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?
Directed byEckhart Schmidt
Raphaela FilmFeaturing

Lawrence Bender
Self

Jerome Hellman
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John Schlesinger
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Irvin Kershner
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Curtis Hanson
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Sherry Lansing
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Dante Spinotti
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Arnold Rifkin
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Frances Fisher
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Arthur Cohn
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