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03145aam a2200373 i 4500 001 D990D082AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230217010059 008 210914t20222022wiuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021041566 020 $a 0299337006 020 $a 9780299337001 035 $a (OCoLC)1269625383 040 $a WU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d GZM $d PAU $d CBY $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1993.5.A1 $b D73 2022 082 00 $a 791.4309 $2 23 100 1 $a Drazin, Charles, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Making Hollywood happen : $b the story of Film Finances / $c Charles Drazin. 264 1 $a Madison, Wisconsin : $b The University of Wisconsin Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xii, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Filmmaking is a business--someone has to pay the bills. For much of the industry's history, that role was shouldered by the studios. The rise of independent filmmakers then led to the rise of independent financiers. But what happens if bad weather closes down a production or a director's vision pays no heed to the limitations of time and money? Enter Film Finances. The company was founded in London in 1950 to insure against the risk that a film would exceed its original budget or not be completed on time. Its pioneering development of the "completion guarantee"--the financial instrument that provides the essential security for investors to support independent filmmaking--ultimately led to the creation of many thousands of films, including some of the most celebrated ever made: Moulin Rouge (1953), Dr. No (1962), The Outsiders (1982), Pulp Fiction (1994), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), La La Land (2016), and more. Film Finances's role in filmmaking was little known outside the industry until 2012, when it opened its historical archive to scholars. Drawing on these previously private documents as well as interviews with its executives, Making Hollywood Happen tells the company's story through seven decades of postwar cinema history and chronicles the growth of the international independent film industry. Focusing on a business that has operated at the meeting point between money and art for more than seventy years, this lavishly illustrated book goes to the heart of how the movie business works."--Publisher description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $a Machine generated contents note: $g 5. $t Indiewood: The 1990s. $g 2. $t Swinging London: The 1960s -- $g 3. $t Global Expansion: The 1970s -- $g 4. $t Going Hollywood: The 1980s -- $g 5. $t Indiewood: The 1990s. 610 20 $a Film Finances (Firm) $x History. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Independent films $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a History. 650 7 $a Motion picture industry $x Finance. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027159 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015525.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20231021032027.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D990D082AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search