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"I'm dazzled by the surreality of [Hollywood] –
it's lack of subtlety, its boldness and venality."
— producer Lynda Obst

"Avarice, corruption, jealousy, envy and general moral bankruptcy
... are the hallmarks of the Hollywood entertainment industry."
— producer/writer Steven Bochco

"There are six stages that go into the process of filmmaking: inspiration, entanglement, panic,
search for the guilty ones, punishment of the innocents, and rewards for the non-participants."
— director Jeremy Paul Kagan

"Hollywood is a jungle where everybody is either predator or prey."
— Wm. Bradford Huie [1910-86]

"The trouble with the motion-picture art was (and is) that it is too much an industry;
and the trouble with the motion picture industry is that it is too much an art.
It is out of this basic contradiction that most of the ills of the form arise."
— Garson Kanin [1912-99]

Industry  Directories

	"Hollywood Screenwriting Directory: A Specialized Resource For Discovering Where & How To Sell Your Screenplay" [2012] by Jesse Douma Kindle Edition from F+W Media [9/2012] for $27.47 F+W Media Fall 2012 edition 9¼x7 pb [9/2012] for $32.97
	"2012 Guide To Literary Agents" [2011] Edited by Chuck Sambuchino Writers Digest Books 21st Edition for 2012 for Kindle [9/2011] for $9.12 Writers Digest Books 21st Edition for 2012 9x7 pb [9/2011] for $19.79
	"Guide To Literary Agents" by Chuck Sambuchino Writers Digest Books 18th Edition for 2009 for Kindle [4/2009] for $8.99 Writers Digest Books 2010 edition 9x7 pb [9/2009] out of print/many used Writers Digest Books 2009 edition 9x7 pb [7/2008] out of print/many used
	"Jeff Herman's Guide To Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents: Who They Are! What They Want! How to Win Them Over!" by Jeff Herman Sourcebooks 20th edition for 2010 pb [10/2009] for $22.99 Three Dog Press 19th edition for 2009 9x7¼ pb [9/2008] out of print/used
	"Writers Guide To Hollywood Producers" Fade In Books 12th edition for 2011 spiral-bound [1/2011] out of print/used
	"Fade In Annual Agency Guide" Fade In Books 12th edition for 2011 10¾x8½ spiral-bound [8/2010] out of print/used

It was probably inevitable, but the Hollywood Creative Directory outfit is halting paper versions of their products at the end of 2011; subscriptions for the new year will be online only. The last paper editions will be coded here, and then updated over time as they eventually go out of print. (The old editions on paper will be useful for some time, depending on the urgency of the owner's needs for names & addresses, etc.) And there are still the several agents & producers directories paper editions from other publishers, as coded above. The future, of course, is with apps for handheld devices and-or content on Kindle & Nook.    "Hollywood Creative Directory" H.C.D. 73rd edition 11x8¾ pb [9/2011] for $69.95 from The Writers Store    "Hollywood Representation Directory" H.C.D. 40th edition hardcover [DUE 2012] for $79.95 from The Writers Store    "Hollywood Distribution Directory" H.C.D. 20th edition [9/2010] was the last printed edition    "Hollywood Film Writers Directory" H.C.D./Lone Eagle 11th edition was in 2003    "Hollywood Music Industry Directory" H.C.D. 5th edition was in 2008 other choices on Magic Lantern's Film Music Page

Books  About  The  Movie  Industry

	"The Studio" [1969] by John Gregory Dunne Non-fiction account of the year that Dunne spent with total access inside Twentieth Century Fox Studios in Hollywood, covering the development of hits & flops, including "The Boston Strangler", "Dr. Doolittle", "Hello Dolly", "Planet of The Apes" and "Star". Reviewed as "Thirty years later, [it] may still be our most minutely observed and therefore most uproariously funny portrait of the motion picture business." Vintage 8x5¼ pb [4/98] for $11.20 Limelight Editions 8¼x5½ pb [4/85] out of print/used FS&G Book Club 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1969] out of print/used FS&G 8¼x5½ hardcover [1969] out of print/used
	"A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How To Produce Movies In Hollywood" [1993] by Art Linson Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [2/93] for $10.80 Grove Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/93] out of print/used
	"Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths From The Hollywood Trenches" [1996] by Lynda Obst Broadway Books 8¼x5¾ pb [10/97] for $13.91 Little, Brown 9½x6.4 hardcover [9/96] out of print/used TimeWarner audio tape read by author [1/97] out of prodn/used A.M.C. tv documentary [Jan 2002] video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
	"Monster: Living Off The Big Screen" [1997] by John Gregory Dunne Non-fiction account of the eight years it took to make the feature film "Up Close & Personal" [1996] at Touchstone Pictures Vintage 8x5 pb [3/98] for $11.07 Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/97] out of print/hundreds used book entry at Wikipedia
	"Tender Comrades: A Backstory of The Hollywood Blacklist" [1999] by Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle Griffin Trade 8¾x5¾ pb [2/99] for $15.96 Magic Lantern's Hollywood Blacklist Pages
	"Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?: Women's Experience of Power In Hollywood" [2000] by Rachel Abramowitz Random House 8x5¼ pb [4/2002] for $11.17 Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2000] for $18.87
	"Class Struggle In Hollywood, 1930-1950: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds & Trade Unionists" [2001] by Gerald Horne Univ of Texas Press 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $18.36
	"The Bad and The Beautiful: Hollywood In The Fifties" [2002] by Sam Kashner & Jennifer MacNair W.W.Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2002] for $18.87
	"Women Who Run the Show: How A Brilliant & Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood, 1973-2000" [2002] by Mollie Gregory St. Martin 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2002] for $18.87
	"The Mailroom: Hollywood History From The Bottom Up" [2003] by David Rensin Ballantine pb [2/2004] for $10.47 Ballantine 9.4x6½ hardcover [2/2003] for $17.47 New Millennium UNABR audio [2/2003] for $27.97 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [3/2003] for $41.97
	"So You Want To Be A Producer?: Finding Your Story, Obtaining The Rights, Developing The Script, Hiring Your Cast & Crew, and Distrib-uting Your Movie" [2005] by Lawrence Turman Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $11.62
	"Boffo!: How I Learned To Love The Blockbuster & Fear The Bomb" [2006] by Peter Bart Miramax Books 9x6 pb [6/2007] for $13.73 Miramax Books 9½x6¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $26.95 "Boffo!: Tinseltown's Bombs & Blockbusters" documentary [H.B.O. June 2006] H.B.O. Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2006] for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • H.B.O. film site
	"Bambi vs. Godzilla: On The Nature, Purpose & Practice of The Movie Business" [2007] by David Mamet Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2008] for $10.20 S&S 8¼x5¼ pb [2/2008] out of print/used Pantheon 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2007] for $17.16 David Mamet credits at IMDb
	"The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal and Financial Aspects of The Film Industry" [orig 2000, rev 2007] by Schuyler M. Moore Silman-James Press 3rd edition 9x5¾ pb [6/2007] for $17.79
	"This Business of Film: A Practical Guide To Achieving Success In The Film Industry" [2009] by Paula Landry & Stephen R. Greenwald Lone Eagle 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $18.45 official book site
	"Sleepless In Hollywood: Tales From The New Abnormal In The   Movie Business" [2013] by Lynda Obst Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [6/2013] for $11.04 Simon & Schuster 8½x5¾ hardcover [6/2013] for $19.10

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Industry  Humor

Why didn't the Assistant Director have any fun at the wh*rehouse? Hear about the Polish actress? Why don't producers like to read scripts? Why does the Teamsters logo have a horse on it? How do you know an agent is lying? Why aren't there any obituaries in 'the trades' for grips? How many Hollywood producers does it take to screw in a light bulb?   Why do Hollywood producers always wear sunglasses?

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Studios  &  Locations

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Film  &  TV  Studio  Facilities

Arizona
Gammons Gulch Old West Movie Set & Museum in SE Arizona
Old Tucson Studios [est. 1939] near Tucson, Arizona
Old Tucson Studios Mescal Ranch facility near Benson, Arizona

California
Big Sky Movie Ranch, 4927 Bennett Road in Simi Valley, CA: official website • Wikipedia
The Culver Studios [est. 1918] in Culver City, California
Pioneertown movie ranch [est. 1946] in California
Santa Clarita [CA] Studios

Canada
Toronto [Canada] Film Studios
Mel's la Citι du Cinιma in Montrιal, Quebec, Canada
North Shore Studios/Mammoth Studios {formerly LionsGate Studios} in Vancouver, BC, Canada

E.U.E./Screen Gems Studios - Atlanta, Georgia
Tyler Perry Studios [est. 10/2008] in Atlanta, Georgia
Plymouth Rock Studios [to open in 2010] near historic Plymouth, MA
controversial Hangar 42 Studios [opened? 2/2010, website parked] west of Grand Rapids, Michigan

New Mexico
Magic Lantern's New Mexico Film Industry Pages
New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
LionsGate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, New Mexico { deal expired 11/2008 }

E.U.E./Screen Gems Studios - New York City
Metropolis Studios [est. 1982] digital television facility in New York City
E.U.E./Screen Gems Studios - Wilmington, North Carolina

Texas
Alamo Village outdoor movie set near Brackettville, Texas
        

Frontier Movie Town in Kanab, Utah

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Movie  Locations  Information
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