Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial

Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial (2000)

Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2000-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 37min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Media Education Foundation
  • Production Country: United States of America

Summary

Hollywood movies are rapidly becoming vehicles for the ulterior marketing and advertising motives of studios and their owners, rather than entertainment in their own right. Behind the Screens explores this trend toward "hypercommercialism" through phenomena such as product placement, tie-ins, merchandising and cross-promotions. It combines multiple examples taken directly from the movies with incisive interviews provided by film scholars, cultural critics, political economists, and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. Behind the Screens presents an accessible argument designed for school and college-age audiences-- precisely the demographic most prized by both Hollywood studios and advertisers alike. It features examples drawn from movies such as Wayne's World, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Summer of Sam, and Toy Story.

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  • Jeremy Pikser

    as himself
  • Mark Crispin Miller

    as himself
  • Robert McChesney

    as himself
  • Susan J. Douglas

    as herself
Sound Thom Monahan Sound
Production Sut Jhally Executive Producer
Camera Sanjay Talreja Camera Operator

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