Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
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.
Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Stuart Samuels.
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R.H. Thomson as Narrator |
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Neal Gabler as Himself |
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J. Hoberman as Himself |
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Arthur Tracy as Himself |
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Bernard Avishai as Himself |
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Hasia Diner as Herself |
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Thomas Cripps as Himself |
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Richard Kozarski as Himself |
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Judith Balaban as Herself |
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Cass Warner as Herself |
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Robert Rosen as Himself |
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Bob Thomas as Himself |
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A.C. Lyles as Himself |
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Aljean Harmetz as Herself |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum as Himself |
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Les Friedman as Himself |
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Irene Mayer Holt as Herself |
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Daniel Selznick as Himself |
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Betty Lasky as Herself |
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Betty Warner Sheinbaum as Herself |
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Jim Zukor as Himself |
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Stephen J. Whitfield as Himself |
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Edward Dmytryk as Himself |
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Abraham Polonsky as Himself |
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Walter Bernstein as Himself |
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Bruce Cohn Curtis as Himself |
| Directing | Simcha Jacobovici | Director |
| Directing | Stuart Samuels | Director |
| Crew | Michael A. Levine | Legal Services |
| Camera | Mark Mackay | Director of Photography |
| Art | Robin Bicknell | Art Direction |
| Editing | Reid Dennison | Editor |
| Writing | Simcha Jacobovici | Writer |
| Production | Elliott Halpern | Producer |
| Production | Simcha Jacobovici | Producer |
| Writing | Neal Gabler | Writer |