The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry

Covers all levels of motion pictures from a business perspective .This book examines the industry in contemporary marketing terms, and each essay clearly explains another aspect of American film as a business. THE CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY is a truly indispensable book, and a pioneering effort in understanding cinemas business aspects. Its thorough study of the financial side of motion pictures, complete with full lists of sources after each insightful essay, is fascinating, enlightening, and instructive. (RogueCinema.com, December 2008)

Paul McDonald is Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of Video and DVD Industries and The Star System: Hollywoods Production of Popular Identities and co-editor for the International Screen Industries series from the British Film Institute. Janet Wasko is the Knight Chair in Communication Research at the University of Oregon. She is the author of How Hollywood Works, Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy, and Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen. She also edited A Companion to Television and Dazzled by Disney? The Global Disney Audience Project.

List of Figures viii List of Tables xii Acknowledgments xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Introduction: The New Contours of the Hollywood Film Industry 1 Paul McDonald and Janet Wasko Part I The Structure Of The Industry 11 1 The Studio System and Conglomerate Hollywood 13 Tom Schatz 2 Financing and Production: Creating the Hollywood Film Commodity 43 Janet Wasko 3 Distribution and Marketing in Contemporary Hollywood 63 Philip Drake 4 Theatrical Exhibition: Accelerated Cinema 83 Charles Acland 5 Ancillary Markets Television: From Challenge to Safe Haven 106 Eileen R. Meehan 6 Ancillary Markets Video and DVD: Hollywood Retools 120 Frederick Wasser 7 Ancillary Markets Video Games: Promises and Challenges of an Emerging Industry 132 Randy Nichols 8 Ancillary Markets Recorded Music: Charting the Rise and Fall of the Soundtrack Album 143 Jeff Smith Part II Industry Dynamics 153 9 Labor: The Effects of Media Concentration on the Film and Television Workforce 155 Susan Christopherson 10 The Star System: The Production of Hollywood Stardom in the Post-Studio Era 167 Paul McDonald 11 Hollywood and the State: The American Film Industry Cartel in the Age of Globalization 182 Manjunath Pendakur 12 Hollywood and Intellectual Property 195 Ronald V. Bettig Part III International Territories 207 13 Hollywood and the World: Export or Die 209 John Trumpbour 14 Britain: Hollywood, UK 220 Paul McDonald 15 France: A Story of Love and Hate French and American Cinema in the French Audiovisual Markets 232 Joel Augros 16 Germany: Hollywood and the Germans A Very Special Relationship 240 Peter Krmer 17 Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Market 251 Krishna P. Jayakar and David Waterman 18 Latin America: How Mexico and Argentina Cope and Cooperate with the Behemoth of the North 264 Tamara L. Falicov 19 East Asia: For Better or Worse 277 John A. Lent 20 India: Hollywoods Domination, Extinction, and Re-animation (with thanks to Jurassic Park) 285 Nitin Govil 21 Australia and New Zealand: Expats in Hollywood and Hollywood South 295 David Newman Index 307