The Hollywood economist : the hidden financial reality behind the movies / Edward Jay Epstein.

Veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood's "invisible money machine," probing the dazzlingly complicated finances behind the hits and the flops, while he answers the surprisingly puzzling question: How do the studios make their money?--From publisher des...

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Main Author: Epstein, Edward Jay, 1935-2024
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House, [2010], ©2010.
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Physical Description:224 pages : facsimiles ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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