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Notes on Contributors | |
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Editors' Acknowledgements | |
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A Note on Box Office Figures 1960-2004 | |
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Introduction - the whats, whys and hows of this book | |
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The 1960s | |
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Introduction | |
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American Cinema, 1965-70 | |
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The Road Movie | |
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Roger Corman and New World | |
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The Sound of Music | |
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Night of the Living Dead | |
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Debts, Disasters and Mega-Musicals: The Decline of the Studio System | |
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Twentieth Century Fox in the 1960s | |
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The Hollywood Musical | |
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American Underground Cinema of the 1960s | |
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North American Documentary in the 1960s | |
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Pop Movies and Festival Films | |
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"The Last Good Time We Ever Had?": Revising the Hollywood Renaissance | |
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Psycho | |
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Warren Beatty | |
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The Graduate | |
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Box Office Figures, 1960s and Award Winners 1960-69 | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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The 1970s | |
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Introduction | |
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American Cinema, 1970-75 | |
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Alan Arkin | |
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Disaster Movies in the 1970s | |
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American Horror Cinema since 1960 | |
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Auteurism and Auteurs | |
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Sam Peckinpah | |
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Taxi Driver | |
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Jane Fonda | |
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Blockbusters in the 1970s | |
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Steven Spielberg | |
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Star Wars | |
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William Friedkin | |
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Blaxploitation | |
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Richard Pryor Live in Concert | |
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The 1970s and American Documentary | |
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Eraserhead | |
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Box Office Figures, 1970s and Award Winners 1970-79 | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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The 1980s | |
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Introduction | |
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Hollywood in the Age of Reagan | |
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Science Fiction and Fantasy since 1960 | |
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Simpson and Bruckheimer | |
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Tim Burton | |
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Heaven's Gate and United Artists | |
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US Independent Cinema since the 1980s | |
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Do the Right Thing | |
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Miramax | |
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Disney and Family Entertainment | |
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Back to the Future | |
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The Vietnam War in American Cinema | |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger | |
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The 1980s and American Documentary | |
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MTV | |
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Women in Recent US Cinema | |
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Barbra Streisand | |
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Desperately Seeking Susan | |
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Sigourney Weaver | |
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Box Office Figures, 1980s and Award Winners 1980-89 | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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The 1990s and Beyond | |
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Introduction | |
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Spectacle and Narrative in the Contemporary Blockbuster | |
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Hong Kong in Hollywood | |
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Sequels, Series and Spin-offs | |
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Titanic | |
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The Agent | |
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What Is Cinema Today? Home Viewing, New Technologies and DVD | |
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Neo-Noir and Erotic Thrillers | |
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Toy Story | |
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Tom Hanks | |
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American Documentary Film in the 1990s | |
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New Black Cinema | |
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The Hughes brothers | |
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John Singleton | |
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New Queer Cinema | |
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The Silence of the Lambs | |
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Fantasizing Gender and Race: Women in Contemporary US Action Cinema | |
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Jodie Foster | |
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Unforgiven | |
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Kathryn Bigelow | |
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Smart Cinema | |
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Quentin Tarantino | |
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Box Office Figures, 1990s and Award Winners 1990-2004 | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Filmography | |
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Index | |
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Publisher's Acknowledgements | |