{"product_id":"making-hollywood-happen-charles-drazin-9780299337001","title":"Making Hollywood Happen: Seventy Years of Film Finances","description":"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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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: \u003ci\u003eMoulin Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003ci\u003eThe Outsiders\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eSlumdog Millionaire\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eLa La Land\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eMaking Hollywood Happen\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Drazin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299337006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299337001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023","brand":"Charles Drazin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057228738815,"sku":"9780299337001","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b4c8166-8732-4794-942c-23da1309c8e0.jpg?v=1685045770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-hollywood-happen-charles-drazin-9780299337001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}