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May 06, 2011
55 min
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Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth (2011)

Gives insight into the creators mindset and how they culled from real life events to create some of the biggest sci-fi films of all time.

Category

Documentary TV Movie

Country

France

Companies

Wichita Films

James Cameron

Self

Roland Emmerich

Self

George Lucas

Self

Mark Protosevich

Self

David Scarpa

Self

Vivian Sobchack

Self

Steven Spielberg

Self

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