About the Course,American Studies,Early Histories,Contract Labor Students,Observing the United States,Uniqueness Problems,George W. Bush vs. Saddam Hussein,Hollywood & American Filmmaking Industry,Ling Xu School of International Business Beijing Foreign Studies University,I. Traditions,Hollywood got its name in 1886.,Hollywood Spirits,Production,Studio System Vertical Integration,Release,Star System,Release,Film Genres forms of identifiable types, categories, or groups of films,Film Genres Western,Film Genres Science Fiction,Film Genres Crime / Gangster,Film Genres Comedies,Film Genres Horror,Film Genres War,Film Genres Romance,Screening,Monopoly ended in 1948,New Development,Big 8 Walt Disney Warner Brothers Paramount 20th Century Fox Universal Columbia MGM Dream Works,Independent Production,Rise of independent production,Michael Moore and Fahrenheit 9/11,Best Picture Cannes Film Festival 2004,Digitalized Piracy,Rating System,G PG PG-13 R NC-17,