Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

1998

1h 31m

3.0(1 votes)

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Overview

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?

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65 members

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Lawrence Bender

Self

Production

Jerome Hellman

Self

Directing

John Schlesinger

Self

Directing

Irvin Kershner

Self

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Curtis Hanson

Self

Acting

Sherry Lansing

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Camera

Dante Spinotti

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Arnold Rifkin

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Frances Fisher

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Arthur Cohn

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Ralf Moeller

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Andie MacDowell

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Directing

Robert Wise

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Sound

Giorgio Moroder

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Brad Linaweaver

Self

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Olivia Newton-John

Self

Directing

Randal Kleiser

Self

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Bill Mechanic

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Peter Bogdanovich

Self

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Monte Hellman

Self

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Roger Corman

Self

Writing

Steven Gaydos

Self

Directing

Percy Adlon

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Acting

Didi Conn

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Robert Wagner

Self

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Marc Wanamaker

Self

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Robert Forster

Self

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Sally Kirkland

Self

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Karen Black

Self

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Harvey Keitel

Self

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Johnny Grant

Self

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Richard Riordan

Self

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Norman Jewison

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Matthew Harrison

Self

Directing

Eric Bross

Self

Writing

Desmond Nakano

Self

Acting

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

Self

Acting

Linda Blair

Self

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Adrien Brody

Self

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Peter Guber

Self

Acting

Andy Garcia

Self

Directing

Henry Jaglom

Self

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Fred Sapir

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Martin Baum

Self

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Susan Ruskin

Self

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Norman M. Klein

Self

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Bethany Owen

Self

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Verna Harrah

Self

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Joey Zapoli

Self

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Jack Valente

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Kenneth Turan

Self

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Susanna Styron

Self

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Victoria Foyt

Self

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Rocky Collins

Self

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Sara Risher

Self

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Stephen Apicella

Self

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Pat Kingsley

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Robert Rehme

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Robert O'Connor

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Melanie Jung

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Frank Muth

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James Cameron

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George Lucas

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Acting

Jim Carrey

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Nicolas Cage

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