Maverick Movies : : New Line Cinema and the Transformation of American Film / / Daniel Herbert.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Maverick Movies tells the improbable story of New Line Cinema, a company that cut a remarkable path through the American film i...

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Place / Publishing House:Berkeley, CA : : University of California Press, , [2023]
2023
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. New Line Cinema and the Shape of the Modern Movie Business
  • 1. "Take a Film Where It Will Be Most Appreciated": The First Decade of New Line Cinema
  • 2. "So-Called Ancillary Markets": New Line Takes the Margins to the Mainstream
  • 3. "Evolutions of Identity": New Line and the Transformative 1990s
  • 4. "Upscale" Cinema: Fine Line Features and the Indie Boom of the 1990s
  • 5. One Franchise to Rule Them All: New Line and The Lord of the Rings
  • Conclusion. Legends of the Film Industry
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index