonald -- Hollywood and the state : the American film industry cartel in the age of globalization / Manjunath Pendakur -- Hollywood and intellectual property / Ronald V. Bettig -- Part III: International territories -- Hollywood and the world : export or die / John Trumpbour -- Britain : Hollywood, UK / Paul McDonald -- France : a story of love and hate -- French and American cinema in the French audiovisual markets / Joel Augros -- Germany : Hollywood and the Germans -- a very special relationship / Peter Krämer -- Italy : the rise and fall of the Italian market / Krishna P. Jayakar and David Waterman -- Latin America : how Mexico and Argentina cope and cooperate with the behemoth of the north / Tamara L. Falicov -- East Asia : for better or worse / John A. Lent -- India : Hollywood's domination, extinction, and re-animation (with thanks to Jurassic Park) / Nitin Govil -- Australia and New Zealand : expats in Hollywood and Hollywood south / David Newman

Introduction : The new contours of the Hollywood film industry / Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko -- Part I: The structure of the industry -- The studio system and conglomerate Hollywood / Tom Schatz -- Financing and production : creating the Hollywood film commodity / Janet Wasko -- Distribution and marketing in contemporary Hollywood / Philip Drake -- Theatrical exhibition : accelerated cinema / Charles R. Acland -- Ancillary markets -- Television : from challenge to safe haven / Eileen R. Meehan -- Ancillary markets -- Video and DVD : Hollywood retools / Frederick Wasser -- Ancillary markets -- Video games : promises and challenges of an emerging industry / Randy Nichols -- Ancillary markets -- Recorded music : charting the rise and fall of the soundtrack album / Jeff Smith -- Part II: Industry dynamics -- Labor : the effects of media concentration on the film and television workforce / Susan Christopherson -- The star system : the production of Hollywood stardom in the post-studio era / Paul McDonald -- Hollywood and the state : the American film industry cartel in the age of globalization / Manjunath Pendakur -- Hollywood and intellectual property / Ronald V. Bettig -- Part III: International territories -- Hollywood and the world : export or die / John Trumpbour -- Britain : Hollywood, UK / Paul McDonald -- France : a story of love and hate -- French and American cinema in the French audiovisual markets / Joel Augros -- Germany : Hollywood and the Germans -- a very special relationship / Peter Kramer -- Italy : the rise and fall of the Italian market / Krishna P. Jayakar and David Waterman -- Latin America : how Mexico and Argentina cope and cooperate with the behemoth of the north / Tamara L. Falicov -- East Asia : for better or worse / John A. Lent -- India : Hollywood's domination, extinction, and re-animation (with thanks to Jurassic Park) / Nitin Govil -- Australia and New Zealand : expats in Hollywood and Hollywood south / David Newman

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