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"I'm dazzled by the surreality of [Hollywood] –
it's lack of subtlety, its boldness and venality."
— producer Lynda Obst

"Avarice, corruption, jealousy, envy and general moral bankruptcy
... are the hallmarks of the Hollywood entertainment industry."
— producer/writer Steven Bochco

"There are six stages that go into the process of filmmaking: inspiration, entanglement, panic,
search for the guilty ones, punishment of the innocents, and rewards for the non-participants."
— director Jeremy Paul Kagan

"Hollywood is a jungle where everybody is either predator or prey."
— Wm. Bradford Huie [1910-86]

"The trouble with the motion-picture art was (and is) that it is too much an industry;
and the trouble with the motion picture industry is that it is too much an art.
It is out of this basic contradiction that most of the ills of the form arise."
— Garson Kanin [1912-99]

Industry  Directories

	"Guide to Literary Agents" by Chuck Sambuchino Writers Digest Books 2010 edition 9x7 pb [9/2009] for $19.79 Writers Digest Books 2009 edition 9x7 pb [7/2008] for $18.47
	"Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over!" by Jeff Herman Sourcebooks 2010 edition pb [20th edition 10/2009] for $19.79 Three Dog Press 9x7¼ pb [19th edition 9/2008] for $19.77
	"Writers Guide To Hollywood Producers" Fade In Books spiral-bound 2009 edition [10th edition 1/2009] for $59.95
	"Annual Agency Guide" Fade In Books spiral-bound 2009 edition [10th edition 1/2009] for $49.95
	"Hollywood Creative Directory" H.C.D. 11x8¾ pb [67th edition 10/2009] for $64.95 H.C.D. 11x8¾ pb [64th edition 10/2008] for $40.92 H.C.D. 10½x8½ pb [63rd edition 5/2007] for $64.95
	"Hollywood Representation Directory" H.C.D. pb [36th edition 11/2008] for $40.92 H.C.D. 10¾x8½ pb [35th edition 4/2008] for $40.92 H.C.D. 9½x7½ pb [33rd edition 5/2007] out of print/used
	"Hollywood Distribution Directory" H.C.D. 10¾x8½ pb [19th edition 9/2008] for $64.95 H.C.D. 10¾x8¼ pb [18th edition 9/2007] for $56.99
	"Hollywood Film Writers Directory" H.C.D./Lone Eagle 10¾x8½ pb [11th edition 8/2003] status unclear H.C.D./Lone Eagle 10¾x8½ pb [10th edition 9/2002] out of print/used
	"Hollywood Music Industry Directory" H.C.D. 10¾x8¼ pb [5th edition 3/2008] out of print/used H.C.D. pb [4th edition 1/2007] for $45.47 more on Magic Lantern's Film Music Page

Books  About  The  Movie  Industry

	"This Business of Film: A Practical Guide To Achieving Success In The Film Industry" [2009] by Paula Landry & Stephen R. Greenwald Lone Eagle 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $18.45 official book site
	"The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of The Film Industry" [orig 2000, rev 2007] by Schuyler M. Moore Silman-James Press 3rd edition 9x5¾ pb [6/2007] for $17.79
	"Boffo!: How I Learned To Love The Blockbuster & Fear The Bomb" [2006] by Peter Bart Miramax Books 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $13.73 Miramax Books 9½x6¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $26.95 "Boffo!: Tinseltown's Bombs & Blockbusters" documentary [H.B.O. June 2006] H.B.O. Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2006] for $17.99 full credits at IMDb • H.B.O. film site
	"So You Want To Be A Producer?: Finding Your Story, Obtaining The Rights, Developing The Script, Hiring Your Cast & Crew, and Distrib-uting Your Movie" [2005] by Lawrence Turman Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.62
	"The Mailroom: Hollywood History From The Bottom Up" [2003] by David Rensin Ballantine pb [2/2004] for $10.47 Ballantine 9.4x6½ hardcover [2/2003] for $17.47 New Millennium UNABR audio [2/2003] for $27.97 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [3/2003] for $41.97
	"Women Who Run the Show: How A Brilliant & Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood, 1973-2000" [2002] by Mollie Gregory St. Martin 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2002] for $18.87
	"The Bad and The Beautiful: Hollywood In The Fifties" [2002] by Sam Kashner & Jennifer MacNair W.W.Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2002] for $18.87
	"Class Struggle In Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds & Trade Unionists" [2001] by Gerald Horne Univ of Texas Press 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $18.36
	"Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?: Women's Experience of Power In Hollywood" [2000] by Rachel Abramowitz Random House 8x5¼ pb [4/2002] for $11.17 Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2000] for $18.87
	"Tender Comrades: A Backstory of The Hollywood Blacklist" [1999] by Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle Griffin Trade 8¾x5¾ pb [2/99] for $15.96 Magic Lantern's Hollywood Blacklist Pages
	"Monster: Living Off The Big Screen" [1997] by John Gregory Dunne Non-fiction account of the eight years it took to make the feature film "Up Close & Personal" [1996] at Touchstone Pictures Vintage 8x5 pb [3/98] for $11.07 Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/97] out of print/hundreds used book entry at Wikipedia
	"Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths From The Hollywood Trenches" [1996] by Lynda Obst Broadway Books 8¼x5¾ pb [10/97] for $10.47 Little, Brown 9½x6.4 hardcover [9/96] out of print/used TimeWarner audio [1/97] out of stock/used A.M.C. tv documentary [Jan 2002] video not available; full credits from IMDb
	"A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How To Produce Movies In Hollywood" [1993] by Art Linson Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [2/93] for $10.80 Grove Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/93] out of print/used
	"The Studio" [1969] by John Gregory Dunne Non-fiction account of the year that Dunne spent with total access inside Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Hollywood, covering the development of hits & flops, including "The Boston Strangler", "Dr. Doolittle", "Hello Dolly", "Planet of The Apes" and "Star". Reviewed as "Thirty years later, [it] may still be our most minutely observed and there-fore most uproariously funny portrait of the motion picture business." Vintage 8x5¼ pb [4/98] for $11.20 Limelight Editions 8¼x5½ pb [4/85] out of print/used FS&G Book Club 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1969] out of print/used FS&G 8¼x5½ hardcover [1969] out of print/used

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Industry  Humor

Why didn't the Assistant Director have any fun at the wh*rehouse? Hear about the Polish actress? Why don't producers like to read scripts? Why does the Teamsters logo have a horse on it? How do you know an agent is lying? Why aren't there any obituaries in 'the trades' for grips? How do you know when it's almost lunchtime on a movie set?

Films  About  The  Movie  &  TV  Industry

movies about the Television Industry

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Studios  &  Locations

Magic Lantern's  Movie  Studios  Pages
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Sony-Columbia-TriStar • Universal • Viacom-Paramount • Warner Bros.

main page • mini-major studios • historic studios • foreign studios

Film  &  TV  Studio  Facilities
Gammons Gulch Old West Movie Set & Museum in SE Arizona
Old Tucson Studios [est. 1939] near Tucson, AZ
Old Tucson Studios Mescal Ranch facility near Benson, AZ
The Culver Studios [est. 1918] in Culver City, CA
Pioneertown movie ranch [est. 1946] in California
Santa Clarita [CA] Studios
Toronto [Canada] Film Studios
Plymouth Rock Studios [to open in 2010] near historic Plymouth, MA
Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Page
Lionsgate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, NM { deal expired 11/2008 }
Metropolis Studios [est. 1982] digital television facility in New York City
Alamo Village outdoor movie set near Brackettville, TX

Frontier Movie Town in Kanab, UT

Locations  Information
U.S.A. Movies website
film commissions list at Ryder Makeup Labs website

Alabama Film Office
Sedona [AZ] Film Office
Tucson [AZ] Film Office
California Film Commission
California Regional Film Office listing {766 KB PDF file}
Film Ventura County [CA] website
Sarasota County [FL] Film & Entertainment Office
City of Savannah [GA] Film Office
Massachusetts Film Office
Michigan Film Office
Montana Film Office
Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Page
Ohio Film Office
Oklahoma Territory Film Council
Oregon Film Office

Texas Association of Film Commissions
Amarillo [TX] Film Commission
Austin [TX] Film Office
Brownsville [TX] Border Film Commission
Dallas [TX] Film Commission
El Paso [TX] Film Commission
Houston [TX] Film Commission
San Angelo [TX] Film Commission
San Antonio [TX] Film Commission
South Padre Island [TX] Film Commission

New South Wales Film & Television Office in Sydney, Australia
Thompson-Nicola Film Commission of British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia, Canada Film Commission
government film & media agency of London, U.K.

	"Shot On This Site: A Traveler's Guide To The Places & Locations Used To Film Famous Movies & TV Shows" [2000] by William A. Gordon Citadel 10x7 pb [6/2000] out of print/used
	"The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations: The Ultimate Travel Guide To Film Sites Around The World" [orig 2001, rev 2006] by Tony Reeves Titan Books updated edition 8¾x6 pb [9/2006] for $14.96 official booksite
	"New York: The Movie Lover's Guide - The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York" [2005] by Richard Alleman Broadway Books 8x4¾ pb [2/2005] for $11.96 Besides covering many, many filming locations – from New Jersey to Bedford-Stuyvesant & Queens & Staten Island to Manhattan's Tribeca & Greenwich Village & Upper West Side – the text & pictures also describe stars' childhood homes & luxury residences, film & TV studios, movie palaces & Broadway theaters, and past & present hangouts of celebrities
	"filmadelphia: A Celebration of A City's Movies" [2006] by Irv Slifkin Middle Atlantic Press 7¾x9 pb [11/2006] for $17.95 films covered include "Kitty Foyle" [1940] starring Ginger Rogers; "The Philadelphia Story" [1940] starring Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart & Cary Grant; "The Blob" [1958]; "David and Lisa" [1962]; Hitchcock's "Marnie" [1964]; Disney's "The Happiest Millionaire" [1967]; "1776" [1972]; Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" [1976]; "Blow Out" [1981] by Brian De Palma; "Eddie and The Cruisers" [1983]; "Trading Places" [1983] starring Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy; "Mannequin" [1987] starring Andrew McCarthy & Kim Cattrall; "Philadelphia" [1993] starring Tom Hanks; Toni Morrison's "Beloved" [1998]; "Unbreakable" [2000] starring Bruce Willis; "The Village" [2004]; and "Jersey Girl" [2004]
	"On Location: Cities of The World In Film" [2006] by Claudia Hellmann & Claudine Weber-Hof Bucher 10½x8¾ hardcover [11/2006] for $29.70 "On Location 2: Famous Landscapes In Film" [2007] by Claudia Hellmann & Claudine Weber-Hof Bucher 10½x8¾ hardcover [11/2007] for $34.20
	"Movie London: Exploring The City Film-By-Film" [2008] by Tony Reeves Titan Books 8¾x5¾ pb [5/2008] for $11.21

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