new hollywood is the period of hollywood from between the late 1960s to the late to mid 1970s where studios relinquished control to young directors in hopes of capturing these arthouse audiences, allowing for greater risk-taking and broader innovation.

stars from the new hollywood period:

• woody allen
• Warren Beatty
• René Auberjonois
• Karen Black
• Timothy Bottoms
• Christopher berry

some directors are

• Martin Scorsese
• Steven Spielberg
• Robert Altman

some films from new hollywood are

• taxi diver
• Bonnie and clyde
• China town
• badlands
• jaws

around this period the TV was rising in popularity

the civil rights act had just been past

the americans started the cold war with the USSR

New Hollywood was a movement after the Studio system was outlawed, and this mainly meant that the directors had more of a key role in the production compared to the studios.

prevalent films/actors/directors:

This film defined a lot of the Hollywood, and had Actor Warren Beatty and director Arthur Penn.

This film was an independent film directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune.

This was a thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Roy Scheider.

Prevalent Events:

America gained a new fear on communism, which greatly affected film stars such as Charlie Chaplin who was feared to be a communist

The Vietnam war, a war revolved around communism was happening for around 10 years, and the soldiers who came back weren’t seen as heroes

The Cold war introduced the fear of atomic weapons

their was corruption in the American Senet, with Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal. there as also inequality in America.

What is meant by the term New Hollywood?

New Hollywood is the post-classical Hollywood, from the mid to late 1960s through to the mid to late 1970s, the control moved more from the studio to new generations of directors that reflected political and cultural views at the time.

Name some of the films, directors and stars from this period.

Films – Bonnie and Clyde, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate

Directors – Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Arthur Penn

Stars – Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Woody Allen

What events were taking place in America around the period identified as the New Hollywood era of cinema?

The creation of the Hollywood Antitrust Law in 1948, the dismissal of the Hays Code in 1968, the civil rights movement, communism, the Vietnam war, John Kennedy’s assassination, Watergate scandal, inequality in American society.

1. Hollywood cinema from the mid to late 1960s through to the mid to late 1970s, especially films by a new generation of directors that exploit economic uncertainty in the film industry and reflect political and cultural conflict in the culture

2. jean Harlow starred in, red dust and bombshell

Alice Faye starred in, tin pan alley and fallen angel

3. The economic troubles of the 1930s were worldwide in scope and effect. Economic instability led to political instability in many parts of the world. Political chaos, in turn, gave rise to dictatorial regimes such as Adolf Hitler’s in Germany and the military’s in Japan

Hollywood cinema from the mid to late 1960s through to the mid to late 1970s, especially films by a new generation of directors that exploit economic uncertainty in the film industry and reflect political and cultural conflict in the culture at large. (control moved from studio to director)

Films from this period include Bonny & Clyde (1967), Taxi driver (1976) and Midnight cowboy (1969)

Famous directors from the period include:

Francis Ford Coppola – He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement of the 1960s and 1970s and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time, some movies include The Godfather (1972), The Godfather pt ii (1974).

Martin Scorsese – Taxi driver (1976), Man streets (1936), New York, New York (1977)

Popular new Hollywood actors include:  John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda

events that where taking place at the time include:

• Civil rights act
• First spacewalks
• Berlin Wall erected
• Kennedy assasinated

The New Hollywood era of filmmaking showed a period of time in which creative control of films moved from the studios to individual directors, giving them the opportunity to tell stories that don’t particularly have to appeal to mass audiences.

Notable films from this period include Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Taxi Driver (1976), Planet of The Apes (1968) and Night of the Living Dead (1968).

Directors that became well-known through this era include Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin.

Some examples of stars from this period are Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro.

Notable world events during this time include the rise of Communism, the assasination of JFK, and the Vietnam War.

1)The term New Hollywood means cinema from the 1960’s where the creative aspect of films shifted from the studio to the director.

2) Some famous films from this era include Bonney and Clyde, Midnight cowboy and The Graduate.

Some famous actors included Woody Allen, Karen Black, Timothy Bottoms and Ned Beatty.

Famous directors of the era where names such as Hal Ashby, John Badham and the previously mentioned Woody Allen.

3)During this era, the Vietnam war was going on. The civil rights movement was also going on at this time.

New Hollywood was a movement in the 60s to the 80s where a new generation of film makers took a different approach to filmmaking in which the film director took over the key role. financial setbacks and a decline in theater attendance created this urge for a change in the industry.

 Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg are all directors.

Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, all acted.

Bonny and Clyde is a film from this era.

The studio system that thrived during Hollywood’s Golden Age died in the 1960s. Challenges in the form of TV, antitrust legislation, low admissions, and censorship had worn down the studios in the previous decade. But the 1960s brought a new challenge that proved too difficult to overcome. Cinemas then would make high budget productions just to get viewers back and win over from tv. This would then also create more trouble as a lot of money was lost in making the set.

new Hollywood is a period of film in the 1930-1990 where technology used to make film were updated as well as more creative freedom for directors instead of large studios.

some examples of some films from this era include, bonne and Clyde and taxi driver. Some directors from this period include Robert Aldrich and Woody Allen. Some stars from this era are Ned Beatty and René Auberjonois.

During this time period many events occurred some being the civil rights movement with MLK. WW2 came to an end having the cold war be more of a threat with people fearing communism spreading into America. The Vietnam war also occurred inspiring many of the movies from this time.

1. New Hollywood- The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema, was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence.

the biggest killer of the Golden Age of Hollywood was the beginning of the Golden Age of Television which was around 1947 through the 1960s. Generally speaking, the mid-1960s is often considered the end of both Golden Ages.

2.In addition to Coppola and Bogdanovich, New Hollywood (1970s) would help to launch the directorial careers of Dennis Hopper, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme, as well as actors such as Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Robert De Niro.

The following is a chronological list of notable films that are generally considered to be “New Hollywood” productions.

• A Child Is Waiting (1963)^[1]
• The Cool World (1963)^[1] ≈
• What’s a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Place like This? (1963)^[210]
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)^[210] ≈
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)^{[235][236][223][1]} ≈
• Planet of the Apes (1968)^[237] ≈
• Petulia (1968)^[235][205]
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)^[210] ≈
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)^[238]
• Bullitt (1968)^[239][240] ≈
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)^[241]≈
• Rocky (1976)^[224]≈
• Taxi Driver (1976)^{[285][205][268][222]}≈
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)^[301][302]
• Bound for Glory (1976)^[113][114]
• Futureworld (1976)^[150]
• The Last Tycoon (1976)^[113][114]
• Annie Hall (1977)^{[303][205][223]}≈

Big stars of The New Hollywood era:

John Wayne, Glenn Ford, Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin.

3. What happened in America 1960-1990?

• John Kennedy Elected President. U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over Russia.
• Berlin Wall Erected.
• James Meredith Registers at University of Mississippi.
• Kennedy Assassinated – Lyndon Johnson President.
• Civil Rights Act.
• First Spacewalks.