Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
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Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media

Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media

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Stephen Vaughn (Author)  

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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 had with such Hollywood heavyweights as Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas, George C. Scott, Lew Wasserman, Arthur Krim, Jerry Weintraub, and many others. 13 Halftones, unspecified
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 the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism and the Committee on Public Information.
  • Contributor: Stephen Vaughn
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521852586
  • Number of Pages: 352
  • Packaged Dimensions: 160x235x25mm
  • Packaged Weight: 585
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2005-10-17
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: 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 the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism and the Committee on Public Information.

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