Hollywood v. hard core : how the struggle over censorship saved the modern film industry / Jon Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Jon, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Censorship--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Censorship.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Hollywood versus hard core

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University, [2000]

Summary:

Between 1968 and 1973 Hollywood films were faltering at the box office, and the major studios were in big trouble. Hollywood's principal competition came from a body of independently produced and distributed films like Last Tango in Paris and hard-core pornography like Behind the Green Door. These films were at once disreputable and chic. In response, Hollywood imposed the industry-wide MPAA film rating system that pushed sexually explicit films outside the mainstream, and a series of Supreme Court decisions all but outlawed the theatrical exhibition of hard-core pornographic films. Together, these events allowed Hollywood to extend its iron grip over which films got made and where they were shown, thus saving it from financial ruin.

Contents:

How the blacklist saved Hollywood

Collusion and conglomeration in the movie business

What everyone should know about the motion picture code and ratings

Hollywood v. soft-core : movie censorship, 1968-1973

Hollywood v. hard core

Movies and the First Amendment

A quick look at censorship in the new Hollywood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-359) and index.

ISBN:

0814751423

OCLC:

44750611