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Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
Stephen Vaughn
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Description for Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
paperback. The first behind-the-scenes history of the American movie rating system. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 471.
This is a story that Jack Valenti has long tried to keep secret. Freedom and Entertainment is the first book to offer a behind-the-scenes account of the motion picture rating system and the Motion Picture Association of America under Valenti's leadership. The book is based on the private papers and oral history of Richard D. Heffner, who headed the Classification and Rating Administration for two decades, from 1974 to 1994, and who was once called 'the least-known most powerful person in Hollywood.' The story chronicles the often tense working relationship between Heffner and Valenti, and the sometimes bruising encounters Heffner ... Read more
This is a story that Jack Valenti has long tried to keep secret. Freedom and Entertainment is the first book to offer a behind-the-scenes account of the motion picture rating system and the Motion Picture Association of America under Valenti's leadership. The book is based on the private papers and oral history of Richard D. Heffner, who headed the Classification and Rating Administration for two decades, from 1974 to 1994, and who was once called 'the least-known most powerful person in Hollywood.' The story chronicles the often tense working relationship between Heffner and Valenti, and the sometimes bruising encounters Heffner ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521676540
SKU
V9780521676540
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About Stephen Vaughn
Stephen Vaughn has taught the history of communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1981. He has been a past Vilas Associate Scholar at Wisconsin and is the recipient of two Fulbright awards. Previous books he's written include Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics, The Vital Past: Writings on the Uses of History, and Holding Fast ... Read more
Reviews for Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
Carefully argued, impressively documented, and tellingly illustrated, this is a first-rate work on a topic of considerable importance. Essential. Choice "Vaughn has written a significant study." Lary May, The Historian