Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes HypercommercialMovie
Hollywood movies are rapidly becoming vehicles for the ulterior marketing and advertising motives of studios and their owners, rather than entertainment in their own right. Behind the Screens explores this trend toward "hypercommercialism" through phenomena such as product placement, tie-ins, merchandising and cross-promotions. It combines multiple examples taken directly from the movies with incisive interviews provided by film scholars, cultural critics, political economists, and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. Behind the Screens presents an accessible argument designed for school and college-age audiences-- precisely the demographic most prized by both Hollywood studios and advertisers alike. It features examples drawn from movies such as Wayne's World, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Summer of Sam, and Toy Story.
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Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial is a 2000 documentary movie.
The production information lists a runtime of 37m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Jeremy Pikser, Mark Crispin Miller, Robert McChesney, Susan J. Douglas. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
