Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars

by Thomas R. Lindlof and Dashka Slater

Book Overview

In 1988, director Martin Scorsese fulfilled his lifelong dream of making a film about Jesus Christ. Rather than celebrating the film as a statement of faith, churches and religious leaders immediately went on the attack, alleging blasphemy. At the height of the controversy, thousands of phone calls a day flooded the Universal switchboard, and before the year was out, more than three million mailings protesting the film fanned out across the country...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125170
• ISBN13: 9780813125176
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher