Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

120 minutes • Documentary • Produced in association with: A&E, Channel 4 and ZDF/Arte • Production year: 1995

Based on Neal Gabler’s best selling book “An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood,” Hollywoodism is a feature-length documentary on the men who founded Hollywood and the image of America that Hollywood produced. Hollywoodism is a film that literally deconstructs the American Dream. According to the film, this dream was born not in the USA, but in the Jewish shtetels in Hungary, Poland and Russia.

Written and Directed by: Simcha Jacobovici
Producers: Elliott Halpern and Simcha Jacobovici
Executive Producers: Michael Levine and Monty Montgomery