The movie business; American film industry practice.

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Main Authors: Bluem, A. William, Squire, Jason E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Hastings House [1972]
Series:Studies in media management
Communication arts books
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Table of Contents:
  • The screenwriter
  • a golden time / William Goldman
  • The literary agent
  • two views / Lee G. Rosenberg, Lew Weitzman
  • The story editor / J. Kenneth Rotcop
  • Story and screenplay: negotiating for rights and writers / Saul Rittenberg
  • Motivation and control in creative writing / M. William Krasilovsky
  • Hollywood's new financial tricks / Rick Setlowe
  • Bankers and movie-makers / A.H. Howe
  • Foreign film subsidies / Robert W. Gilbert
  • Budget estimating and planning / Marshall Green and Tim Donahue
  • Management: old game
  • new rules / Richard Lederer
  • The film company as financier/distributor / David V. Picker
  • The establishment of a film company / Gordon Stulberg
  • Studio operations / Gordon B. Forbes, Robert L. Mayer
  • The talent agent / Barry J. Weitz
  • Negotiating for talent / Donald I. Kopaloff
  • Production: general legal considerations / Saul Rittenberg
  • Actors as union men / Charlton Heston
  • Production management
  • pre-planning / Ivan Volkman
  • Cinemobile systems / Fouad Said
  • The producer/director / Stanley Kramer
  • The director / Sydney Pollack
  • The team producers / Bud Yorkin, Norman Lear
  • The writer/producer / Stirling Silliphant
  • The low-budget producer / Russ Meyer
  • Distribution: the changes to come / Paul N. Lazarus, Don Carle Gillette
  • The distributors: a sound of different drummers / Walter Reade, Jr., Dennis Friedland
  • Distribution: the salesman's role / M.J.E. McCarthy
  • Distribution: the accountant's role / Benjamin W. Solomon
  • The exhibition contract
  • a scrap of paper / Michael F. Mayer
  • The exhibitors: show and teller time / Nat D. Fellman, Stanley H. Durwood
  • Advertising and publicity / David A. Lipton
  • National Screen Service Corporation / Paul N. Lazarus
  • The significance of film reviews / Charles S. Steinberg
  • Management looks at the future / Wilton R. Holm
  • The cartridge revolution / Peter Guber.