Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?
Lawrence Bender
Jerome Hellman
John Schlesinger
Irvin Kershner
Curtis Hanson
Sherry Lansing
Dante Spinotti
Arnold Rifkin
Frances Fisher
Arthur Cohn
Ralf Moeller
Andie MacDowell
Robert Wise
Giorgio Moroder
Brad Linaweaver
Olivia Newton-John
Randal Kleiser
Bill Mechanic
Peter Bogdanovich
Monte Hellman
Roger Corman
Steven Gaydos
Percy Adlon
Didi Conn
Robert Wagner
Marc Wanamaker
Robert Forster
Sally Kirkland
Karen Black
Harvey Keitel
Johnny Grant
Richard Riordan
Norman Jewison
Matthew Harrison
Eric Bross
Desmond Nakano
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Linda Blair
Adrien Brody
Peter Guber
Andy García
Henry Jaglom
Fred Sapir
Martin Baum
Susan Ruskin
Norman M. Klein
Bethany Owen
Verna Harrah
Joey Zapoli
Jack Valente
Kenneth Turan
Susanna Styron
Victoria Foyt
Rocky Collins
Sara Risher
Stephen Apicella
Pat Kingsley
Robert Rehme
Robert O'Connor
Melanie Jung
Frank Muth
James Cameron
George Lucas
Jim Carrey
Nicolas Cage