02840cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000290009502000260012402000360015002000260018604000280021204100080024004200080024804300120025605000250026808200160029310000310030924500960034025000450043626400410048130000790052233600210060133700250062233800230064750400510067050502520072152012850097365000440225865000480230285601040235017637103BJBSDDR20240205161014.0ta130225s2013    nyuaf    b    001 0 eng    a  2012051638  a9781476727745 (hardback)  a1476727740 (hardback)  a9781476727752 (trade paperback)  z9781476727769 (ebook)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aPN 1993.5bO14s 201300a384/.8/09731 aObst, Lynda Rosen, d1950-10aSleepless in Hollywood : btales from the new abnormal in the movie business /cLynda Obst.  aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition 1aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,c2013.  axiv, 283 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : billustrations ; c22 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe New Abnormal
The Great Contraction
Have Your Popcorn with Some Chopsticks
Creating Preawareness
From Paramount to Paranoia
The Catastrophe: The Writers' Strike of 2007-8
The Diaspora: The Golden Age of Television
Does the Future Have a Future?  a"By the author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied, a veteran producer takes a witty look at the new Hollywood. Lynda Obst returns to dish on the experts, tastemakers, and moguls of today's Hollywood and the movies they make. She describes how the movie business has lost its MO--and is now losing its talent to network and especially cable TV.With the collapse of the DVD market, the movie industry was crippled.  The business reacted by producing tentpoles (mega-hits) or tadpoles (which nobody gets a chance to see). Why? Since the majority of their revenue comes from the foreign market, especially China and Russia, studios are no longer dependent on expensive stars or dialogue (i.e. writers). Special effects and 3D replace people. Obst speaks from the front lines. Her subjects are friends, moguls, former employers, mentors, and even relatives, who express their opinions with disarming bluntness and hilarity. Obst combines her experiences with insights from the smartest people in the business. In what Obst calls the New Abnormal (because Hollywood wasn't normal to begin with), studios are paralyzed. Can the movie business be resurrected? Can it once again make the movies that make us laugh, cry, and wish we could own the DVD? Obst is ready"--cProvided by publisher. 0aMotion picture industryzUnited States. 4aIndustria cinematográficazEstados Unidos423Cover imageuhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/1247/745/9781476727745/image/lgcover.9781476727745.jpg