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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

by Mark Harris

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Synopsis:

The New York Times bestseller that follows the making of five films at a pivotal time in Hollywood history

In the mid-1960s, westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals like Mary Poppins swept the box office. The Hollywood studio system was astonishingly lucrative for the few who dominated the business. That is, until the tastes of American moviegoers radicallya and unexpectedlyachanged. By the Oscar ceremonies of 1968, a cultural revolution had hit Hollywood with the force of a tsunami, and films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Whoas Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and box-office bomb Doctor Doolittle signaled a change in Hollywoodaand America. And as an entire industry changed and struggled, careers were suddenly made and ruined, studios grew and crumbled, and the landscape of filmmaking was altered beyond all recognition.

Synopsis:

Harris examines the human drama behind the making of the five films nominated for Best Picture of 1967 and, through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood--and America--forever.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780143115038
Subtitle:
Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
Author:
Harris, Mark
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Film & Video - History & Criticism
Subject:
United States - 20th Century/60s
Subject:
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Publication Date:
February 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
490
Dimensions:
8.20x5.40x1.30 in. .85 lbs.
Age Level:
18-17

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