Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)

They fled a nightmare to build a dream

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1998-03-22
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Production Country: Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Stuart Samuels.
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Summary

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major movie moguls who controlled the studios shared. Through clips of various films, the filmmakers illustrate the dominant themes like that of the outsider, the outspoken American patriotism, and rooting for the underdog in society.

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  • R.H. Thomson

    as Narrator
  • Neal Gabler

    as Himself
  • J. Hoberman

    as Himself
  • Arthur Tracy

    as Himself
  • Bernard Avishai

    as Himself
  • Hasia Diner

    as Herself
  • Thomas Cripps

    as Himself
  • Richard Kozarski

    as Himself
  • Judith Balaban

    as Herself
  • Cass Warner

    as Herself
  • Robert Rosen

    as Himself
  • Bob Thomas

    as Himself
  • A.C. Lyles

    as Himself
  • Aljean Harmetz

    as Herself
  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

    as Himself
  • Les Friedman

    as Himself
  • Irene Mayer Holt

    as Herself
  • Daniel Selznick

    as Himself
  • Betty Lasky

    as Herself
  • Betty Warner Sheinbaum

    as Herself
  • Jim Zukor

    as Himself
  • Stephen J. Whitfield

    as Himself
  • Edward Dmytryk

    as Himself
  • Abraham Polonsky

    as Himself
  • Walter Bernstein

    as Himself
  • Bruce Cohn Curtis

    as Himself
Directing Simcha Jacobovici Director
Directing Stuart Samuels Director
Crew Michael A. Levine Legal Services
Writing Simcha Jacobovici Writer
Writing Neal Gabler Writer
Production Elliott Halpern Producer
Production Simcha Jacobovici Producer
Camera Mark Mackay Director of Photography
Editing Reid Dennison Editor
Art Robin Bicknell Art Direction

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