The $11 Billion Year: From Sundance to the Oscars, an Inside Look at the Changing Hollywood System

by Anne Thompson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062218018
• ISBN13: 9780062218018
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Newmarket for It Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"