In the 1960s America was in the midst of the most jarring political and social upheaval in decades. Without the old Hollywood structure, as studios were bought, sold and reconfigured, moviemakers searched for new ways to survive and prosper. The grand movie palaces were being replaced by multiplexes, and television was here to stay. In this shifting landscape, the power of the moguls was usurped by super-agent Lew Wasserman, whose aggressive business strategies turned MCA into a powerhouse that absorbed Universal Pictures in 1962. Old-style entertainments such as The Sound of Music (1965) and the James Bond adventures still prospered, but low-budget productions for a younger audience -- such as the works of Roger Corman -- gained importance. Movies would never again be quite the same.
Christopher Plummer
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Leonard Maltin
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Ricky Jay
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Carla Laemmle
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Daniel Selznick
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Gregory Orr
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Marc Wanamaker
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Bob Balaban
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Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
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Tony Maietta
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Molly Haskell
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Donald Bogle
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Peter Bogdanovich
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Richard D. Zanuck
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Robert Osborne
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Gore Vidal
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William Wellman Jr.
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Andrew Bergman
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Marsha Hunt
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Sidney Lumet
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Paul Mazursky
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Roger Corman
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Mark Harris
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Walter Mirisch
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David Brown
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Peter Guber
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Robert Benton
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Buck Henry
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John Sayles
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