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| Reel
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| The Struggle for Influence
and Success in the New Hollywood |
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| Mark
Litwak, 336 pages, 51/2x81/2, illus., 1-879505-19-3,
$14.95 paper |
“A painfully accurate look at the movie
business today. A real eye-opener.”
—James Bridges, Director, Urban Cowboy, The China Syndrome
“Fascinating in its pertinence and exacting
in its description of the day-to-day processes
involved in setting up a movie… It is
a primer for anyone interested in the movie
business. If you want to earn your living
in Hollywood, read it and save five years apprenticeship.”
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American Film
“…A
chilling study of that frightening creature that is the New Hollywood.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Accurate… An
exhaustive breakdown of the industry today.”
—L.A. Weekly
“…Unprecedented detail on the fragmentation
of the executive power in Hollywood…Litwak
is on solid ground.”
—Fortune |
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Reel
Power is
a comprehensive look at how today’s
Hollywood works—who has the power
and how deals are made
Drawings
and interviews with more than 200
top film industry insiders—directors,
producers, writers, performers, agents, and
journalists—Litwak leads us through the
maze of Hollywood politics. Well-written,
and filled with case histories of specific
films, Reel Power tears down
myths, relates anecdotes, and reveals the inner
workings of the Hollywood film business.
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Mark Litwak is a veteran entertainment
attorney whose practice includes work in the areas of
copyright, trademark, contract, multimedia, intellectual
property, and book publishing. He's also a producer's
rep, assisting filmmakers in the financing, marketing,
and distribution of their films.
An acknowledged authority on the entertainment industry, he has been interviewed
on more than 100 television and radio shows, including The Larry King Show, National Public Radio's All
Things Considered, and news shows on the ABC and CNN networks. Feature
articles have been written about him in California Law Business, Australian
Lawyer, and the L.A. Weekly.
Litwak has taught entertainment and copyright law at the University of West Los
Angeles, UCLA, and Loyola Law School and has lectured for the American, California,
and Texas bar associations. He has presented seminars across the United States
and in England, Australia, South Africa, and Canada.
He is the author of five books—Reel Power,
The Struggle for Influence and Success in the New Hollywood; Courtroom Crusaders;
Dealmaking in the Film and Television Industry (winner of the 1995
Krazna-Kranz Moving Image Book Award); Contracts for the Film and Television Industry; and Litwak's
Multimedia Producer's Handbook—and the popular CD-ROM program Movie Magic
Contracts. |
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