Research Catalog

Title

The CIA in Hollywood : how the agency shapes film and television / Patricia Jenkins.

Author

Jenkins, Tricia

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.

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Details

Description

222 pages; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Central Intelligence Agency in Hollywood

Subject

• United States. Central Intelligence Agency > In motion pictures
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency > Influence
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency
• Spy films > United States > History and criticism
• Espionage in motion pictures
• Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States
• Motion picture industry > United States
• Spy television programs > United States > History and criticism
• Espionage in motion pictures
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Motion picture industry
• Motion pictures
• Motion pictures > Political aspects
• Spy films
• Spy television programs
• United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Rogues, assassins, and buffoons : representations of the CIA in film and television -- Opening the doors : why and how the CIA works with Hollywood -- Necessary and competent : the CIA in the agency and in the company of spies -- The chase Brandon years -- The legal and ethical implications of the CIA in Hollywood -- The last people we want in Hollywood : the retired CIA officer and the Hollywood docudrama -- Argo's Tony Mendez : the first retiree the CIA wants in Hollywood -- Relaxing the rules : Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and the move toward Nuance -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780292772465
• 0292772467
• 9780292772472 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780292772489 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015028460

OCLC

914339453

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library