"Entertainment Economics: The Movie
Industry"
Forum 7 · April 3, 2003
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On April 3, 2003, a Weidenbaum Center Forum program was held on the
Washington University in St. Louis. The goal of this full-day public
forum
was to analyze one of America's most powerful and influential
industries
- the motion picture industry. Cosponsored with Washington University's
Department of Economics and Program in Film and Media Studies, the
Weidenbaum
Center Forum addressed the major issues raised by changes in the
economic
environment of movie making and brought these issues to the attention
of
a larger audience through major conference involving industry insiders,
economists, and others.
Transcripts, video, and audio of the conference may be
accessed from
this page. Transcripts are in pdf format; video and audio stream in
RealNetworks.
Audio
and Video of entire event
Audio
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Text Transcripts of event
Digital Production and Distribution
Moderator: Charles Moul, Washington
University Bio
Keynote Address: Laurence Thorpe, Sony Electronics
bio
transcript
Panelist 1: Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University
School of Law
bio
transcript
Panelist 2: Doug Whitford, Wehrenberg Theatres bio transcript
Panelist 3: S. Abraham Ravid, Yale and Rutgers
Universities
bio
transcript
Keynote Luncheon Talk
Speaker: Leonard Hill, Leonard Hill
Films bio transcript
Hollywood Money: Financing and Accounting
Moderator: Paul Rothstein, Weidenbaum
Center bio
Panelist 1: John Sloss, Sloss Law bio
transcript
Panelist 2: Harold Vogel, Vogel Capital Management
bio
transcript
Panelist 3: Janet Wasko, University of Oregon bio
transcript
What Movies Get Made: Past and Future transcript
Moderator: Jeff Smith, Washington
University bio
Panelist 1: Lloyd Silverman, The Artists' Colony bio
Panelist 2: Michael Shamberg, Jersey Films bio
Panelist 3: Richard Chapman, Screenwriter bio
Panelist 4: Rodney Hill, University of
Kansas-Lawrence bio
Background information
July
24, 2003 House Votes to Prevent Change in Media Rule
Federal Communications
Commission
Senator
Blanche Lincoln launches bill to keep independent movie production in
United
States (Bill
text)
Rep
David Dreier launches bill to keep independent movie production in
United
States
Motion Picture
Association of America
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of
Television and
Radio Artists
Association of
Talent Agents
Directors
Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
Producers Guild of
America
Electronic Frontier
Foundation
International
Telecommunications
Union

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