Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-487) and index.
Contents
Industry at the dawn of the decade -- Merger mania -- Brave new ancillary world -- Independents, packaging, and inflationary pressure in 1980s Hollywood -- Talent oligopoly -- Filmmakers -- Genres and production cycles -- Movies and morality -- American documentary in the 1980s -- Experimental cinema in the 1980s -- List of tables and charts -- Top box-office films of the 1980s -- Major academy awards, 1980-1989 -- National film registry.