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

The contemporary Hollywood film industry is characterized by continuity and change. While many well-established Hollywood studios continue to dominate the film business, the industry also has witnessed various changes during the past two decades. The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry is a collection of essays by leading scholars that examine the U.S. film industry as an international phenomenon, from the l980s to present day. It explores a host of challenges and changes facing Hollywood, and includes important discussions of the industry’s labor and star systems, as well as intellectual property and state relations. Essays consider 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. Offering a balanced, fresh, and international approach to the important contemporary period in Hollywood, this text is designed specifically for classroom use in undergraduate and graduate level film courses. Contributors include: Paul McDonald, Janet Wasko, Tom Schatz, Philip Drake, Charles Acland, Eileen R. Meehan, Frederick Wasser, Randy Nichols, Jeff Smith, Susan Christopherson, Manjunath Pendakur, Ronald V. Bettig, John Trumpbour, Joel Augros, Peter Kramer, Krishna P. Jayakar, David Waterman, Tamara L. Falicov, John A. Lent, Nitin Govil, and David Newman.

"Expertly organised and sharply focused, this collection gives its readers a clear and comprehensive introduction to how Hollywood has reorganised itself for its second century as the dominant global entertainment machine." –Richard Maltby, Flinders University "The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry does well to highlight the evolving 'global Hollywood,' the American film industry’s truly multinational scale and scope. Of particular interest are the book’s several essays on so-called ancillary industries like videogames and music, which give readers a good, long look at a film industry that today concerns itself with a lot more than just making movies." –Jon Lewis, Professor, Oregon State University