History by Hollywood, Second Edition

Toplin, Robert

ISBN 10: 0252076893 / ISBN 13: 9780252076893

Published by University of Illinois Press, 2010

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Synopsis:

This newly updated edition of History by Hollywood explores the question of what happens to history when Hollywood filmmakers get their hands on it. With a fresh look at recent films and television productions such as Titanic, Pearl Harbor, The Patriot, and John Adams, Robert Brent Toplin examines how filmmakers have interpreted American history through their movies. Toplin discusses how writers, producers, and directors become involved in making historical films, what influences their interpretations of the past, and the responses they make to the controversies their works excite. With a realistic appreciation of the challenges filmmakers face, he effectively measures the strengths and weaknesses of Hollywood's presentation of history in the films Mississippi Burning, JFK, Sergeant York, Missing, Bonnie and Clyde, Patton, All the President's Men, and Norma Rae.

About the Author:

Robert Brent Toplin, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is the author of many books and articles on film and history and on United States and Latin American history. He has been principal creator of a number of PBS and Disney Channel films and is the film and media editor for Perspectives in History.

Bibliographic Details

Title: History by Hollywood, Second Edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good
Edition: 2nd Edition