McCrisken Trevor

American history and contemporary Hollywood film / Trevor B. McCrisken and Andrew Pepper. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005. - xii, 227 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Lessons from Hollywood's American Revolution : Revolution; The patriot 2. Rattling the chains of history : Steven Spielberg's Amistad and 'telling everyone's story' : Roots; Amistad 3. Hollywood's Civil War dilemma : to imagine or unravel the nation? : Gettysburg; Glory; Ride with the devil; Cold mountain 4. Saving the good war : Hollywood and World War II in the post-Cold War world : Saving Private Ryan; The thin red line; U-571; Pearl Harbor 5. Oliver Stone and the decade of trauma : Platoon; Born on the Fourth of July; Heaven the earth; JFK; Nixon 6. From civil rights to black nationalism : Hollywood v. black America? : Panther; Mississippi burning; The Hurricane; Malcolm X; Ali 7. Hollywood's post-Cold War history : the 'righteousness' of American interventionism : Three kings; Black Hawk down.

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Historical films--History and criticism.--United States
Motion pictures and history.

PN 1995.9 / M478a 2005