Title: The $11 billion year : from Sundance to the Oscars, an inside look at the changing Hollywood system /
Authors: Thompson, Anne, 1954-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Motion pictures United States History
Abstract: Chronicling the making and marketing of movies released in 2012, from low-budget indies to studio blockbusters, a reporter who has written about Hollywood for more than twenty-five years covers every aspect of the billion-dollar global motion picture industry.
Contents: January: the Sundance Film Festival : Searching for Sugar Man, The sessions, Beasts of the Southern wild, Safety not guaranteed, Black Rock, Your sister's sister, Arbitrage, Detropia, The invisible war -- March: chasing the franchise : John Carter vs. The Hunger Games -- Spring: Cinemacon, SXSW, and the move to digital -- May: the Cannes International Film Festival : Amour, Moonrise kingdom -- July: Comic-Con and the fanboys : DC vs. Marvel -- The fall film festivals : Argo, Silver linings playbook, Life of Pi, Lincoln -- Women, politics, and Zero dark thirty -- The holiday dramas : Les misérables, Django unchained -- Ten things that changed the Oscar race.