The $11 billion year : from Sundance to the Oscars, an inside look at the changing Hollywood system / Anne Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Anne, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Eleven billion dollar year

Place of Publication:

New York : Newmarket Press for itbooks, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014].

Summary:

Chronicling the making and marketing of movies released in 2012, from low-budget indies to studio blockbusters, a reporter who has written about Hollywood for more than twenty-five years covers every aspect of the billion-dollar global motion picture industry.

Contents:

January: the Sundance Film Festival : Searching for Sugar Man, The sessions, Beasts of the Southern wild, Safety not guaranteed, Black Rock, Your sister's sister, Arbitrage, Detropia, The invisible war

March: chasing the franchise : John Carter vs. The Hunger Games

Spring: Cinemacon, SXSW, and the move to digital

May: the Cannes International Film Festival : Amour, Moonrise kingdom

July: Comic-Con and the fanboys : DC vs. Marvel

The fall film festivals : Argo, Silver linings playbook, Life of Pi, Lincoln

Women, politics, and Zero dark thirty

The holiday dramas : Les misérables, Django unchained

Ten things that changed the Oscar race.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780062218018

0062218018

9780062218025

0062218026

OCLC:

861554641