Hollywood's New Radicalism

The story of the corporate take-over of Hollywood in the 1970s, and the subsequent transformation of it into the dominant force in global media. This is the point where cinema, society and politics meet - drawing on exclusive interviews with celebrities, filmmakers, executives and exploring he radicalising effect of changes in Hollywood on talent like Warren Beatty, Micahel Moore and Sean Penn. This book demonstrates how left-wing messages smuggled their way into movies in the 1980s, found fuller voice in independent cinema in the 1990s and flirted with mainstream popularity at the start of the new millennium. Finally bringing the story up to date with the consequences of the 2004 American presidential election.