The $11 billion year : from Sundance to the Oscars, an inside look at the changing Hollywood system
"This chronicle of 2012 is a slice of what happened during a watershed year for the Hollywood movie industry. It's not the whole story, but it's a mosaic of what went on, and why, and of where things are heading." What changed in one Hollywood year to produce a record-breaking box office after two years of decline' How can the Sundance Festival influence a film's fate, as it did for Beasts of the Southern Wild and Searching for Sugar Man, which both went all the way to the Oscars' Why did John Carter misfire and The Hunger Games succeed' How did maneuvers at festivals such as South by Southwest (SXSW), Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and New York and at conventions such as CinemaCon and Comic-Con benefit Amour, Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Les MisErables, The Life of Pi, The Avengers, Lincoln, and Argo'
History
1 online resource
9780062218032, 0062218034
875382178
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
Includes index
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