Introduction : the genesis of a new system
Warner Bros., Tim Burton, and Batman
In from off-Hollywood : sex, lies, and videotape and Do the right thing
Coda : holiday hits and Oscar bait
Disney hits and misses, and the animation renaissance
The new Sony/Columbia regime and James Cameron's T2
Three indie paradigms : New Line, Sony Classics, and Miramax
Renaissance redux : the return of Coppola, Scorsese, and Eastwood
Batman returns and Steve Ross departs
Spielberg's Twin Peaks : Jurassic Park and Schindler's list
The emergence of Indiewood
Triumph and turmoil at Disney
Titanic, and other imaginations of disaster
The year of the independents and the age of Miramax
DreamWorks (finally) arrives
Coda : the Oscar showdown and Peter Bart's Gross anatomy
In search of the One : The phantom menace and The matrix
Indie meets mainstream : unlikely hits and studio hybrids
Dethroning Disney : Pixar, DreamWorks, and the animation subindustry
Harry Potter and The lord of the rings : franchises for the new millennium
Course correction : the fall of AOL and Vivendi and the birth of NBC Universal
The Time Warner franchise factory
Indiewood ascendant and the desperation of independents
Disney at sea : the end of the Eisner era
Split decision : the fate of DreamWorks
Sony/Columbia, Marvel, and Spider-Man
Epilogue : franchise fever, the next wave, and the streaming era.
