Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?
Cast
Lawrence Bender
Self
Jerome Hellman
Self
John Schlesinger
Self
Irvin Kershner
Self
Curtis Hanson
Self
Sherry Lansing
Self
Dante Spinotti
Self
Arnold Rifkin
Self
Frances Fisher
Self
Arthur Cohn
Self
Ralf Moeller
Self
Andie MacDowell
Self
Robert Wise
Self
Giorgio Moroder
Self
Brad Linaweaver
Self
Olivia Newton-John
Self
Randal Kleiser
Self
Bill Mechanic
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Monte Hellman
Self
Roger Corman
Self
Steven Gaydos
Self
Percy Adlon
Self
Didi Conn
Self
Robert Wagner
Self
Marc Wanamaker
Self
Robert Forster
Self
Sally Kirkland
Self
Karen Black
Self
Harvey Keitel
Self
Johnny Grant
Self
Richard Riordan
Self
Norman Jewison
Self
Matthew Harrison
Self
Eric Bross
Self
Desmond Nakano
Self
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Self
Linda Blair
Self
Adrien Brody
Self
Peter Guber
Self
Andy Garcia
Self
Henry Jaglom
Self
Fred Sapir
Self
Martin Baum
Self
Susan Ruskin
Self
Norman M. Klein
Self
Bethany Owen
Self
Verna Harrah
Self
Joey Zapoli
Self
Jack Valente
Self
Kenneth Turan
Self
Susanna Styron
Self
Victoria Foyt
Self
Rocky Collins
Self
Sara Risher
Self
Stephen Apicella
Self
Pat Kingsley
Self
Robert Rehme
Self
Robert O'Connor
Self
Melanie Jung
Narrator (voice)
Frank Muth
Narrator (voice)
James Cameron
Self
George Lucas
Self
Jim Carrey
Self
Nicolas Cage
Self
Crew
Eckhart Schmidt
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Music
Stefan Söllner
Editor
Steve Elkins
Director of Photography
Andreas Troeger
Director of Photography
Hubert von Spreti
Commissioning Editor
Isi ter Jung
Line Producer, Researcher
Brett Brooke
Sound
Adam Goldstein
Sound
Thomas Fuchsberger
Music
Marion Renk-Rosenthal
Researcher