Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)

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?

Cast

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Lawrence Bender
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Jerome Hellman
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Ralf Moeller
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Andie MacDowell
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Robert Wise
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Giorgio Moroder
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Brad Linaweaver
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Olivia Newton-John
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Randal Kleiser
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Bill Mechanic
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Peter Bogdanovich
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Monte Hellman
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John Schlesinger
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Roger Corman
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Steven Gaydos
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Percy Adlon
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Didi Conn
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Robert Wagner
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Marc Wanamaker
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Robert Forster
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Sally Kirkland
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Karen Black
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Harvey Keitel
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Irvin Kershner
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Johnny Grant
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Richard Riordan
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Norman Jewison
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Matthew Harrison
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Eric Bross
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Desmond Nakano
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Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
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Linda Blair
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Adrien Brody
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Peter Guber
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Curtis Hanson
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Andy García
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Henry Jaglom
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F Fred Sapir
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M Martin Baum
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S Susan Ruskin
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N Norman M. Klein
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B Bethany Owen
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V Verna Harrah
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J Joey Zapoli
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J Jack Valente
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Sherry Lansing
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K Kenneth Turan
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S Susanna Styron
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V Victoria Foyt
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R Rocky Collins
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S Sara Risher
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S Stephen Apicella
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P Pat Kingsley
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R Robert Rehme
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R Robert O'Connor
Narrator (voice)
M Melanie Jung
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Dante Spinotti
Narrator (voice)
F Frank Muth
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James Cameron
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George Lucas
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Jim Carrey
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Nicolas Cage
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Arnold Rifkin
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Frances Fisher
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Arthur Cohn

Crew

Director
Eckhart Schmidt
Writer
Eckhart Schmidt
Editor
Eckhart Schmidt
Producer
Eckhart Schmidt
Line Producer
Isi ter Jung
Researcher
Isi ter Jung
Director of Photography
S Steve Elkins
Director of Photography
A Andreas Troeger
Sound
B Brett Brooke
Sound
A Adam Goldstein
Researcher
M Marion Renk-Rosenthal
Editor
S Stefan Söllner
Music
Eckhart Schmidt
Music
T Thomas Fuchsberger
Commissioning Editor
H Hubert von Spreti