Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New

Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

The New York Times bestseller that follows the making of five films at a pivotal time in Hollywood history

In the mid-1960s, westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals like Mary Poppins swept the box office. The Hollywood studio system was astonishingly lucrative for the few who dominated the business. That is, until the tastes of American moviegoers radically- and unexpectedly-changed. By the Oscar ceremonies of 1968, a cultural revolution had hit Hollywood with the force of a tsunami, and films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and box-office bomb Doctor Doolittle signaled a change in Hollywood-and America. And as an entire industry changed and struggled, careers were suddenly made and ruined, studios grew and crumbled, and the landscape of filmmaking was altered beyond all recognition.

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	9780143115038
Color	Black
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Height	8.30707
Length	5.39369
Weight	1.0251495183
Width	1.10236
ReleaseDate	2009-01-27
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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood