| Description |
1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
American success -- The players -- Television: a parting of the ways -- The pay media: a shower of money -- Controlling the release sequence -- Rising American dominance -- What has Hollywood done with the money? -- Hollywood's digital future -- Appendixes: Market shares of domestic box office/rentals and video revenues -- Stability of world theatrical rentals, 1948-1975 -- U.S. Distributor revenue by source -- Prices, distributor revenue, and viewing estimates, 1948, 1975, and 2002 -- Video windows, 1988-2002 -- Comparative analysis of movie industries and trade in the United States and the EUJ5 countries, statistical data, 1950-2003 -- Determinants of U.S. box office market shares in the EUJ5, 1950-2003 -- Movie production costs and animated movie data -- Motion picture industry employment -- Credits analysis, top ten movies, 1971-2001 -- Movie genre analysis |
| Summary |
Combining historical and economic analysis, this book shows how, beginning in the 1950s, a largely predictable business has been transformed into a volatile and complex multimedia enterprise now commanding over 80 percent of the world's film business. At the same time, the book asks how the economic forces leading to this success--the forces of audience demand, technology, and high risk--have combined to change the kinds of movies Hollywood produces |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-381) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Motion picture industry -- United States.
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Motion pictures -- Economic aspects -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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Motion picture industry
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Motion pictures -- Economic aspects
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Filmwirtschaft
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Unterhaltungsindustrie
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005046300 |
| ISBN |
9780674044920 |
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0674044924 |
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