1. Hollywood. The Dream
Factory
Hollywood has always been
a cage...
cage to catch our dreams
John Huston

2. Hollywood: it’s...
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a real legendary place on the Earth and of
film-industry all over the world. "The Dream
Factory","The Kitchen of big business" and "The
Artificial Paradise“- Hollywood became a symbol of
film industry and successful life. Nowadays
Hollywood is a real magical place for people all
over the world. Show, film and music industries...
Famous places and celebrities. This is a live
fairy-tail for talented directors, actors and
writers...

3. Kodak Theatre

4. Walk of Fame

5. History
Hollywood was an ordinary district
near Los-Angeles. It was a wonderful
place for making movies: a good
location, picturesque nature and its
warm climate. The first film studio
was established by the "Selig
Pelyscope Company“in August 1909.

6. Golden Age
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Between the late 1920s and the early 1960s
there was a Golden Age for Hollywood. That
time gave a birth to a lot of famous and
classical films like "Casablanca",
"Cleopatra" with Elizabeth Taylor and the
most famous comedy "Some like it hot" with
Merilyn Monroe. It was a real HIT: songs,
jokes and a legendary quote
"Well,nobody's perfect“.And
of course that time gave us
many stars..

7. Louis B. Mayer
He was a real
influential person in the
Hollywood history.
Firstly he founded
"MGM" - MetroGoldwyn-Mayer.
Secondly, he organised
American Academy of
Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences. And a bit
later- OSCAR.

9. OSCAR : it’s...
... an award conferred by the AMPAS to
recognize tallent & success of
professionals in the film industry,
including directors, actors, and writers.
This is the most important event in
Hollywood.
Every year in "Kodak Theatre" all
Hollywood stars tread on a red carpet:
Only “ The Bestest of the Best".
OSCAR
is the real legendary award.

10. Academy Awards Records:
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Most Awards won by a man:
- Walt Disney.He won 26 OSCARs.
Most Awards won by a woman:
- Costume designer Edith Head won 8 OSCARs.

11. Academy Awards Records:
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Most Awards won by an actress:
- Ketharine Hapburn. She won 4 OSCARs.
Most nominations by an actress:
- Meryl Streep. 17 nominations and 3 wins.
Most nominations by an actor:
- Jack Nicholson. 12 nominations and 3 wins.

12. Most awards won by a single
film :
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Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Special Effects
Best Film Editing
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Best Sound

13. The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King
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Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Film Editing
Best Picture
Best Makeup
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects

15. TITANIC
Love story of Rose and Jack on the famous
ship.
This film is the most legendary one in film-industry.
 It has $1.8 billion dollars in the box office.
 This film had 87 Awards and 48 nominations.
 11 Academy Awards.
 It’s the first film which had the
budget of $200 million dollars
(one minute of the movie costs - $1 million)

16. Sad facts...
20th century FOX stopped
financing.
 Before primiere all Hollywood
thought that film will be
unsuccessful, even James
Cameron.
 Celine Dion didn’t want to
sing famous song (My Heart
Will Go On)
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23. P.S.

25. Russian Winners:
 "War and Peace" (1968) by Sergei Bondarchuk
 "Dersu Uzala" (1975) Akira Kurosawa (joint
production of the Soviet Union and Japan)
 "Moscow does not believe in tears" (1981)
Vladimir Menshov
 "Burnt by the Sun" (1994) Nikita Mikhalkov

26. Big six
 Paramount
Pictures
 Warner Bros. Pictures
 Columbia Pictures
 Walt Disney Pictures
 Universal Pictures
 20 th Century FOX

27. Paramount Pictures
 Begginig in 1914.
 Founded by
Adolph Zukor
 Divisions and brends:
Insurge Pictures,
Nickelodeon Movies,MTV Films.
 One of the oldest existing film studios in
the world.

28. Warner Bros. Pictures
 Started in
1922 by 4 brothers
Harry,Albert,Sam
And Jack Warner.
 Made first sound film “Jazz singer”
 Devisions and brands:New Line
Cinema,HBO Films,Warner Bros.
Animation

29. Columbia Pictures
 Was founded in 1919 by
Harry Cohn, his brother
Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt.
 Devisions and Brends: TriStar Pictures,
Sony Pictures, Animation Destination
Films, Triumph Films, Stage 6 Films,
Affirm Films.
 Subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment

30. Walt Disney Pictures
 Founded by
Walt and Roy
Disney in 1923.
 The Most famous,
popular and profitable company.
 In addition, Disney is the only major
Hollywood studio to have released two
films each grossing more than $1 billion
worldwide in the same year (2010).

31. Walt Disney Pictures is noteworthy for having four films that have
surpassed the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales :
 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest (2006) ($1,066,179,725)
 Alice in Wonderland (2010)
($1,024,299,904)
 Toy Story 3 (2010) ($1,063,171,911)
 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger
Tides (2011) ($1,043,871,802)

32.  Walt Disney Company is included an
industrial index of Dow Jones. Market
capitalization on 20 November 2006 about 69 billion dollars.
 Devisions and Brends:Pixar, Walt Disney
Animation Studios, Marvel Studios,
Disneynature

33. Universal Pictures
Universal was
founded by Carl
Laemmle.
 Devisions and
Brends:Universal Animation Studios,
Illumination Entertainment, Working Title
Films
 Owner NBC Universal.
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34. 20th Century Fox

35. 20th century FOX
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The company was founded on May 31, 1935, as the
result of the merger of Fox Film Corporation,
founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth
Century Pictures, founded in 1933 by Darryl F.
Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and
William Goetz.
Nowadays it’s Rupert Murdoch’s Empire.
Owner – News Corporations.
Devisions and brends:20th
Century Fox
Animation, Fox Faith, Blue Sky Studios,
New Regency Productions (20% equity), Fox
Animation Studios

36. Interesting facts:
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The sign was first erected in 1923 and originally read
"HOLLYWOODLAND". It’s purpose was to advertise the name of a
new housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district
of Los Angeles .
In September 16, 1932 the body of Broadway actress Peg Entwistle
was found in a ravine below the sign. She had been living at her
uncle's house in Beachwood Canyon. A suicide note was found in a
purse anonymously dropped off at the Hollywood police station.
Police surmised Entwistle jumped to her death from the letter H .
In Hollywood, movie show everywhere: on the stands and on
posters and on the big screens, and even in cemeteries. There is a
"star" cemetery Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which have found
their last resting place of such famous figures as the film Mel Blanc,
Cecil B. DeMille, Bugsy Siegel and others.

37. Thanks 4 your
attention.

38. Dedicated to
William Richard
Wilkerson